GERO Talk: "Update on Sarcopenia: Current Definitions and Emerging Treatments" - Roger A. Fielding

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D. serves as Team Lead and Senior Scientist of the Nutrition,
Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Team at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition
Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. He is also Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman
School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of
Medicine and the Associate Director of the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans
Independence Center. Dr. Fielding is an internationally known researcher who studies the
underlying mechanisms contributing to the age-associated decline in skeletal muscle mass, the
resultant impact on function, and the potential role of exercise, nutrition, physical activity and
other therapies on attenuating this process. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers(H-
index 101). Dr. Fielding has a strong record of extramural funding including support from the
NIH, USDA, foundations and industry. He is an Deputy Editor of the Journals of Gerontology
Medical Sciences, and Calcified Tissues International and Musculoskeletal Research. He has
also served as a reviewer on numerous NIH study sections and was elected to the NIH/CSR
College of Reviewers. In 2015, he received the Olof Johnell Science Award from the
International Osteoporosis Foundation and in 2021 he received the Herbert Fleisch Medal from
the same organization.