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 > Dr. Dennis Bier Will Serve as Administrator and Principal Investigator of No-Strings-Attached Grant for Children’s Nutrition Research > (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.” *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html