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Your tax-deductible donation will help the Nutrition and Metabolism Graduate Program train the next generation of researchers. Gifts allow us to recruit highly-qualified prospective students, as well as support current student research and career development.
To make a gift online, visit the University of Wisconsin Foundation. You can also make a check payable to the University of Wisconsin Foundation and mail it with this completed form to: University of Wisconsin Foundation; U.S. Bank Lockbox, Box 78807, Milwaukee, WI 53278-0807.
A.E. Harper Graduate Program Fund – Fund Number: 132041328
Provides support for Nutrition and Metabolism graduate students and programming. Alfred E. Harper led the founding of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and served as its first Chair from 1968-1982. A native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Harper arrived on campus in 1949. He began research on amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, in the lab of biochemist Conrad Elvehjem. Harper served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Food and Nutrition Board, the 1969 White House Conference on Nutrition, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health Organization Expert Committee on Protein and Energy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture/National Institutes of Health Committee on Dietary Allowances, and the USDA Human Nutrition Board of Scientific Counselors. During his career, Harper guided 30 students to master’ s degrees and another 44 to doctorates in biochemistry or nutrition.
Lida A. Jamison Endowment Fund – Fund Number: 32041929
Supports faculty startup funds for new professors. Established in 1994 with a gift from her estate, the Lida A. Jamison Nutritional Sciences Endowment Fund supports projects within the department. Using this fund, Dr. Brian Parks was able to support the purchase of a state-of-the-art animal body composition analyzer, a quantitative PCR machine, and other biomedical laboratory equipment necessary to begin research. Dr. Adam Kuchnia was also able to utilize these funds to start his lab off in the right direction by purchasing cutting-edge imaging equipment needed to conduct his research in body composition and muscle metabolism.