Bill Harris PhD, FAHA | |
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Born | William S. Harris |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Occupation | Human Nutrition Researcher |
Known for | Omega-3 Fatty Acid research |
Website | Profile on OmegaQuant.com |
William S. Harris, (also known as Bill Harris) PhD FAHA FASN is an American professor and researcher focusing on human nutrition. His work has focused on the role of Omega-3 fatty acids as they relate to cardiovascular disease and neuropsychiatric disease. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A 1971 graduate of Hanover College where he majored in chemistry, [5] Harris completed a PhD in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Minnesota in 1978 [6] He was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he was the Daniel J. Lauer/Missouri Chair in Lipid Metabolism until 2006. [4] [7] He co-directed the Lipid and Diabetes Research Center at the Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. [4] In 2006, he joined faculty at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, where he directed the Cardiovascular Health Research Center at the Sanford Research Center. [6]
Harris founded OmegaQuant in 2009 to develop the RBC omega-3 index as a research assay. [6] This assay was later acquired by the Health Diagnostic Laboratory. [4]
His work focused on the role of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in human disease, [8] and specifically the development of an RBC omega-3 index. [1] [2] [3] In 2009, he chaired an American Heart Association science advisory on Omega-6 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease. [9] He has authored >300 manuscripts in peer-reviewed literature. [10]
Harris is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition. [11]
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Bill Harris PhD, FAHA | |
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Born | William S. Harris |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Occupation | Human Nutrition Researcher |
Known for | Omega-3 Fatty Acid research |
Website | Profile on OmegaQuant.com |
William S. Harris, (also known as Bill Harris) PhD FAHA FASN is an American professor and researcher focusing on human nutrition. His work has focused on the role of Omega-3 fatty acids as they relate to cardiovascular disease and neuropsychiatric disease. [1] [2] [3] [4]
A 1971 graduate of Hanover College where he majored in chemistry, [5] Harris completed a PhD in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Minnesota in 1978 [6] He was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, where he was the Daniel J. Lauer/Missouri Chair in Lipid Metabolism until 2006. [4] [7] He co-directed the Lipid and Diabetes Research Center at the Mid America Heart Institute of Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City. [4] In 2006, he joined faculty at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, where he directed the Cardiovascular Health Research Center at the Sanford Research Center. [6]
Harris founded OmegaQuant in 2009 to develop the RBC omega-3 index as a research assay. [6] This assay was later acquired by the Health Diagnostic Laboratory. [4]
His work focused on the role of lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in human disease, [8] and specifically the development of an RBC omega-3 index. [1] [2] [3] In 2009, he chaired an American Heart Association science advisory on Omega-6 fatty acids and cardiovascular disease. [9] He has authored >300 manuscripts in peer-reviewed literature. [10]
Harris is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition. [11]
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