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Won Song
Professor
Michigan State University
USA
Biography
Dr. Won Song, a professor of human nutrition in the Department of Food Science at Michigan State University (MSU), has been an active researcher and teacher since she joined the MSU faculty as an assistant professor in 1984. Her research training and interests reside in nutritional epidemiology; community nutrition; food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; national nutrition surveys and its application in research; nutrition education – theories and application of technology. For the proposed project she will be able to render her experiences and expertise in study design, data collection, statistical analysis and interpretation that are relevant to socioeconomically disadvantaged and ethnic minority groups in Michigan. She has received numerous recognitions for her research and teaching accomplishments, served on many national and international committees for professional organizations and industry, and advised and mentored numerous graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and international visiting scholars extending her research expertise. She has published over 10 books and book chapters and over 80 peer-reviewed articles, and delivered over 200 presentations to the professionals. She has recently been focusing her research activities on chronic diseases that are influenced by dietary intake, behaviors and health disparity among ethnic minority groups who are often socioeconomically disadvantaged. The currently proposed projects fit within her research focus for which she can render her expertise in monitoring and modifying dietary behaviors of young people in our nation.
Research Interest
Nutritional epidemiology; Community nutrition; Food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; Dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; Biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; National nutrition surveys and its application in research; Nutrition education – theories and application of technology