Jane Brody
Renowned Health and Nutrition Author and Speaker

The keynote speaker will be New York Times columnist and best-selling author Jane Brody. Ms. Brody believes that practitioners need better pain management education to improve health outcomes for their patients. For a recent birthday,Ms. Brody received a T-shirt that proclaimed, "Still Perfect, After All These Years." Once she stopped laughing, she began to think that it really should have said, "Still Trying, After All These Years" – still trying to be good to her body, to fuel it right, and move it regularly so that it will continue to be good to her.

But while her regular menu focuses on vegetables, fruits, grains, potatoes, beans, and peas "fleshed" out with circumspect amounts of low-fat dairy products, lean meats and poultry, and all manner of fish and shellfish, Ms. Brody is no fanatic. Moderation and variety, not deprivation and denial, are her watchwords.

To keep her body from "rusting out," she insists on daily physical activity, alternating between walking, cycling, swimming, ice skating, playing tennis, hiking, and occasionally Rollerblading and cross-country skiing. The result is a woman who is more robust, energetic, youthful, and trim in middle age than she was at 15.

Ms. Brody received her B.S. degree in biochemistry from the New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University in 1962 and a master's degree in science writing from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism the following year. After two years as a general assignment reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, in 1965 she joined The New York Times as a full-time specialist in medicine and biology. In 1976 Jane was appointed the "Personal Health" columnist for The New York Times, and her widely read and quoted column continues to appear every Wednesday in the Times and in more than 100 other newspapers around the country. In addition, her articles on other aspects of science and medicine appear frequently in the Times' Science Times on Tuesday.

Ms. Brody has also written scores of magazine articles and lectures, frequently on health and nutrition, to audiences both lay and professional. She has appeared on hundreds of radio and television shows throughout the country and has received numerous prestigious awards for journalistic excellence. In 1987, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University.

Ms. Brody's books include Secrets of Good Health; You Can Fight Cancer and Win; Jane Brody's Nutrition Book; Jane Brody's The New York Times Guide to Personal Health; Jane Brody's Good Food Book; Jane Brody's Good Food Gourmet; Jane Brody's The New York Times Guide to Alternative Health; Jane Brody's Good Seafood Book; Jane Brody's Cold and Flu Fighter; and Jane Brody's Allergy Fighter.

The keynote presentation and welcome reception are scheduled for 6:30 pm on Thursday, September 6.

If your company is interested in sponsoring the keynote address please contact Stephen Porada at (973) 679-4487 or at sp@mededucators.com