Dr. Richard J. Deckelbaum, M.D. Professor of Pediatrics Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition Director, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University
NAA Committee membership: Dissemination Working Group (DWG)

Dr. Deckelbaum received a B.Sc. and M.D. from McGill University. He directs the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia University. Dr. Deckelbaum has a long professional involvement with basic research in the cell biology of lipids and issues of human nutrition with emphasis on the pediatric population. He has published extensively on the role of children's nutrition in heart disease and in basic pathways of cell lipid metabolism. Dr. Deckelbaum has served on the USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for Year 2000, and is a member of the N.I.H Nutrition Study Section.