Connie M. Weaver, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor and
Head of the Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana. In 2013, she was
bestowed the honor of the Spirit of the Land Grant Award. In 2012 she was selected as the Herbert Newby McCoy recipient, the most prestigious
research honor given by Purdue University. In 2010 she was elected to membership in the Institute
of Medicine of The National Academies, of which she is a member of the Food and
Nutrition Board. Also, in 2010 the
Women's Global Health Institute (WGHI) was formed at Purdue University with the
mission of improving the health of women globally through research and training
by proactively identifying the causes and prevention of diseases related to
women. For her contributions in teaching, Dr. Weaver was
awarded Purdue University's Outstanding Teaching Award.