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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,MS USAID-funded Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovation in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) Project, Arlington, VA [email protected] 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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  • “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

    [email protected]

    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