The Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical/Dental Nutrition Education, Supported by the Dannon Institute, is presented in recognition of an outstanding career in medical and/or dental nutrition education. The results of the nominee's efforts should be widely recognized and have had a national or international impact. Nomination will depend on acknowledged excellence in nutrition teaching or nutrition education research that extends beyond the local institution and that includes innovations in medical/dental nutrition education.

The 2010 award receipient is Clifford Lo, MD, MPH, PhD, from the Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Medical School. Dr. Lo is nationally and internationally recognized for his efforts in teaching nutrition to medical students and physician trainees. In 1994, he became an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and, in 1996, was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition of the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Lo has been a Visiting Professor, teaching entire courses for up to 2 months, in Nepal, Scotland, China, France, Poland, Japan and Germany. The recipient of numerous honors for his teaching acumen, in 2008 Dr. Lo was named an Academy Scholar of Children's Hospital in Boston. Since 1993, he has served as the Coordinator of the Nutrition Curriculum Theme at Harvard Medical School and, since 1997, as Coordinator for educational initiatives of the Division of Nutrition in Harvard Medical School. In 2001, Dr. Lo received the Physician Nutrition Specialist Award of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, in 2002 a Harvard Medical School Teaching Award for the 2nd Year Nutrition and Preventative Medicine Course and, in 2006, the Harvard Medical School Excellence in Tutoring Award. Since 2006, he has served as course co-director of the Advanced Nutritional Biochemistry course at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition. Dr. Lo is currently a Co-Investigator on an NIH Fogarty International Center grant with nutrition teaching responsibilities of foreign trainees associated with Harvard Initiative for Global Health.

This award is administered by the American Society for Nutrition. The Dannon Institute provides a monetary award and inscribed plaque. The award is presented at the annual Experimental Biology meeting.

Applications can be requested from:

The American Society for Nutrition
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814-3990
Phone: 301/634-7050
Fax: 301/634-7892

 Past Recipients