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Bess
Dawson-Hughes
Year
1995
Subject
Life Science
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Corson
Affiliation
Bone Metabolism Laboratory; Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
Citation
For research into osteoporosis.
Bess Dawson-Hughes graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1975. Her research focuses on environmental and genetic determinants of bone mass and fractures. In particular, she explores the role of calcium, vitamin D, protein, and other nutrients and their influence on age-related loss of bone mass; the risk factors for fractures in elderly men and women; and the environmental and hereditary contributions to bone mass.
Dr. Dawson-Hughes currently directs the Metabolic Bone Disease Clinic at the Tufts-New England Medical Center.
Information as of 1995