Professor
Tufts University School of Medicine
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D., is a professor of medicine and community health at the School of Medicine and the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and senior scientist at the Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, and as nutrition scientist at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Tufts Medical Center, Boston. Earlier in her career she also served as a senior nutrition scientist(contractor) at the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), National Institutes of Health until 2026, as an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public Health until 2010, as asassistant administrator for human nutrition at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service from 2001-2003, and in Congress as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow. She is editor of Nutrition Today, a journal.
Dr. Dwyer is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and has written over 600 research and review articles in scientific journals and books. Her interest is in expanding the scientific basis for clinical and public health interventions, including dietary supplements, related to diet, especially in obesity, cardiovascular and kidney disease, and on ensuring that public policy fosters such efforts based on scientific evidence. She is past president of both the American Society of Nutrition (formerly the American Institute of Nutrition) and the Society for Nutrition Education. Her honors include; the W.O. Atwater Award ); the Harvard School of Public Health Distinguished Alumnae Award ; the C.A. Elvehjem Award of the American Society of Nutrition (ASN) ; fellow, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition ; fellow, American Society for Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists Trailblazer Award and Lectureship ; ASN Excellence in Nutrition Education Award , and the Elaine Monsen and the Langholtz Awards of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was listed as one of the foremost female scientist in the US by Research.com.
Plenary Session - Dietary Guidance at a Crossroads: Science, Practice, and Innovation
Saturday, July 25, 2026
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM ET
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McCormick Science Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
Mushroom Council: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
SIFBI Singapore Institute of Food Biotechnology and Innovation: Consultant (Terminated, July 31, 2025)
Introduction - Dietary Guidance at a Crossroads: Science, Practice, and Innovation
Saturday, July 25, 2026
2:25 PM - 2:30 PM ET
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ICFI contractor to NIH: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Terminated, January 12, 2026)
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McCormick Science Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
Mushroom Council: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
SIFBI Singapore Institute of Food Biotechnology and Innovation: Consultant (Terminated, July 31, 2025)
Conversation and Audience Q&A - Dietary Guidance at a Crossroads: Science, Practice, and Innovation
Saturday, July 25, 2026
3:15 PM - 3:40 PM ET
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ICFI contractor to NIH: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Terminated, January 12, 2026)
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McCormick Science Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
Mushroom Council: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
SIFBI Singapore Institute of Food Biotechnology and Innovation: Consultant (Terminated, July 31, 2025)
Continue the Conversation with NUTRITION 2026’s Plenary Session Speakers
Saturday, July 25, 2026
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM ET
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ICFI contractor to NIH: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Terminated, January 12, 2026)
LWW Wolters Kluwer, Publisher: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Ongoing)
McCormick Science Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
Mushroom Council: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
SIFBI Singapore Institute of Food Biotechnology and Innovation: Consultant (Terminated, July 31, 2025)