Bristol Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson announces its No-Strings-Attached Grant to 
Dr. Dennis M. Bier of Baylor College of Medicine.  Thankfully, we can all 
have a good night's sleep since there are no strings attached to this grant.  
Since this college of medicine does so much research on the nutritional needs 
of premies, it would be important not to have any strings attached.....
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

http://www.meadjohnson.com/about/pressrelease/baylorpressrelease.html6/6/02
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE RECEIVES $300,000 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB/MEAD 
JOHNSON UNRESTRICTED NUTRITION RESEARCH GRANT 
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Dr. Dennis Bier Will Serve as Administrator and Principal Investigator of 
No-Strings-Attached Grant for Children’s Nutrition Research 
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(EVANSVILLE, IN, May 22, 2002) – The USDA Children’s Nutrition Research 
Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston, 
has received a three-year $300,000 Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson 
Unrestricted Nutrition Research Grant to help support research in key areas 
of pediatric nutrition. Dennis M. Bier, M.D., will serve as administrator and 
principal investigator of the grant, which will support the CNRC’s research 
in fetal origins of adult disease, host defense, and gastrointestinal barrier 
functions.
“The long term effects of poor nutrition in childhood are a growing concern 
of pediatricians, nutrition researchers, and child health organizations in 
the U.S. and throughout the world,” said Robert A. Burns, Ph.D., research 
fellow, Global Research and Development, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, a 
subsidiary of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. “Under Dr. Bier’s leadership, 
the Children’s Nutrition Research Center has developed innovative research 
that is benefiting infants and children as they mature and grow into adults.” 
Dr. Bier is professor of pediatrics and director of the CNRC, one of six 
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Human Nutrition Research 
Centers. Since its inception in 1978, the CNRC has become a leader in 
determining the nutritional needs of children from conception through 
adolescence, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. Researchers at the center 
have developed national reference data for body composition, bone density, 
and energy intake and expenditure for pre-term infants and children of all 
ages and major U.S. ethnic groups. They have also defined energy requirements 
in pregnancy and lactation and are studying how our genes affect absorption 
and utilization.
“CNRC researchers have expertise in a wide variety of scientific disciplines 
from biochemistry and molecular biology to behavioral nutrition and pediatric 
medicine,” said Dr. Bier. “At the CNRC, we take a lifelong perspective. Our 
scientists are performing research to understand how nutritional adequacy 
during critical periods of development both influences the lives of children 
during growth and maturation and impacts on health maintenance in adult life 
by preventing chronic diseases whose origins lie in nutritional inadequacy. 
The potential impact of the CNRC findings on maximizing health and minimizing 
healthcare costs of future generations is immense. This grant from 
Bristol-Myers Squibb will allow us to develop a pilot grant program that will 
permit investigators to explore highly innovative avenues of research.” 
    

 

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