Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD is a Professor of Medicine at Tufts University and Chief of the Calcium and Bone Metabolism Laboratory at the Jean Mayer United States Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is trained in endocrinology and directs the Metabolic Bone Diseases Clinic at the New England Medical Center. Dawson-Hughes is a member of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. She is a member of the Board of Trustees and at the time of this presentation, was President of the National Osteoporosis Foundation. She has served on the Councils of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and the American Society of Clinical Nutrition and is currently on the Council of the International Bone and Mineral Society. Dr. Dawson-Hughes' research is directed at examining age-related loss of bone mass and risk of fragility fractures. She has published over 250 peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, abstracts and reviews.
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