Robert P. Heaney, M.D., has been selected by the American Society for Clinical Nutrition (ASCN) to receive the prestigious E.V. McCollum Award for 2003.
According to the ASCN, the award is given to a clinical investigator who is a major creative force, actively generating new concepts in nutrition and personally seeing the execution of studies testing the validity of these concepts.
The award is named for E. V. McCollum, a pioneer in human nutrition at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in the early 1900s. McCollum discovered Vitamins A and D, and was an early promoter of milk consumption as an optimal way for the public to include these vitamins in their diets.
Sharon L. Miller, Ph.D., director of nutrition research at the National Dairy Council, nominated Heaney for his "significant contributions to clinical nutrition in the area of calcium physiology and osteoporosis." In her nomination, Miller wrote, "His long and prestigious career in the field of clinical practice and research exemplifies the virtues that this award represents."
The Dairy Council of Nebraska is also recognizing Heaney to celebrate his ASCN award and for his contributions to the study of human nutrition at their Annual Meeting and Awards Presentation to be held Feb. 12.
"I am honored to be recognized by the ASCN and the Dairy Council of Nebraska, and privileged to continue my work to discover the numerous ways nutrition can influence optimal human health," Heaney said.
Heaney, holder of the John A. Creighton all-University Professorship, has published more than 400 scientific articles and chapters. He has written three books, including Calcium and Common Sense, which was honored as one of the 10 best scientific books for the general reader.
Heaney's internationally recognized work crosses from endocrinology and metabolism, into orthopedics, nutrition and dentistry, and he has collaborated with scientists and educators from every major health profession.
Creighton University is an independent, Catholic, comprehensive university operated by the Jesuits, who have a 500-year tradition of excellence in education. Creighton has been ranked at or near the top of Midwestern universities in the U.S. News & World Report magazine's "America's Best Colleges" edition for more than a decade.
Creighton enrolls more than 6,300 students of diverse faiths and races from across the United States and 65 countries. The student body is taught by 700 full-time faculty members in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences, Business Administration, the Graduate School, University College, and schools of Dentistry, Pharmacy and Health Professions, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Summer Sessions.
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