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CEO & Founder of Genquest Nutrition Solutions
Dr. Sachiko St. Jeor
Dr.
Sachiko
St.
Jeor,
President
and
CEO
of
GenQuest
Nutrition
is
Internationally
renowned
for
her
50+
years
of
contributions
to
the
field
of
nutrition,
dietetics
and
medical
education.
Over
the
years,
she
has
received
numerous
accolades,
including
the
2013
Marjorie
Copher
Award,
the
highest
honor
awarded
to
members
of
the
Academy
of
Nutrition
and
Dietetics.
She
also
received
the
Academy’s
excellence
in
Practice
in
Dietetics
Research
(1995)
and
Medallion
Award
(1996).
She
has
also
received
recognition
and
honors
from
other
societies,
including
the
Award
for
Excellence
in
Medical/Dental
Nutrition
Education
from
the
American
Society
for
Nutrition
in
2007.
She
was
a
member
of
the
prestigious
1995
US
Dietary
Guidelines
Advisory
Committee
setting
standards
for
the
nation.
Her
efforts
include
collaborations
with
many
other
professional
societies
to
create
interdisciplinary
approaches,
particularly
for
weight
management,
and
has
been
recognized
as
a
Fellow
in
The
Obesity
Society,
Society
of
Behavioral
Medicine
and
two
councils
with
the
American
Heart
Association
(Epidemiology
and
Prevention
and
Nutrition,
Physical
Activity and Metabolism).
As
an
active
member
of
the
Academy,
she
served
as
Chair
of
the
Research
Council
and
has
been
invited
to
chair
and
speak
at
many
national,
regional
and
local
meetings.
Dr.
St.
Jeor
has
been
honored
as
a
visiting
professor,
lecturer,
mentor
and
commencement
speaker
to
many
dietetic
internship
and
graduate
nutrition
and
medical
school
programs.
She
served
as
a
member
of
the
American
Heart
Association’s
Nutrition
Committee,
as
well
as
a
member
of
3
NIH
study
sections
(Behavioral
Medicine,
Epidemiology
&
Disease
Control,
Health
Context
&
Behavior),
as
well
as
the
NHLBI
Clinical
Applications
and
Prevention
Advisory
Committee.
The
NIH
study
sections
provided
leadership
for
the
integration
of
clinical
nutrition
research
and
enhanced
role
of
dietitians
in
important
clinical
studies.
Her
diverse
expertise
in
the
above
roles
has
made
her
a
popular
consultant
for
USA Today and Consumer Reports.
Dr.
St.
Jeor
is
well
known
for
her
many
innovative
contributions
to
the
field
of
nutrition,
clinical
medicine
and
dietetics.
As
a
metabolic
dietitian
at
the
University
of
Utah
Clinical
Research
Center
(1965),
she
developed
the
protein
and
potassium
exchange
lists
for
the
management
of
renal
patients,
dialyzed
potatoes
to
lower
their
potassium
content,
established
nomenclature
and
procedures
for
balance
studies,
and
created
one
of
the
first
nutrient
analyses
systems
using
Handbook
8
—which
only
contained
about
396
foods
and
26
nutrients in the late 1960’s.
As
an
instructor
in
the
Department.
of
Behavioral
Sciences
at
the
M.S.
Hershey
Medical
Center
of
the
Pennsylvania
State
University
(1975),
she
designed
outpatient
behavioral
studies,
established
the
7-
day
food
record
as
the
gold
standard
for
evaluating
nutrient
intake,
and
originated
one
of
the
first
Behavioral
Nutrition
Clinics
for
weight
management,
setting
an
example
of
the
use
of
indirect
calorimeters,
bioelectrical impedance, and pedometers in dietetic practice.
After
obtaining
a
Ph.D.
from
the
Department
of
Nutrition
at
the
Pennsylvania
State
University
in
1980,
she
moved
to
the
University
of
Nevada
School
of
Medicine
where
she
was
responsible
for
the
development
of
the
statewide
Nutrition
Education
and
Research
Program
(NERP,
1984)
and
Special
Qualifications
for
Nutrition
(SQIN)
program for medical students.
As
PI
of
the
NHLBI
funded
RENO
Diet-Heart
Study,
she
mentored
Mark
Mifflin
as
the
first
SQIN
student
in
the
development
of
the
Mifflin-
St.
Jeor
Equation
(MSJE,
1990)
for
the
prediction
of
Resting
Energy
Expenditure
(REE).
The
MSJE
is
now
recommended
for
use
worldwide.
Other
accomplishments
she
achieved
at
the
University
of
Nevada
include
demonstration
of
the
use
of
the
portable
indirect
calorimeter
and
physical
activity
trackers
in
the
Weight
Management
Clinic
(2000),
definition
of
criteria
for
weight
maintenance
and
fluctuations
as
a
basis
for
assessment,
and
the
introduction
of
innovative
diet
programs
with
interdisciplinary
collaborations
as
the
Director
of
the
Center
for
Nutrition
and
Metabolism
and
Professor
in
the
Department
of
Medicine (2000-2012).
She
is
now
Professor
Emerita
of
Clinical
Medicine
at
the
University
of
Nevada,
Reno
and
is
pursuing
her
passion
of
creating
new
approaches
to
improve
the
assessment
of
energy
balance
on
a
more
personalized
basis.
She
is
intent
on
leading
the
profession
through
interdisciplinary
collaborations
with
St.
Jeor
Associates
of
GenQuest
Nutrition Solutions “
beyond the Mifflin St Jeor Equation
”.
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