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Adam Drewnowski, PhD, MA |
Professor, Epidemiology
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine
Adjunct Professor, Metabolism
Director, Nutritional Sciences Program,
Dr. Adam Drewnowski is a world-renowned leader in innovative research approaches for the prevention and treatment of obesity.
Dr. Drewnowski is the Director of the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington in Seattle, and Professor of Epidemiology with an adjunct appointment in Medicine and is a Joint Member of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Dr. Drewnowski is also Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition and the Center for Obesity Research.
Dr. Drewnowski obtained his MA degree in biochemistry from Balliol College, Oxford University in Great Britain and his PhD in psychology from the Rockefeller University in New York. Following post-doctoral training at the University of Toronto, he returned to The Rockefeller University as Assistant Professor. He later moved to the University of Michigan, where he became Professor of Public Health, Psychology and Psychiatry and Director of the Program in Human Nutrition at the School of Public Health. Dr. Drewnowski moved to Seattle in 1998.
Dr. Drewnowski's current research is focused on the relationship between poverty and obesity and the links between obesity and diabetes rates in vulnerable populations and access to healthy foods. He has conducted extensive studies on taste function and food preferences in relation to food choices and the overall quality of the diet. His sensory studies have explored the role of sweet and bitter tastes, and the texture of fat, on food acceptance and food rejection. Studies on genetic taste markers have dealt with individual differences in the acceptance of bitter phytochemicals in vegetables and fruit. Dr. Drewnowski has also conducted epidemiological studies on dietary quality, both in the US and abroad.
He is the author of over 100 research papers, numerous reviews and book chapters, and a frequent participant and invited speaker at scientific meetings, conferences, and symposia.
Contact Information
University of Washington
Box 353410
Nutritional Sciences
Raitt Hall 305E
Seattle , WA 98195
Tel: 206-543-8016
Fax: 206-685-1696
http://depts.washington.edu/nutr/
adamdrew@u.washington.edu
Research Interests
Dr. Drewnowski's interests are in taste and food preferences, dietary choices, studies on obesity and eating disorders, new tools for assessing quality of the total diet, nutrition and cancer prevention.
Teaching Interests
Dr. Drewnowski co-teaches Epi538/Nutr538 Nutritional Epidemiology
Education
PhD, Psychology, Rockefeller University 1977
MA, Biochemistry, Oxford University 1971
Selected Publications
Drewnowski A. Barratt-Fornell A. Do healthier diets cost more? Nutrition
Today 2004:39:161-168.
Drewnowski A. Obesity and the food environment: dietary energy density and diet costs. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2004;27(3S):154-162. In: An Economic Analysis of Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors: Exploring Effective Strategies to Combat Obesity (eds: JO Hill, R Sturm, CT Orleans).
Drewnowski A, Almiron-Roig A, Marmonier C, Lluch A. Dietary energy density and body weight: is there a relationship? Nutrition Reviews 2004;62(11):403-413.
Rolls BJ, Drewnowski A, Ledikwe JH. Changing the energy density of the diet as a strategy for weight management. J Am Diet Assoc 2005;105(5 Suppl 1):S98-103.
Drewnowski A, Rolls BJ. How to modify the food environment. J Nutr 2005;135:898-899.
Drewnowski A, Darmon N. Food choices and diet costs: an economic analysis. J Nutr 2005;135:900-904.