FRIEDMAN MENTORS

Lynne Ausman, DSc, RD
Director
Biochemical and Molecular
Nutrition Program
Tufts University

Dimiter Bogdanov Avtanski, PhD
Director, Endocrine Laboratory
Lenox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health
Assistant Professor
Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine
Hofstra University

Gerald Bernstein, MD
Director
Diabetes Management Program
Gerald J Friedman Diabetes Institute
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Sarah Booth, PhD
Chair
Department of Nutrition Sciences
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy

Alexander Bystritsky, MD, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry
UCLA

Sean B Cash, MS, MA, PhD
Associate Professor
Food Policy and Applied Nutrition Program
Tufts University

Jennifer Coates, PhD
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Pinchas Cohen, MD
Dean
Davis School of Gerontology
USC

Shibani Ghosh, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Senior Scientist
Tufts University

Jeanne Goldberg, RD, PhD
Director
Nutrition Communication Program
Tufts University

Andrew Greenberg, MD
Director
Obesity and Metabolism Laboratory
Tufts University

Timothy S. Griffin, MS, PhD
Director
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Raymond Hyatt, PhD
Assistant Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Eileen T. Kennedy, DSc, RD
Dean  (2009–2012)
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Ronald Lechan, MD, PhD
Chief
Division of Endocrinology,
Diabetes and Metabolism
Professor of Medicine

Kuk-Wha Lee, MD, PhD, FAAP
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Endocrinology
Mattel Children’s Hospital at UCLA

Derek LeRoith, MD, PhD
Director of the Metabolism Institute
Chief of the Division of Endocrinology
Diabetes & Bone Diseases
Mount Sinai School of Medicine

William A. Masters, MA, PhD
Professor and Chair
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH
Dean and Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Elena N. Naumova, PhD
Professor and Chair
Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Anastassios G. Pittas, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology
Diabetes & Metabolism
Tufts Medical Center

Leonid Poretsky, MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology
Associate Chairman for Research, Department of Medicine
Director, Friedman Diabetes Initiative
Lenox Hill Hospital
Professor of Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine

Beatrice Rogers, PhD
Director
Food Policy and Applied Nutrition Program
Tufts University

Irwin Rosenberg, MD
Professor
Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Jennifer Sacheck, PhD, FACSM
Sanofi Professor of Prevention and Wellness, Chair,
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences,
Milken Institute of Public Health,
George Washington University

Donna Seto-Young, PhD
Director
Endocrine Research Laboratory
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Jerome Tolbert, MD, PhD
Medical Director
Outreach Program
Gerald J Friedman Diabetes Institute
Mount Sinai Beth Israel

Aron Troen, PhD
Scientist III
Vitamin Metabolism Laboratory
Nutrition and Neurocognition Laboratory
Tufts University

Patrick Webb, PhD
Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Parke Wilde, PhD
Associate Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Norbert Wilson, PhD
Professor
Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy
Tufts University

Seung-Schik Yoo, PhD, MBA
Associate Professor of Radiology
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Harvard Medical School

Kathleen Merrigan, PhD
2008 Mentor