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Roger Fielding, PhD

Senior Scientist
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Roger A. Fielding, Ph.D. serves as Team Lead and Senior Scientist of the Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, and Sarcopenia (NEPS) Team at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. He is also Professor of Nutrition at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Associate Director of the Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Fielding is an internationally known researcher who studies the underlying mechanisms contributing to the age-associated decline in skeletal muscle mass, the resultant impact on function, and the potential role of exercise, nutrition, physical activity and other therapies on attenuating this process. He has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers(H-index 101). Dr. Fielding has a strong record of extramural funding including support from the NIH, USDA, foundations and industry. He is an Deputy Editor of the Journals of Gerontology Medical Sciences, and Calcified Tissues International and Musculoskeletal Research. He has also served as a reviewer on numerous NIH study sections and was elected to the NIH/CSR College of Reviewers. In 2015, he received the Olof Johnell Science Award from the International Osteoporosis Foundation and in 2021 he received the Herbert Fleisch Medal from the same organization.

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