Food and Nutrition

Biography

Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN. Dr. Anastasi is the Independence Foundation Endowed Professor at New York University Meyers and Founding Director of the Division of Special Studies in Symptom Management. She is one of the country's leading clinical scientists in the area of symptom management. Dr. Anastasi was formerly the Helen F. Pettit Endowed Professor at Columbia University and Director of the Center for AIDS Research and Integrative Therapies in Primary Care Program. Further, she is an outstanding teacher and has received recognition and acclaim through her receipt of the Columbia University Presidential Teaching Award. Dr. Anastasi served on the Advisory Board for the Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report on The Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by the American Public. She is also the principal investigator of several clinical trials funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Anastasi authored and developed the Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements© graduate program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). She has published extensively in the area of symptom management using non-invasive interventions and has received numerous awards for her contributions and expertise in symptom management research.

Research Interest

Symptom management, clinical trials, non-invasive interventions, food as medicine, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements.