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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
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