Paule Valery Joseph Explained

Paule Valery Joseph
Workplaces:National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
Alma Mater:University of Pennsylvania
Pace University
College of New Rochelle
Hostos Community College
Thesis Title:Sucrose Thresholds and Genetic Polymorphisms of Sweet and Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Children
Thesis Url:https://repository.upenn.edu/edissertations/1793
Thesis Year:2015

Paule Valery Joseph is an American nurse and researcher at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She is the 2022 National Academy of Medicine and American Academy of Nursing Fellow.

Early life and education

Joseph is from Venezuela.[1] She spent her childhood watching her mother acting as the community nurse. Her father was a teacher.[2] She earned her Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in nursing at Hostos Community College. She moved to the College of New Rochelle for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). She moved to Pace University for her graduate studies, where she earned a master's degree in nursing. She eventually joined the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied sucrose thresholds receptor genes in children.[3] [4] She discovered that differences in the way young people taste sugar may impact their dietary intake, resulting in long-term conditions including obesity. Doctorate in hand, Joseph joined the National Institute of Nursing Research as a postdoctoral researcher.

Research and career

Every year, smell and taste disorders impact hundreds of thousands of people in the United States.[5] Joseph leads the Sensory Science and Metabolism Unit at the National Institute of Nursing Research. This unit looks to understand the molecular mechanisms that underpin chemosensing (taste, smell and chemesthesis, skin sensitivity to chemicals). She is interested in the development of predictive models that can be used to understand the gut–brain axis.[6] She showed that ultra-processed food can increase the risk of certain cancers and heart disease.[7] [8] Joseph demonstrated that people on plant-based, low-fat diets lost weight faster than those on animal-based low-carb, high-fat diets.[9] [10] Based on this research, Joseph believes it will be possible to improve personalised nutritional programmes. In 2019 Joseph was named the Lasker Scholar and National Institutes of Health Distinguished Scholar.[11] [12]

During the COVID-19 pandemic Joseph switched her focus to consider why people suffering from COVID-19 reported losing their sense of taste and smell.[13] [14] She has attempted to define clinical standards for measuring taste and smell, and is conducting investigations into the taste and smell of people suffering from Long COVID.[15] She was named the 2022 National Academy of Medicine American Academy of Nursing Fellow.[16] The fellowship is the first of its kind.

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Paule Valery Joseph, Ph.D., MS, FNP-BC, BSN, RN, FAAN: Clinician scientist, international scholar, minority health leader, diversity advocate — NurseDeck – Your Healthcare community . 2022-10-16 . NurseDeck – Nurses supporting and inspiring together . en-US.
  2. Web site: IPN Issue 43 July 5 2022 – NurseDeck – Your healthcare community . 2022-10-16 . NurseDeck – Nurses supporting and inspiring together . en-US.
  3. Joseph . Paule . January 1, 2015 . Sucrose Thresholds and Genetic Polymorphisms of Sweet and Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Children . Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations.
  4. Web site: TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain : Short Wave . 2022-10-16 . NPR.org . en.
  5. Web site: DIR Researcher Profile: Dr. Paule V. Joseph National Institute of Nursing Research . 2022-10-16 . www.ninr.nih.gov . en.
  6. Web site: Heilbrunn Center announces recipients of its 2016 Nurse Scholar Awards . 2022-10-16 . News . en.
  7. Web site: September 1, 2022 . New research says 'ultraprocessed' food creates health risks, certain cancers . 2022-10-16 . Deseret News . en.
  8. News: O’Connor . Anahad . May 16, 2019 . Why Eating Processed Foods Might Make You Fat . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-16 . 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: January 21, 2021 . NIH study compares low-fat, plant-based diet to low-carb, animal-based diet . 2022-10-16 . National Institutes of Health (NIH) . EN.
  10. Web site: Health . National Institutes of . January 21, 2021 . Low-Fat, Plant-Based Diet Compared to Low-Carb, Animal-Based Diet in Clinical Trial – Here Are the Results . 2022-10-16 . SciTechDaily . en-us.
  11. Web site: HeySummit . NCEMNA 2021 Virtual Policy Conference . 2022-10-16 . NCEMNA 2021 Virtual Policy Conference.
  12. Web site: November 14, 2019 . NIH adds five Lasker Clinical Research Scholars . 2022-10-16 . National Institutes of Health (NIH) . EN.
  13. Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can't Smell or Taste . 2022-10-16 . Time . en.
  14. Harrison . Sara . Why Is It So Hard to Study Covid-Related Smell Loss? . en-US . Wired . 2022-10-16 . 1059-1028.
  15. Web site: February 2021 . 2022-10-16 . NLM Musings from the Mezzanine . en-US.
  16. Web site: Lewis . Talia . August 9, 2022 . National Academy of Medicine Names Seven NAM Fellows for 2022 . 2022-10-16 . National Academy of Medicine . en-US.
  17. Web site: AACN and Johnson & Johnson Welcome Five New Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars . 2022-10-16 . www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Press-Releases/View/ArticleId/21751/j-j-scholars . EN.
  18. Web site: Paule Valery Joseph, PhD, RN, MS, FNP-BC, CTN-B- . 2022-10-16 . www.nmqf.org.
  19. Web site: NAHN 2020 Awards NAHN . 2022-10-16 . nahnnet.org.
  20. Web site: Association for Chemoreception Sciences . 2022-10-16 . achems.org.
  21. Web site: Award Programs NAHN . 2022-10-16 . nahnnet.org.