Donna H. Ryan, MD

Dr. Donna H. Ryan is professor emerita of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where until retirement she directed clinical research for 22 years. Her own research includes participation on the teams that developed and executed studies such as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS Lost), Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD). Dr. Ryan’s continuing interests focus on translation of effective weight management into primary care practices.