Kelly D. Brownell Explained

Kelly David Brownell
Office:2nd Dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy
Term Start:July 1, 2013
Term End:July 1, 2018
Successor:Judith Kelley
Nationality:American
Birth Date:31 October 1951
Birth Place:Indiana, United States
Education:Purdue University (BS)
Rutgers University (MS, PhD)

Kelly David Brownell (born October 31, 1951)[1] is a clinical psychologist and scholar of public health and public policy at Duke University whose work focuses on obesity and food policy. He is a former dean of Duke's Sanford School of Public Policy. Noted for his research dealing primarily with obesity prevention, as well as the intersection of behavior, environment, and health with public policy, Brownell advised former First Lady Michelle Obama's initiatives to address childhood obesity[2] and has testified before Congress.[3] He is credited with coining the term "yo-yo dieting",[4] and was named as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People" by Time Magazine in 2006.[5]

Personal background

Brownell was born in 1951 and was raised in Indiana. After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in psychology from Purdue University in 1973,[6] he was awarded a Ph.D in Psychology from Rutgers University in 1977.[7] His advisor was Oscar Krisen Buros Professor G. Terence Wilson.

Kelly D. Brownell
Field:Psychology, Epidemiology, Neuroscience, Public Health
Workplaces:Duke University
World Food Policy Center
Sanford School of Public Policy
Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity
Doctoral Advisor:G. Terence Wilson
Known For:Research in obesity and prevention; food marketing, advertising, and legislation; sugary drink tax laws and legislation; public health policy
Awards:James McKeen Cattell Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Psychology, New York Academy of Sciences;
Distinguished Alumni Award, Purdue University
Lifetime Achievement Award, American Psychological Association
Thesis Title:The Effect of Spouse Training and Partner Cooperativeness in the Behavioral Treatment of Obesity
Thesis Url:http://search.proquest.com/docview/302845272/
Thesis Year:1977[8]
Website:https://sanford.duke.edu/people/faculty/brownell-kelly-d

Career

In 1977, Brownell became a member of the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania's medical school. He began as an assistant professor of psychology in psychiatry, was subsequently promoted to associate professor, and finally to full professor. During this period, he also served one year as a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health (NHI) National Cancer Institute (NCI).

In 1991, he joined Yale University, where he held positions as the James Rowland Angell professor of psychology,[9] professor of epidemiology and public health, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, chair of the department of psychology, and head of the undergraduate dormitory Silliman College.

Brownell left Yale in 2013 to join Duke University as Dean of its Sanford School of Public Policy, in which role he continued until the end of the 2018 academic year.[10] He holds academic appointments as the Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Director of the World Food Policy Center, and is a faculty affiliate of the Duke Global Health Institute.[11]

In 2017, backed by funding from the Duke Endowment, William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina Foundation, Duke University announced the formation of its new World Food Policy Center (WFPC), based at the Sanford School of Public Policy. Brownell is the center's founder and director.[12]

To date, he has authored 15 books and more than 350 scientific articles, papers, and chapters.[13] [14] He has also contributed to mainstream media outlets.[15] [16]

Brownell was previously president of the Society of Behavioral Medicine;[17] Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy;[18] and American Psychological Association, Division 38: Society for Health Psychology.[19]

Impact

Brownell's 1986 paper, Understanding and Preventing Relapse, published in American Psychologist, was recognized at the time as one of the most frequently cited papers in psychology.[20]

Recognized for introducing the idea of food taxes as a means of improving public health in 1994,[21] his work on soda taxes[22] has been used by cities, states, and countries seeking to implement them as a public policy tool and tax revenue strategy.[23] In commentary for Time Magazine's "Time 100 of 2006", former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee commented that Brownell had "helped set the U.S. agenda by calling for a ban on sweetened-cereal ads aimed at kids and a tax on high-fat, low-nutrition food."[24]

Brownell has also influenced popular culture. In addition to having coined the term "yo-yo dieting", he is also credited with introducing the phrase "toxic food environment" in his 2004 book, .[25] A frequent radio[26] and television guest,[27] he is the host of the Policy 360 podcast, and has appeared in a variety of feature films and documentaries:

Awards and honors

The Sanford School of Public Policy's Brownell-Whetten Diversity and Inclusion Award was established in 2016 to recognize the work of Brownell and fellow professor, Kate Whetten.[46]

