The American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) and the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF) has awarded Julia Finkelstein, associate professor in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, with the inaugural ASN-NNF Henrik Dam Award for Scientific Discovery in Nutrition.

The award, named in honor of Henrik Dam, a Nobel Prize winner and trailblazing Danish researcher, includes over $300,000 for research and a symposium at Cornell University, and aims to spark innovation and support the next generation of leaders in nutrition. It honors a mid-career professional who has made outstanding research contributions to our understanding of micronutrients, nutritional status or metabolism.

Finkelstein is a globally recognized expert in vitamin B12 and one-carbon metabolism. She is the director of the Maternal and Child Nutrition Program and co-director of the Cornell Joan Klein Jacobs Center for Precision Nutrition and Health. She will deliver a plenary lecture at NUTRITION 2025, the flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition May 31-June 3, where she will receive this award.

Read more about Finkelstein's work on the Cornell Human Ecology website...