Dr. Robert Kuczmarski
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DIVISION DIGESTIVE DISEASES & NUTRITION
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 673
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel: 301-451-8354
Fax: 301-480-8300
Email: kuczmarskir@mail.nih.gov
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Current Position:
Director, Obesity Prevention and Treatment Program
Concurrent Positions:
Program Officer, U. S. Japan Nutrition and Metabolism Panel
Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:
Direct a program consisting primarily of human clinical trial intervention research
studies on biomedical, behavioral, societal, and environmental approaches to the
prevention and treatment of inappropriate weight gain and obesity. Develop initiatives
and administer grants in research areas including physical activity and sedentary
behaviors, diet, and other environmental influences on obesity in populations at high
risk for overweight and obesity, with an emphasis on prevention of overweight in youth.
Program includes surgical and pharmacological interventions. Serve as U.S. Secretariat
for Nutrition and Metabolism Panel of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Science
Program.
Previous Training and Experience:
School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill:
Dr.P.H., Nutrition (1985); M.P.H., Nutrition (1978); M.S.P.H., Parasitology and
Laboratory Practice (1975)
NHLBI Lipid Research Clinic Program, Central Patient Registry & Coordinating
Center:
Nutrition Researcher (1981-1984); Post-Doctoral Fellow (1985)
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), National Center for
Health Statistics, CDC: Nutritionist/Health Statistician (anthropometry, body
composition, U.S overweight/obesity prevalence, pediatric growth charts (1985-2001)
Registered Dietitian, American Dietetic Association (1983)
Licensed Dietitian, State of Maryland (1988)
Committees/ Working Groups:
Interagency Working Group on Overweight and Obesity Research of the National
Science and Technology Council, Committee on Science
Behavioral and Environmental Subcommittee of the NIH Obesity Research Task Force
Trans-NIH Physical Activity Working Group
Nutrition, Growth, and Pubertal Development Working Group for the National
Children’s Study
NIDDK Office of Obesity Research, Trans-Divisional Obesity Research Working
Group
NIDDK Clinical Studies Working Group
Other Activities:
American Dietetic Association Obesity Steering Committee
American Dietetic Association Research Advisory Board
AMA/HRSA/CDC Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention and Management
of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity (NIH Liaison)
Page last updated: September 01, 2007
