Dr. Robert Chapkin, Professor of Nutrition, of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, and of Biochemistry and Biophysics, was one of six recipients of the Distinguished Achievement Award for Research. This award recognizes and rewards those individuals whose research efforts have been particularly significant and outstanding work is recognized locally, nationally and internationally. The results of these research efforts have added substantially to the basic body of knowledge, contributed to the improvement of the quality of life, and/or encouraged additional research. These scholarly pursuits can take many forms. In the words of Vision 2020, “research, as the creation of knowledge in the broades sense, encompasses all forms of scholarship from creation of works of art and literature through evaluation and reorganization of knowledge to investigations into the preservation, transmission and application of knowledge.”
Dr. Chapkin’s outstanding research program has been recognized repeatedly with an impressive list of awards which places him in the highest echelons of his profession including: NIH “First Award”, PEW National Nutrition Program Faculty Scholar; American Society for Nutritional Sciences (ASNS); Bio Serv Award in Experimental Animal Nutrition; Texas Agricultural Experiment Station Faculty Fellow Award (TAES); Texas A&M University Faculty Fellow Award; Sigma Xi Distinguished Scientist Award, Texas A&M
University Chapter; Senior Faculty Fellow Award, TAES; Bio/Bio News – May 2011
Vegetable & Fruit Improvement Center, Texas AgriLife Research Director’s Award; and the Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow. His expertise spans the fields of integrative nutrition, cancer biology and immunology. He has published 167 peer review manuscripts, including 12 invited reviews, written 21 book chapters and published 216 abstracts.
His research program is one of the most well-funded, innovative and productive programs in the College. He has received $10.5 million as PI ($32+ million as PI, co-PI and
collaborator combined) in funding from the NIH, USDA and other agencies. Over the past five years, Dr. Chapkin has received funds that amount to over $6 million as PI and $22
million overall.
Quoting a Professor from Cell and Molecular Pathology at Hollings Cancer Institute, “As far as others in the field are concerned, we look to Robb for the next step in gaining
insights into the intricate dance between human nutrition, health and imbalances that lead to chronic diseases. Robb has been well recognized by his peers and has provided years of
service to the NIH by his sitting on a number of peer review panels that fund our research.”