Gordon L Jensen

Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD, became Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont in 2016. He retired with Emeritus recognition in 2022. From 2007-2015, he was Professor and Head of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University and Professor of Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine. From 1998-2007, he was Director of the Center for Human Nutrition and Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University...See more

Gordon L. Jensen, MD, PhD, became Senior Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at the Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont in 2016. He retired with Emeritus recognition in 2022. From 2007-2015, he was Professor and Head of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University and Professor of Medicine at the Penn State College of Medicine. From 1998-2007, he was Director of the Center for Human Nutrition and Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He earned his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College and his PhD in nutritional biochemistry from Cornell University. He completed residency training in internal medicine and fellowship training in clinical nutrition at New England Deaconess Hospital, Harvard Medical School. He is a past-president of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), a past-president of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN), and a past-chair of the Association of Nutrition Programs and Departments. He served two terms on the Food and Nutrition Board of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies. His research interests have focused on the impact of nutritional status on health and functional outcomes in older persons. His contributions have been recognized with the 2014 Jonathan Rhoads Lecture, ASPEN's most prestigious award, his election to honorary membership in the Academy and Nutrition and Dietetics, and his selection as a fellow in both ASPEN and ASN. See less