Johanna T. Dwyer

Johanna T. Dwyer is an American nutrition scientist and dietitian. She is a senior scientist at the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements and director of the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at Tufts Medical Center. Dwyer is a professor of nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.

Education Dwyer completed undergraduate degree with distinction from Cornell University. She earned a D.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Harvard School of Public Health and an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin.

Career Dwyer was a faculty member of the Harvard School of Public Health.

At Tufts Medical Center, Dwyer is the Director of the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Professor of Medicine (Nutrition) and Community Health at the Tufts University Medical School, and Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy. She is also Senior Scientist at the Jean Mayer/USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University.

Awards and honors In 1998, Dwyer was elected member of the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences. She is a fellow and past president of the American Institute of Nutrition and the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.