- Oct 31, 2025
- Holistic Human Health, Technology + Human Thriving, Alumni, Donor
Jacobs Center dedication honors alumna’s commitment to health
Since its founding in 2023, the Jacobs Center has been home to major advances in precision nutrition and health impacting all of Cornell’s campuses.
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas
Juan Pablo Peña-Rosas is a professor fellow at the Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health at Cornell Human Ecology. He previously worked as Head, Global Health Initiatives (cross-cutting) team, Office of the Director, Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, Division of Healthier Populations (HEP) and served senior-level positions at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva since he joined in July 2008. He also worked as an active member of the WHO
Saurabh Mehta
Dr. Mehta is a physician with training and expertise in nutrition, epidemiology, infectious disease, and diagnostics. He is currently the Janet and Gordon Lankton Professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and serves on its executive leadership team. He is also the Founding Director of the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health and co-director of the NIH-funded Center for Point of Care Diagnostics for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer
