Program Director- Nutrition
NICHD/NIH
Educated in history and political science (BA) and animal science/agriculture (BS/MS), Dr. Raiten received his doctorate in Human Nutrition from Penn State University and followed that with a postdoctoral fellowship at the Child Study Center of Yale University Medical School.
Upon joining NICHD in 1999, Dr. Raiten has been involved in a range of activities focused on global health from serving as the US Secretariat for two bilateral programs with the Government of India (GOI) to service as a consultant to the WHO on issues ranging from development of guidelines for nutritional care of people living with HIV to recent activities regarding the impact of COVID-19 in infant feeding practices, maternal, child health and nutrition.
Since 2009, Dr. Raiten has served as the Program Director for nutrition/NICHD/NIH. In addition to his role as a program officer he served as the project leader for two projects funded jointly by NICHD, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and members of the global food and nutrition community: 1) iron and malaria project: to address factors affecting the safety and effectiveness of interventions to prevent and treat iron deficiency; 2) Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND); designed to support discovery, development and implementation of nutrient specific biomarkers across the range of uses represented by the global food and nutrition enterprise.
Dr/ Raiten currently serves as the Chair of the USAID Advancing Nutrition Anemia Task Force, and co-chairs several sub-groups of the USG Global Nutrition Coordination Plan (GNCP). He serves as a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Micronutrient Forum (MNF). Recent activities include serving as founder and co-chair of the Climate/environmental change, health, agriculture and improving nutrition (CHAIN) Research Interest Section (RIS) of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
Dr. Raiten was recently elected as an ASN Fellow.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM EST
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST
