Mona Calvo, MA, PhD, DFASN
Adjunct Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC NY
The Joel D. Kopple Award is an annual award honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of renal nutrition.
Dr. Calvo is a proud graduate of the Division of Nutritional Sciences doctoral program at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She strengthened her clinical and pre-clinical research and analytical skills with 5 years post-doctoral training in the Endocrine Research Unit of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. She then joined the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition earning the status of Expert Regulatory Review Scientist with review responsibilities that included evaluating the health effects of analytical, pre-clinical, and clinical data submitted in support of safety issues relating to infant formulas, dietary supplements, medical foods, food fortification, food additives, and health claim labeling. After retiring with 29+ years of service at FDA, Dr. Calvo continues her decades long collaborative research as an Adjunct Research Professor in the Division of Nephrology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NYC with nephrologist, Dr. Jaime Uribarri. Her current and past research focuses on the effects of diet on hormonal regulation of calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D, and their impact on the prevention and management of bone and kidney disease which are the topics of her peer-reviewed publications, book chapters, government reports, guidelines, and regulations.
Three decades of research, regulation, and mentorship shaping the future of nephrology and nutrition.