Dr. Thomas V. Fungwe, PhD, CFS, is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Howard University following an 8 year career with the United States Department of Agricultures Center for Nutrition Policy. He worked closely with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Committee to produce the first evidence-based Dietary Guidelines for all Americans (DGA). He was also contributed to the development and publication of key projects that included the USDA Food Plans, the US Food Supply and the Healthy Eating Index 2005. He was lead scientist, collaborating with the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, leading to publication of the Report, Americas Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010, release in Washington, DC, July 9, 2010. The Report highlights key indicators on significant aspects of childrens lives, including health and diet quality. He holds a Masters degree in Food Science/Technology and a PhD in Nutrition Sciences from Texas Tech University. His doctoral dissertation featured prominently in the setting of the estimation of the UL for molybdenum by the Food and Nutrition Board of the IOM and similar institutions in two continents. Dr. Fungwe was an NIH postdoctoral fellow in Pharmacology at the Univ. of Tennessee HSC in Memphis. He recently received the credentials of Certified Food Scientist by the International Food Science Certification Commission In addition to Howard, he held faculty administrative appointments at several universities. He was Associate Project Director to the USDA Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI), a multidisciplinary team of researchers from key universities in the region and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, who conducted obesity, diabetes, hypertension and nutrition-related diseases prevention research using the community-based participatory research approach. Dr. Fungwe has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator to NIH, USDA and industry funded research grants. He has authored or co-authored scientific publications in areas covering food science, toxicology, lipid metabolism, nutrient-gene interaction, coronary heart disease, and obesity prevention. He has been active in Study sections, including the National Institute of General Medical Sciences-Special Emphasis Panel, the National Science Foundation-Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. He has served as a reviewer for several Journals including Journal of Nutrition, Nutritional Biochem, Lipids, Lipid Research, Biochim Biophysica Acta, International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sci, Food Quality, Hormone and Metabolic Research, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Fungwe holds memberships in several scientific organizations, including the American Society for Nutrition, Association of African Biomedical Scientists (National Treasurer), Institute of Food Technologists an previously active, including membership in international, national and regional scientific societies such as American Heart Association (Atherosclerosis Council and Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council), Association for Black Cardiologist and Association for Lipids & Atherosclerosis Research of Michigan.Dr. Thomas V. Fungwe, PhD, CFS, is currently Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Howard University following an 8 year career with the United States Department of Agricultures Center for Nutrition Policy. He worked closely with the 2010 Dietary Guidelines Committee to produce the first evidence-based Dietary Guidelines for all Americans (DGA). He was also contributed to the development and publication of key projects that included the USDA Food Plans, the US Food Supply and the Healthy Eating Index 2005. He was lead scientist, collaborating with the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, leading to publication of the Report, Americas Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2010, release in Washington, DC, July 9, 2010. The Report highlights key indicators on significant aspects of childrens lives, including health and diet quality. He holds a Masters degree in Food Science/Technology and a PhD in Nutrition Sciences from Texas Tech University. His doctoral dissertation featured prominently in the setting of the estimation of the UL for molybdenum by the Food and Nutrition Board of the IOM and similar institutions in two continents. Dr. Fungwe was an NIH postdoctoral fellow in Pharmacology at the Univ. of Tennessee HSC in Memphis. He recently received the credentials of Certified Food Scientist by the International Food Science Certification Commission In addition to Howard, he held faculty administrative appointments at several universities. He was Associate Project Director to the USDA Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Initiative (Delta NIRI), a multidisciplinary team of researchers from key universities in the region and Pennington Biomedical Research Center, who conducted obesity, diabetes, hypertension and nutrition-related diseases prevention research using the community-based participatory research approach. Dr. Fungwe has been Principal Investigator and Co-Principal Investigator to NIH, USDA and industry funded research grants. He has authored or co-authored scientific publications in areas covering food science, toxicology, lipid metabolism, nutrient-gene interaction, coronary heart disease, and obesity prevention. He has been active in Study sections, including the National Institute of General Medical Sciences-Special Emphasis Panel, the National Science Foundation-Graduate Research Fellowship Program, and the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. He has served as a reviewer for several Journals including Journal of Nutrition, Nutritional Biochem, Lipids, Lipid Research, Biochim Biophysica Acta, International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sci, Food Quality, Hormone and Metabolic Research, and the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Fungwe holds memberships in several scientific organizations, including the American Society for Nutrition, Association of African Biomedical Scientists (National Treasurer), Institute of Food Technologists an previously active, including membership in international, national and regional scientific societies such as American Heart Association (Atherosclerosis Council and Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism Council), Association for Black Cardiologist and Association for Lipids & Atherosclerosis Research of Michigan.
