Robert Burns


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Adjunct Professor of Practice

Email: burnsroa@iu.edu
Phone: 812-855-1561
Address: 1025 E. 7th St.
Department: Applied Health Science

B.S. Queen's University, Belfast, N Ireland 1972
Ph.D Queen's University, Belfast, N Ireland 1976

Position/Grant/Award/etc.

  • Founder and Principal Consultant, Nutrition Implications, LLC. 2018–present
  • Vice President, Health and Nutrition Policy, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, DC 2011–2018
  • ASN Sustaining Member Committee, Award of Distinction, 2009
  • Global Head of Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Cadbury, London 2005–2010
  • Member, Food Forum of the National Academy of Sciences, 2003–2005
  • Director, Nutrition Science and Policy, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Evansville, IN 2002–2005
  • Director, Discovery, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Evansville, IN 2000–2002
  • Director, Pediatric Product Development, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Evansville, IN 1998–2000
  • Member, Division of Nutritional Sciences External Advisory Committee, 1995–2008

Scholarly Interest

The development of organizational, national and global food policies and their implementation

Morale, S. E., Hoffman, D. R., Castaneda, Y. S., Wheaton, D. H., Burns, R. A., & Birch, E. E. (2005) Duration of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids availability in the diet and visual acuity. Early Human Development, 81, 197-203.

Rowe, S., Alexander, N., Almeida, N., Black, R., Burns, R., Bush, L., Crawford, P., Keim, N., Kris-Etherton, P., & Weaver, C. (2011). Translating the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 to bring about real behavior chenge. JADA 111(1), 28-39.