Peter Jones, joined U of M in Nov 05' as Director of RCFFN. Awarded Distinguished Professor in Human Nutritional Sciences, Agriculture and Foods Sciences, as well as Food Science, Agriculture & Food Sciences at the U of M in 2016. Native of BC, Dr. Jones received a BSc degree in Biochemistry at the U of BC. He obtained an MSc in Human Nutrition at the same institution before completing a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the U of T in 1985. After two years with the Clinical Nutrition… Show more Peter Jones, joined U of M in Nov 05' as Director of RCFFN. Awarded Distinguished Professor in Human Nutritional Sciences, Agriculture and Foods Sciences, as well as Food Science, Agriculture & Food Sciences at the U of M in 2016. Native of BC, Dr. Jones received a BSc degree in Biochemistry at the U of BC. He obtained an MSc in Human Nutrition at the same institution before completing a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the U of T in 1985. After two years with the Clinical Nutrition Research Center at the U of Chicago as a Medical Research Council of Canada post-doctoral fellow, Dr. Jones spent several years on faculty. Dr. Jones was Director of the School Dietetics & Human Nutrition at McGill University from 1994-99; in addition being a professor and holding a cross-appointment in the Dept. of Medicine until 2005. Dr. Jones serves as Past-President of the Danone Institute for Nutrition in Canada and Past-President of the Canadian Society for Nutritional Science. Has served as Chairman of the Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Board of Vancouver-based Forbes Medi-tech group and sat on the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Health Organization & United Nations University. Expert Consultant Panel for Energy & Protein Requirements in Human Nutrition. Served on multiple board of directors and committees including SNPitty Inc, Danone Institute of Canada, HSF of Canada, SNI Board, EMILI, HIP-Canada & TerraVia Inc. Dr. Jones serves on national grant review committees including CIHR & HSF, as well editorial boards for Journals, including Lipids and Nutrition Reviews.Research interests cover cholesterol, fat and energy metabolism, exploring the dietary determinants which control cholesterol biosynthesis absorption & turnover in humans, as well how plant sterols act in functional foods as cholesterol-lowering agents. Publishing over 360 peer-reviewed research articles, numerous book/magazine/newspaper articles and international journals. Show less

Taught:HNSC 4540 Functional Foods and NutraceuticalsFOOD 4540 Functional Foods and NutraceuticalsHNSC 7490 Phytochemical Nutrition and Metabolism

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Taught:382-Colloq Nutrition Graduate colloquium524-202M Meds II Clinical Nutrition524-104M Meds I Clinical Nutrition382-307 Human Nutrition