Kathleen Rasmussen
Dr. Kathleen M. Rasmussen is the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and International Professor of Nutritional Science at Cornell University. She received her AB degree from Brown University in molecular biology and both her ScM and ScD degrees from Harvard University in nutrition. Professor Rasmussen is internationally known for her research on maternal and child nutrition. Her research has included studies in experimental species, observational
- May 7, 2024
- Community Engagement, Holistic Human Health, Alumni
Osei Boateng, HEAA Recent Alumni Achievement Award 2024
Osei Boateng ’18, Sloan ‘20
Human Biology, Health & Society, Health Administration
Founder, Executive Director of OKB Hope Foundation
With the mission of improving human lives, Osei has expanded access to health care in his native Ghana since 2017 when he founded the OKB Hope Foundation. Understanding that many Ghanaians, including his own relatives, were being lost to preventable and treatable diseases, Osei decided to take action to have a positive impact on health outcomes
- Nov 13, 2023
- Holistic Human Health, Alumni, Donor
Paving the way for the next generation of doctors
Over nearly two decades as a practicing surgeon and scientist, Dr. Justin Sacks ’93 has advised his fair share of interns. In some cases, they received stipends through grant funding, but Sacks noticed that many struggled to pay for housing and other expenses. Currently chief of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Washington University (WashU) School of Medicine in St. Louis and professor of surgery/Sidney M. Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Chair, Sacks wondered why many
Minor in Nutrition and Health
Examine how nutrition impacts human health and well-being and discuss social, economic, and psychological issues around food.
