Editorial Board Member - JNH

Leonard E Gerber
Associate ProfessorDepartment of Nutrition and Food Sciences
University of Rhode Island
United States
BIOGRAPHY:
Dr. Leonard E. Gerber is currently an Associate Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at the University of Rhode Island. He obtained his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Columbia University and a Doctoral Degree from the University of Illinois in Nutritional Sciences. During his tenure at the University of Rhode Island, he has worked in numerous areas of nutrition including beta-carotene’s effects upon wound healing, sports nutrition, and the influence of phytochemicals upon lung and salivary gland cancer. In addition to serving as a major professor to numerous graduate students, he has also taught nutrition to almost 20,000 students ranging from freshmen to graduate students in a variety of classes. Dr. Gerber also served as the first Director of Compliance at the University, overseeing all sensitive research including those projects which involved human subjects, animals, and radioactive and biohazardous materials. In addition to his published journal articles, he authored a textbook in human nutrition, "Human Nutrition: An Applied Approach”, published by Kona Publishing (2015).
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Impact of tocopherols and tocotrienols upon cancer progression as well as the impact of diet upon autism spectrum disorders
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Laurel M Wentz
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Mridula Chopra
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Chong Lee
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Nilesh W Gaikwad
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