Simin Nikbin Meydani (Nikbin)

Simin Nikbin Meydani (PhD '81 Food Sci.) became the fourth director of the Jean Meyer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University on March 16, 2009, after serving as associate director for the last four years. She arrived at Tufts in 1984 to conduct research on the effects of nutrients on aging, immune system response and infection and to teach at The Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts. She will also continue to serve as a professor at The Friedman School and The Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. Simin has received numerous grants from the USDA and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and served from 2005-2006 as president of the American Aging Association. She has also received awards from professional organizations and has served on several governmental committees and editorial boards of scientific journals.