Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Counting the calories. STUDENTS MAJORING IN NUTRITION Miss Beverly Bullen, Dr. Tamara de Vega, Dr. Bothaina El-Boghdadi, Dr. Kon-Taik- Khaw, Mrs. Nichole S. G. Leboeuf, Miss Hsiang Ju Lin, Miss Serene Lochaya, Dr. Lillian Pothier, Mr. William Reddy, Miss Lucilla Sogandares, Miss Saovanee Sudsaneh, Dr. Gerardo G. Zapata. T HE Public Health Family is kept up to date on nutritional knowledge by the considerable variety of educational opportunities sponsored by the Department. From the basic beginner’s course to the advanced seminars, instruction at every level is designed to acquaint the students and staff with the latest developments in the laboratory and in the field. Publications of the Nutrition Department keep the editors of scientific and medical journals well supplied with material. The Department itself takes an active role in the production of Nutrition Reviews,” monthly summaries of recent developments. In keeping with the pioneering spirit of the Department, many research studies are always underway. At the present time, a majority of these are concerned with the re¬ lationship of diet to atherosclerosis. The fatty acid content of the diet, its influence on serum cholesterol, and the role of magnesium and blood vessel integrity are among the topics under scrutiny. But the Department of Nutrition is more than a Harvard research kitchen.” Cos¬ mopolitan interests take its members to all parts of the globe. A recent study is now in progress in Colombia to study certain families of obese monkeys; this study may provide answers to the questions involved in overweight and the development of atherosclerosis in primates. 23

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First row, left to right —Miss Serene Lochaya, Dr. Louis C. Fillios, Miss Mary B. McCann, Dr. D. Mark Hegsted, Dr. Joseph J. Vitale, Miss Patricia Stefanik, Dr. Jean Mayer, Dr. Martha F. Trulson, Dr. Bothaina El-Boghdadi, Miss Marilyn Thompson. Second row —Dr. John DiGiorgio, Dr. Stephen B. Andrus, Dr. Earl E. Elellerstein, Dr. Oscar W. Portman, Dr. Robert P. Geyer. Dr. Tamara de Vega, Dr. Gerado Zapata, Dr. Kon-Taik Khaw. DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION Fredrick J. Stare, S.M., Ph.D., M.D., A.M. (hon.), Professor of Nutrition and Head of the Department David M. Hegsted, S.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nutrition Robert P. Geyer, S.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Nutrition Jean Mayer, B.A., Ph.D., D.Sc., Associate Professor of Nutrition Martha F. Trulson, S.B., M.P.PP, S.D. in Hyg., Associate Professor of Nutrition Stephen B. Andrus, S.B., M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology Stanley N. Gershoff, A.B., S.M., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Nutrition Oscar W. Portman, S.B., M.D., Assistant Professor of Nutrition Joseph J. Vitale, S.M., S.D. in Hyg., Assistant Professor of Nutrition Mary Q. Bolliger, A.B., S.M., Ph.D., Associate in Nutrition Elizabeth K. Caso, S.M., Instructor in Nutrition Mary B. McCann, S.B., M.P.H., Instructor in Nutrition 22

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Left to right —Dr. Forbes, Dr. Amdur, Dr. Mead, Dr. Whittenberger. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY James L. Whittenberger, S.B., M.D., fames Stevens Simmons Professor of Public Health, Professor of Physiology and Head of the Department Jere Mead, S.B., M.D., Associate Professor of Physiology Ben jamin G. Ferris, Jr., A.B., M.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Safety Ldward P. Radford, Jr., M.D., Associate Professor of Physiology (from December 1, 1958) William H. Forbes, Dr.Phil., M.D., Lecturer on Physiology Mary O. Amdur, S.B., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology 24