Selected works

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State of Connecticut voter registration information . 2016-10-14 . 2017-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170719114236/http://connvoters.com/by_number/0011/40519_kelly_david_brownell.html . dead .
  2. News: Gold . Matea . Hennessey . Kathleen . July 21, 2013 . Michelle Obama's nutrition campaign comes with political pitfalls . The Baltimore Sun . January 25, 2018.
  3. Web site: TESTIMONY OF KELLY D. BROWNELL, Ph.D. . March 6, 2007 . United States Senate Committee On Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry . United States Senate . January 25, 2018.
  4. Web site: When you lose weight - and gain it all back . https://web.archive.org/web/20130203111300/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36716808/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/t/when-you-lose-weight-gain-it-all-back . dead . February 3, 2013 . June 6, 2010 . NBC News . NBC . January 26, 2018.
  5. News: Kelly Brownell . Time Magazine . January 25, 2018.
  6. Web site: Meet our Distinguished Alumni . Psychological Sciences, College of Health and Human Sciences . Purdue University . January 26, 2018.
  7. Web site: Distinguished Alumni/ae Awardees . School of Graduate Studies . Rutgers University . January 26, 2018.
  8. Brownell . Kelly D. . Heckerman . Carol L. . Westlake . Robert J. . Hayes . Steven . Monti . Peter M. . January 5, 1978 . The Effect of Spouse Training and Partner Cooperativeness in the Behavioral Treatment of Obesity . Behaviour Research and Therapy . 16 . 5 . 323–333 . 10.1016/0005-7967(78)90002-5 . 743074 .
  9. Web site: Kelly Brownell named the James Rowland Angell Professor . Yale School of Medicine . Yale University . January 26, 2018.
  10. Web site: Kelly Brownell Named Dean of Sanford School . Duke Today . 30 January 2013 . Duke University . January 26, 2018.
  11. Web site: Kelly Brownell . Duke University . February 6, 2018.
  12. News: Stancill . Jane . July 10, 2017 . How Duke and NC State may play a role in what and how we eat . News & Observer . January 30, 2018.
  13. Web site: Kelly D. Brownell . Sanford School of Public Policy . January 29, 2018.
  14. Kelly Brownell . The Atlantic . January 29, 2018.
  15. Meet Big Soda — as Bad as Big Tobacco . Time . 24 October 2011 . Time, Inc. . August 9, 2018 . Brownell . Kelly .
  16. News: Brownell . Kelly D. . January 23, 2004 . The Sweet And Lowdown On Sugar . New York Times. August 9, 2018.
  17. Web site: Past Presidents . Society of Behavioral Medicine . January 31, 2018.
  18. Web site: Past Presidents . Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy . January 31, 2018.
  19. Web site: People . American Psychological Association . January 31, 2018.
  20. Book: Garfield, Eugene . Essays of an Information Scientist Series, Volume15: Of Nobel Class, Women in Science, Citation Classics and Other Essays . Psychology Research, 1986-1990: A Citationist Perspective on the Highest Impact Papers, Institutions, and Authors . Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) . October 12, 1992 . 978-0894950933 . Eugene Garfield.
  21. News: O'Connor . Anahad . Sanger-Katz . Margot . November 26, 2016 . As Soda Taxes Gain Wider Acceptance, Your Bottle May Be Next . New York Times . February 5, 2018.
  22. Park . Alice . December 13, 2010 . Study: Soda Taxes May Not Be Enough to Curb Obesity . TIME Magazine . Time, Inc. . February 5, 2018.
  23. Taubes . Gary . Kearns Couzens . Cristin . September 14, 2012 . Why Mike Bloomberg's 'Soda Ban' Could Actually Work . Daily Beast . IAC Publishing . February 5, 2018.
  24. Huckabee . Mike . May 8, 2006 . Kelly Brownell . TIME Magazine . Time, Inc. . February 5, 2018.
  25. Web site: Chocolate Flavored Toddler Formula. Yikes! . Huffington Post Lifestyle . 7 July 2010 . Huffington Post . February 5, 2018.
  26. Brownell . Kelly D. . Mary Harris . The Big Business of The Obesity Crisis . . . New York . June 7, 2017.
  27. News: Neal . Rome . November 26, 2016 . 'Super-Sizing' America's Kids . CBS News . February 5, 2018.
  28. News: Duke names Kelly Brownell as new Sanford dean . Tuchler . Margot . February 10, 2013 . Duke Chronicle . 30 January 2013.
  29. Web site: Big Mac: Inside the McDonald's Empire (2007) . IMDB.com . Internet Movie Database . February 5, 2018.
  30. Web site: Killer at Large (2008) . IMDB.com . Internet Movie Database . February 5, 2018.
  31. Simon . Michelle . May 16, 2012 . HBO's 'Weight of the Nation' should have taken focus on food system change further . Grist . Grist Magazine, Inc. . February 5, 2018.
  32. News: MacVean . Mary . May 9, 2014 . 'Fed Up' documentary lays blame for American obesity on food industry . Los Angeles Times . February 5, 2018.
  33. Web site: Sustainable (2016) . IMDB.com . Internet Movie Database . February 5, 2018.
  34. Web site: All Distinguished Alumni Recipients . Purdue College of Liberal Arts . February 1, 2018.
  35. Curtis . John . Spring 2006 . Six at Yale named to Institute of Medicine . Yale Medicine . Yale School of Medicine . February 1, 2018.
  36. Web site: Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering Elects Twenty-Five New Members in 2006 . Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering . February 1, 2018.
  37. Web site: Past Award Recipients . Society of Behavioral Medicine . January 31, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041835/https://www.sbm.org/awards/recipients . May 22, 2018 . dead .
  38. Web site: Faculty Honors and Awards 2012 . School of Arts and Sciences . Rutgers University . January 31, 2018.
  39. News: Stannard . Ed . December 27, 2009 . Person of the Year says to eat, drink and be wary (with video) . New Haven Register . March 29, 2018.
  40. Web site: TOS Award Recipients thru 2016 . The Obesity Society . February 2, 2018.
  41. Web site: Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Psychology . American Psychological Association . January 31, 2018.
  42. Weir . Kirsten . May 2012 . Lifetime Achievement . Monitor on Psychology . American Psychological Association . January 31, 2018.
  43. Web site: Archived Lists . Clarivate Analytics . February 2, 2018.
  44. Web site: Previous Rall Award for Advocacy Winners . American Public Health Association . February 2, 2018.
  45. Web site: Joseph Priestley Award . Dickinson College . February 2, 2018.
  46. Web site: Diversity and Inclusion . Sanford School of Public Policy . Duke University . January 29, 2018.

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