College of Health Solutions
Nutrition Immunology Research (ASU East)
Nutrition Immunology Research (ASU East)
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Funds will go towards groundbreaking research in nutrition conducted by Dr. Carol S. Johnston and her team of graduate students. Dr. Johnston is a Professor and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Success in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University. She is a registered dietitian and an expert in vitamin C metabolism, the medicinal use of vinegar, high protein/low carbohydrate diets for weight loss, and vegetarian diets. She is often quoted in popular magazines and news outlets and is listed among the top 1% of cited scientists world-wide. She has received several national awards from the American College of Nutrition for her professional and academic accomplishments. Her goal with this fund is to provide opportunities for young scientists to assist her in driving progress in the fields of diabetes, metabolism, nutrition and obesity. Funds will be used to support these graduate researchers.
These funds were directly supportive of my doctoral dissertation research and by extension training on rigorous conduct of nutrition research. Without such support and the connections fostered through high impact research output, I would not have landed my current role in scientific affairs in the dietary supplement industry!"
Impact of Donor Support
- More learners can pursue higher education. Thanks to our donors, more than 7,000 ASU students have received upwards of $32 million in scholarships with more than $39 million raised.
- More students succeed. ASU ranks #1 among the state’s public universities for its 86% first-year retention rate thanks in part to donor-funded student success initiatives.
- Important initiatives continue. More than $320 million in new gifts and commitments support ongoing initiatives at ASU.
- The spirit of generosity abounds. In the past year, more than 100,000 individual, corporate and foundation donors stepped forward to help the ASU community.
My non-profit Inflammation Research Foundation has supported Dr. Carol Johnston’s work in the past and will continue to do so. Carol’s commitment to excellence in research design, patient recruitment and analysis of the resulting data generates meaningful data with immediate public health applications. Nutritional science is complex and requires academic rigor. Carol has demonstrated distinction in each of these three areas that are necessary for meaningful clinical research."