Carol S. Kennedy Professor of Nutrition
The Ohio State University
Martha Ann Belury, PhD, RDN, is Professor and Chair of Food Science and Technology at Ohio State University. After earning her PhD in Biological Sciences at the University of Texas in Austin, Dr. Belury has transitioned to bridge pre-clinical research to clinical trials with the goal of identifying cellular targets of lipophilic bioactive compounds that affect energy metabolism and inflammation. With many wonderful collaborators and student mentees, Dr. Belury has authored over 130 peer-reviewed publications to reveal how dietary fatty acids and flavonoids modulate energy metabolism and inflammation in the contexts of cancer, obesity, type 2 diabetes and sarcopenia. Dr. Belury has mentored many undergraduate, masters and doctoral students. She is President of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and is an Elected Fellow in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) awarded her with the 2022 Ralph T. Holman Lifetime Achievement award for her work with dietary fats and health.