Nicholas Norwitz

Dr. Nicholas Norwitz

University of Oxford, Department of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics
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Biography

Nicholas G. Norwitz, PhD, MHP. Dr. Norwitz is pursuing his MD at Harvard Medical School. He received his bachelor’s degree in cellular biology from Dartmouth College in 2018, from where he graduated Valedictorian. He received the Goldwater Scholarship in 2016 as well as the Keasbey Memorial Scholarship in 2018, a merit scholarship that provided funding for his DPhil (PhD) at Oxford University in the UK. He completed his PhD in 2020 on the topic of ketogenics and neurodegenerative disease. He is also a certified metabolic health practitioner (MHP) with the Society of Metabolic Health practitioners. He is published on the topics of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, ketogenic diets, diabetes, lipidology, inflammatory bowel diseases, osteology, exercise sciences, nutrition sciences, and metabolic health. His primary clinical and research interest is in using lifestyle interventions to prevent or improve chronic metabolic diseases.

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Honors and Awards

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Valedictorian

Dartmouth College

Valedictorian and Commencement Speaker, Major: Cell Biology and Biochemistry. 4.0 GPA and 15 academic citations, prizes awarded when a professor feels that the “grade alone inadequately represents the quality of a student’s work.” 15 citations is a historic university record.

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Barry M. Goldwater National Scholarship

United States Congress

Most prestigious merit-based scholarship for college undergraduates to support their research in natural sciences, engineering, and/or mathematics.

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Keasbey Scholarship

Keasbey Memorial Foundation

A merit-based scholarship provided to two students in the United States each year to provide full funding for graduate studies in the United Kingdom. These funds were used to cover the cost of Dr. Norwitz's PhD (DPhil) at Oxford.

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Outstanding Reviewer Award

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MDPI

Awarded by Nutrients in 2021

Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher

Harvard Medical School

01 Apr 2021 - present

Research Director

Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners

01 Dec 2020 - present

Graduate Student or Post Graduate

University of Oxford

01 Oct 2018 - 01 Nov 2020

Undergraduate Student

Dartmouth College

01 Sep 2014 - 01 May 2018