Gastrointestinal Physiology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
• William B Kountz Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine
• Co-Director, Center for Human Nutrition

EDUCATION:
• BA Harvard College 1956
• MD Harvard Medical School 1960

MEMBERSHIPS:
• American Society for Nutrition (assistant editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008-present )
• American Gastroenterological Association (President 1990-91)
• Association of American Physicians
• American Society of Clinical Investigation (Asst Editor, Journal of Clinical Investigation 1977-82)
• American Physiological Society (Editor, AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology 1985-91)
• American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry 1998-2003)

EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES:
• Current Opinion in Gastroenterology 1990-present (Small Intestine and Nutrition)
• Manual of Nutritional Therapeutics, senior author, editions in 1983, 1988, 1995, 2001, 2008 (with William Stenson, Beth Taylor, Dennis Bier, published by Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins)
• Textbook of Gastroenterology, Associate Editor (T Yamada editor-in-chief), editions in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2002, 2009, published by Blackwell).

AWARDS/HONORS:
• Julius Friedenwald medal, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), ‘in recognition of lifetime service to gastroenterology’, 1997
• Abbott Laboratory Distinguished Research Award in Gastrointestinal Physiology, American Physiological Society (APS), 1998
• Fellow, American Society for Nutritional Sciences ‘in honor of a distinguished career in the science of nutrition’, 2003

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
• Vitamin B-12 absorption
• Enterocyte physiology
• Functional bowel diseases
• Drug development in gastroenterology