Janina R. Galler is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School,[2][3] and Psychiatrist in the Chester M. Pierce MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital.[4][5] She co-founded the 45-year Barbados Nutrition Study in the Lesser Antilles, in the Americas, with the late Sir Dr. Frank C. Ramsey, who was knighted for their joint efforts in eliminating malnutrition from Barbados. Dr. Galler has served as Director of this study since 1973. The Barbados Nutrition Study is a unique longitudinal study that has shown how the intergenerational legacy of poverty and disadvantage result from early childhood malnutrition and associated childhood adversities. A new facet of her research is its focus on epigenetics, or changes in gene expression that occur without change the structure of DNA. This new work explores potentially reversible mechanisms that explain how early malnutrition alters behavior and health over the life span and across generations.
Janina R. Galler
Nationality
American (born in Sweden)
Other names
Janina Galler
Citizenship
United States
Education
Sophie Newcomb College
Alma mater
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Known for
45+-year longitudinal Barbados Nutrition Study
Spouse(s)
Burton D. Rabinowitz, MD
Children
Loren G. Rabinowitz, MD, Danielle G. Rabinowitz and Arielle G. Rabinowitz
Awards
US Senate Fellow, First Recipient of the Joseph P. Kennedy Public Policy Leadership Award in Mental Retardation, Blanche F. Ittleson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry, 2016 Leon Eisenberg Award in Child Psychiatry
Scientific career
Fields
Psychiatry, Child Psychiatry
Institutions
Harvard Medical School Massachusetts General Hospital
In 1984, Galler published Nutrition and Behavior, part 3 in a 5-volume series, Human Nutrition: A Comprehensive Treatise.[6] Galler has authored more than 200 publications and has edited two books on nutrition and behavior.[7]
She also is a researcher in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for the Developing Child of Harvard University.[8] She was previously a Senior Scientist at the Judge Baker Children's Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston's Longwood Medical Area.
Galler received more than 30 years of uninterrupted research support from the National Institutes of Health.[9] During her career, she served as a member and chairperson of the National Advisory Council of the Eunice K. Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Development (NICHD) and was a member of the NIH Directors Advisory Council. She was also President of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alumni Association (2016-2020).
Galler's research focus is on early life malnutrition and its long-term, cascading effects on mental health development from childhood and over the life span. The also studies the intergenerational effects of childhood malnutrition. Her research has been conducted in low-resource settings and also in the laboratory, where she studies animal models of prenatal malnutrition. Since 1973, she has served as the Director of the 45+-year longitudinal Barbados Nutrition Study.
Referencesedit
^Barnett HL, Belmont I and Eisenberg L: Herbert Birch. Pediatrics. 52:141, 1973.
^Grantome.com on NIH grants of Dr. Janina R. Galler
January 01, 1970
janina, galler, professor, psychiatry, harvard, medical, school, psychiatrist, chester, pierce, division, global, psychiatry, massachusetts, general, hospital, founded, year, barbados, nutrition, study, lesser, antilles, americas, with, late, frank, ramsey, kn. Janina R Galler is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School 2 3 and Psychiatrist in the Chester M Pierce MD Division of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital 4 5 She co founded the 45 year Barbados Nutrition Study in the Lesser Antilles in the Americas with the late Sir Dr Frank C Ramsey who was knighted for their joint efforts in eliminating malnutrition from Barbados Dr Galler has served as Director of this study since 1973 The Barbados Nutrition Study is a unique longitudinal study that has shown how the intergenerational legacy of poverty and disadvantage result from early childhood malnutrition and associated childhood adversities A new facet of her research is its focus on epigenetics or changes in gene expression that occur without change the structure of DNA This new work explores potentially reversible mechanisms that explain how early malnutrition alters behavior and health over the life span and across generations Janina R GallerNationalityAmerican born in Sweden Other namesJanina GallerCitizenshipUnited StatesEducationSophie Newcomb CollegeAlma materAlbert Einstein College of MedicineKnown for45 year longitudinal Barbados Nutrition StudySpouse s Burton D Rabinowitz MDChildrenLoren G Rabinowitz MD Danielle G Rabinowitz and Arielle G RabinowitzAwardsUS Senate Fellow First Recipient of the Joseph P Kennedy Public Policy Leadership Award in Mental Retardation Blanche F Ittleson Award for Research in Child Psychiatry 2016 Leon Eisenberg Award in Child PsychiatryScientific careerFieldsPsychiatry Child PsychiatryInstitutionsHarvard Medical School Massachusetts General HospitalThesis 1972 Doctoral advisorHerbert G Birch developmental psychologist 1 Websitehttps connects catalyst harvard edu Profiles display Person 74587 In 1984 Galler published Nutrition and Behavior part 3 in a 5 volume series Human Nutrition A Comprehensive Treatise 6 Galler has authored more than 200 publications and has edited two books on nutrition and behavior 7 She also is a researcher in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Center for the Developing Child of Harvard University 8 She was previously a Senior Scientist at the Judge Baker Children s Center of Harvard Medical School in Boston s Longwood Medical Area Galler received more than 30 years of uninterrupted research support from the National Institutes of Health 9 During her career she served as a member and chairperson of the National Advisory Council of the Eunice K Shriver National Institutes of Child Health and Development NICHD and was a member of the NIH Directors Advisory Council She was also President of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine Alumni Association 2016 2020 Education editSophie Newcomb College of Tulane University Chemistry and Philosophy summa cum laude 1967 1969 Albert Einstein College of Medicine Doctor of Medicine 1972 Massachusetts General Hospital residency training in Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry began July 1 1972 In addition to English Galler speaks and writes in Castilian Spanish Hebrew Portuguese Swedish and Yiddish citation needed Research editThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Janina R Galler news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Galler s research focus is on early life malnutrition and its long term cascading effects on mental health development from childhood and over the life span The also studies the intergenerational effects of childhood malnutrition Her research has been conducted in low resource settings and also in the laboratory where she studies animal models of prenatal malnutrition Since 1973 she has served as the Director of the 45 year longitudinal Barbados Nutrition Study References edit Barnett HL Belmont I and Eisenberg L Herbert Birch Pediatrics 52 141 1973 Harvard Catalyst page for Janina R Galler MD NCBI PubMed publications list for Janina R Galler MD Janina R Galler MD profile page at MGH ResearchGate profile Human Nutrition A Comprehensive Treatise doi 10 1007 978 1 4615 7219 0 ISBN 978 1 4615 7219 0 Harvard Catalyst page Center for the Developing Child profile Grantome com on NIH grants of Dr Janina R Galler Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janina R Galler amp oldid 1219026853, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
