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Faculty & Staff
MS Core Teaching Faculty
Sharon R. Akabas, Ph.D.
Associate Director of Educational Initiative, Institute of Human Nutrition Director,
MS in Nutrition Program, Institute of Human Nutrition
sa109@columbia.edu
Associate Director of Educational Initiative, Institute of Human Nutrition Director,
MS in Nutrition Program, Institute of Human Nutrition
sa109@columbia.edu
Richard J. Deckelbaum, M.D.
(Chair) Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition,Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Epidemiology,
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
(Chair) Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition,Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Epidemiology,
Director, Institute of Human Nutrition
Mary F. DiGiorgi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Human Nutrition, Department of Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
md180@columbia.edu
Assistant Professor of Clinical Human Nutrition, Department of Surgery, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
md180@columbia.edu

Sally Ann Lederman, Ph.D.
Special Lecturer, Institute of Human Nutrition and Mailman School of Public Health
sal1@columbia.edu
Special Lecturer, Institute of Human Nutrition and Mailman School of Public Health
sal1@columbia.edu
Jeri Wanzor Nieves, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
jwn5@columbia.edu
Associate Professor of Clinical Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
jwn5@columbia.edu
Rajasekhar Ramakrishnan, Eng.Sc.D.
Director, Biomathematics Division, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University
rr6@columbia.edu
Director, Biomathematics Division, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University
rr6@columbia.edu
Marie-Pierre St-Onge, Ph.D.
Research Associate, New York Obesity Research Center
ms2554@columbia.edu
Research Associate, New York Obesity Research Center
ms2554@columbia.edu
Tifffany Thomas, Ph.D.
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Medicine,Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition
tt2254@columbia.edu
Associate Research Scientist, Department of Medicine,Division of Preventive Medicine and Nutrition
tt2254@columbia.edu
Contact Us
630 West 168th Street
Presbyterian Hospital,
Suite 1512
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212 305-4808
Fax: 212 305-3079
Email: Nutrition@mail.cumc.columbia.edu


