Dietary Phosphorus: Health, Nutrition, and Regulatory Aspects (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498706964)

Jaime Uribarri, MD Dr. Jaime Uribarri is a physician and clinical investigator. He was born in Chile and received his medical degree from the University of Chile School of Medicine. He did all his postgraduate training in the United States. He has been in The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, since 1990, where he is currently Professor of Medicine and Director of the Renal Clinic and the Home Dialysis Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital. In parallel with his clinical activities, Dr Uribarri has been very active in clinical investigation for the past 30 years. His main areas of research have been on acid-base and fluid and electrolyte disorders, as well as nutrition in chronic kidney disease and diabetic patients. He was one of the first to bring attention to the important role of food-derived advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in chronic diseases in humans. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers and written many chapters in books. He has lectured extensively on these research topics in New York City, as well as in national and international meetings. He serves as an ad hoc referee for numerous nutrition, medical, and other scientific journals, and he is an active member of several health organizations and professional associations, including The American Society of Nephrology, The American Society of Nutrition, The International Society of Nephrology, The New York Academy of Sciences, and The Maillard Society.

Mona S. Calvo, PhD After earning a doctorate in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Dr. Calvo pursued postdoctoral studies in the Endocrine Research Unit of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Recently retired from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after 28 years, her former position and title was that of Expert Regulatory Review Scientist and Research Principal Investigator at the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. Her current and past research interests focus on dietary influences on the hormonal regulation of calcium, phosphorus, and vitamin D and their impact on bone and kidney disease and other chronic diseases of public health significance. These research interests have been the topics for over 150-peer-reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, government reports/guidelines, FDA regulations, and abstracts presented at national and international meetings. She serves as an Associate Editor for Public Health Nutrition; an ad hoc referee for numerous nutrition, medical, and other scientific journals; and is a member of the Endocrine Society, American Society for Nutrition, the Nutrition Society (UK), and the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research and serves as a member of the advisory board for ODIN, which seeks food-based solutions for optimal vitamin D nutrition and health through the life cycle.