Donna H. Ryan MD, FACP

Donna H. Ryan, MD is Professor Emeritus at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge Louisiana. She served as Associate Executive Director at Pennington Biomedical for 34 years where she was active in research, teaching, and administration. Her research accomplishments include landmark studies of omega-3 fatty acids, and membership on the teams that developed the NIH-sponsored feeding studies, DELTA (Dietary Effects on Lipoproteins and Thrombosis in Atherosclerosis) and DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension).

Dr. Ryan was an Investigator in NIH multicenter lifestyle intervention studies DPP (Diabetes Prevention Program) and POUNDS Lost and the Look AHEAD studies. Dr. Ryan worked with the Louisiana Office of Group Benefits to conduct LOSS (Louisiana Obese Subjects Study), a pragmatic clinical trial of intensive medical therapy for severe obesity conducted in six Louisiana primary care clinics. Dr. Ryan was PI of a Military Nutrition Grant from 1988-2011 to develop improvements to soldier readiness, nutrition, and health.