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David JA Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

Dr. Jenkins is currently a professor in the departments of medicine and nutritional sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, and a staff physician in the division of endocrinology and metabolism and the director of the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center at St. Michael's Hospital.  He was educated at Oxford University, where he obtained his M.D., Ph.D., and D.Sc.  After further research at the British Medical Research Council’s Clinical Gastroenterology Unit, he returned to Oxford to a joint appointment in the department of the Regius Professor of Medicine (Richard Doll) at the Radcliffe Infirmary and as a faculty member of the University Laboratory of Physiology. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London) and of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada.  He has served on committees in Canada and the United States that have formulated nutritional guidelines for the treatment of diabetes and most recently recommendations for fiber and macronutrient intake for the general population under the new joint US-Canada DRI system (RDAs) of the National Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.). 

Dr. Jenkins research encompasses the area of diet in the prevention and treatment of hyperlipidemia and diabetes.  He has over 200 original publications.  His team was the first to define and explore the concept of the glycemic index of foods and demonstrate the breadth of metabolic effects of viscous soluble fiber, including blood glucose and cholesterol lowering.  His studies on combining cholesterol-lowering food components (dietary portfolio) have been recognized as creating an effective dietary alternative to drug therapy (statins) for many people and was the only dietary approach referenced in the current guidelines of the U.S. National Cholesterol Education Program (ATP III). 

Dr. Jenkins has received numerous awards in recognition of his contribution to nutrition research. Among others he had received the Borden Award (1983), the Goldsmith Award for Clinical Research of the American College of Nutrition (1985), Vahouny Medal for distinction in research in dietary fiber (1996), the McHenry Award (1999) in recognition of excellence in nutrition research and education, the Dietary Fibre Research Award (2000), and the Danone Nutrition Award (Canada) for contributions to nutritional research and education (2001).

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