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Jessica Fanzo
Academic background
EducationBSc, 1994, MS, 1996, PhD, nutrition, 2000, University of Arizona
ThesisThe influence of zinc status onp53 tumor suppressor gene expression and p53 target genes in human hepatoblastoma, bronchial epithelial, and aortic endothelial cells (2000)
Academic work
InstitutionsColumbia University
Johns Hopkins University

Jessica Fanzo is an American scientist. She is a Professor of Climate and Director of the Food for Humanity Initiative at Columbia University’s Climate School. Prior to joining Columbia in July 2023, she was the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. In 2024, Fanzo was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

Early life and education

Fanzo was born into an Italian-American working-class family.[2] She earned her Bachelor of Science degree, Master's degree, and PhD from the University of Arizona and completed a Stephen I. Morse postdoctoral fellowship in Immunology at Columbia University.[3]

Career

Upon completing her postdoctoral research, Fanzo chose to focus on the field of global health and went to rural sub-Saharan Africa to assist with international work on HIV/AIDS.[4] In 2007, Fanzo was appointed the nutrition director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and provided technical and policy counsel on international development projects and programs as the senior adviser for nutrition policy at Columbia's Center on Globalization and Sustainable Development, and at the United Nations World Food Programme, World Health Organization, UNICEF, and World Bank. Fanzo left Columbia in 2015 to become the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Global Food and Agriculture Policy and Ethics at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics, the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies.[5] While serving in this role, she was the co-recipient of a 2017 Johns Hopkins University Berman Institute for Bioethics Exploration of Practical Ethics Research Grant and JHU Berman Institute for Bioethics Exploration of Practical Ethics Research grant.[6]

Fanzo then took a year's sabbatical from Johns Hopkins University to serve as the Senior Programme Officer for Nutrition and Food Systems at the Food and Agriculture Organization.[7] She was later named Team Lead on Food Security and Nutrition.[8] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fanzo was the recipient of a COVID-19 Launchpad Grant created by The Alliance for a Healthier World for her proposal "Assessing Food Security Status Among Urban and Rural Vulnerable Groups in Sri Lanka During COVID-19."[9] As a result of her experience, Fanzo is an Associate Editor on The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition[10] and Editor-in-Chief of Global Food Security.[11]

Personal life

Fanzo and her husband write a blog titled Goat Rodeo.[12]

Selected publications

  • Can Fixing Dinner Fix the Planet? (2021)
  • Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition: Linking Science, Economics, and Policy (2021)

References

  1. ^ "National Academy of Sciences Elects Members and International Members". www.nasonline.org. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Jessica Fanzo Talks The Far Reaching Impacts of Our Food Environment". foodtank.com. Food Tank. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  3. ^ "Jessica Fanzo, PhD". jhsph.edu. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Four new Bloomberg Distinguished Professors named at Johns Hopkins". hub.jhu.edu. July 8, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "JOHNS HOPKINS INVESTS IN ETHICS AND FOOD POLICY WITH NEW PROFESSORSHIP". bioethicsinstitute.org. July 13, 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "PROFESSOR JESSICA FANZO AND PROFESSOR SARAH E. PARKINSON AMONG THE RECIPIENTS OF THE JHU EXPLORATION OF PRACTICAL ETHICS AWARD". sais.jhu.edu. 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "NUTRITION'S DOUBLE BURDEN—TIME TO ACT". reachout.aciar.gov.au. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Professor Jessica Fanzo Appointed Team Lead on Food Security and Nutrition". sais.jhu.edu. 2018. Archived from the original on September 18, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Professor Jessica Fanzo Awarded COVID-19 Launchpad Grant". sais.jhu.edu. 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "Meet the AJCN Editorial Board". academic.oup.com. Archived from the original on June 13, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  11. ^ "Jessica Fanzo: Editor-in-Chief, Global Food Security". journals.elsevier.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  12. ^ Treagus, Phil. "JESSICA FANZO: REFLECTING ON OTHER'S VIEWS AND WORLDS". thereadinglists.com. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
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