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  • “Our lives are Mobius strips, misery and wonder simultaneously. Our destinies are infinite, and infinitely recurring.” - Joyce Carol Oates

    Looking Forward While Looking Back: Nutrition Perspective in the Friedman Fellows Program

    Denish Moorthy, MD,MSUSAID-funded Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovation in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, Arlington, VA

    denish_moorthy@jsi.com

    Evidence-based Medicine & Nutrition

    Mentors

    Genetic Epidemiology

    Endocrinology and Metabolism

    Micronutrients

    Food Policy & Politics

    International Development

    • Nutrition follows Fuzzy Logic• Versatility in knowledge and skills is valuable• Nutrition is inseparable from health, values, and rights

    • Mistakes of the past are often repeated

    • Look forward while looking back – set goals, be aware of what came before you- Ask questions of yourself and others

    Some Reflections

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