Paule Valery Joseph
Joseph in 2019, NIAAA official photograph
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania
Pace University
College of New Rochelle
Hostos Community College
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
ThesisSucrose Thresholds and Genetic Polymorphisms of Sweet and Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Children (2015)

Paule Valery Joseph is an American nurse and researcher at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. She is the 2022 National Academy of Medicine American Academy of Nursing Fellow.

Early life and education

Joseph is from Venezuela.[1] She spent her childhood watching her mother acting as the community nurse.[1] Her father was a teacher.[2] She earned her Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in nursing at Hostos Community College. She moved to the College of New Rochelle for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). She moved to Pace University for her graduate studies, where she earned a master's degree in nursing. She eventually joined the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied sucrose thresholds receptor genes in children.[3][4] She discovered that differences in the way young people taste sugar may impact their dietary intake, resulting in long-term conditions including obesity.[3] Doctorate in hand, Joseph joined the National Institute of Nursing Research as a postdoctoral researcher.

Research and career

Every year, smell and taste disorders impact hundreds of thousands of people in the United States.[5] Joseph leads the Sensory Science and Metabolism Unit at the National Institute of Nursing Research. This unit looks to understand the molecular mechanisms that underpin chemosensing (taste, smell and chemesthesis, skin sensitivity to chemicals).[5] She is interested in the development of predictive models that can be used to understand the gut–brain axis.[6] She showed that ultra-processed food can increase the risk of certain cancers and heart disease.[7][8] Joseph demonstrated that people on plant-based, low-fat diets lost weight faster than those on animal-based low-carb, high-fat diets.[9][10] Based on this research, Joseph believes it will be possible to improve personalised nutritional programmes.[6] In 2019 Joseph was named the Lasker Scholar and National Institutes of Health Distinguished Scholar.[11][12]

During the COVID-19 pandemic Joseph switched her focus to consider why people suffering from COVID-19 reported losing their sense of taste and smell.[13][14] She has attempted to define clinical standards for measuring taste and smell, and is conducting investigations into the taste and smell of people suffering from Long COVID.[14][15] She was named the 2022 National Academy of Medicine American Academy of Nursing Fellow.[16] The fellowship is the first of its kind.

Awards and honours

Select publications

References

  1. 1 2 "Paule Valery Joseph, Ph.D., MS, FNP-BC, BSN, RN, FAAN: Clinician scientist, international scholar, minority health leader, diversity advocate — NurseDeck – Your Healthcare community". NurseDeck – Nurses supporting and inspiring together. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  2. ↑ "IPN Issue 43 | July 5 | 2022 – NurseDeck – Your healthcare community". NurseDeck – Nurses supporting and inspiring together. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  3. 1 2 Joseph, Paule (January 1, 2015). "Sucrose Thresholds and Genetic Polymorphisms of Sweet and Bitter Taste Receptor Genes in Children". Publicly Accessible Penn Dissertations.
  4. ↑ "TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain : Short Wave". NPR.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "DIR Researcher Profile: Dr. Paule V. Joseph | National Institute of Nursing Research". www.ninr.nih.gov. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  6. 1 2 3 "Heilbrunn Center announces recipients of its 2016 Nurse Scholar Awards". News. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  7. ↑ "New research says 'ultraprocessed' food creates health risks, certain cancers". Deseret News. September 1, 2022. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ O’Connor, Anahad (May 16, 2019). "Why Eating Processed Foods Might Make You Fat". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ "NIH study compares low-fat, plant-based diet to low-carb, animal-based diet". National Institutes of Health (NIH). January 21, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  10. ↑ Health, National Institutes of (January 21, 2021). "Low-Fat, Plant-Based Diet Compared to Low-Carb, Animal-Based Diet in Clinical Trial – Here Are the Results". SciTechDaily. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  11. ↑ HeySummit. "NCEMNA 2021 Virtual Policy Conference". NCEMNA 2021 Virtual Policy Conference. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  12. ↑ "NIH adds five Lasker Clinical Research Scholars". National Institutes of Health (NIH). November 14, 2019. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Many COVID-19 Survivors Still Can't Smell or Taste". Time. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  14. 1 2 Harrison, Sara. "Why Is It So Hard to Study Covid-Related Smell Loss?". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  15. ↑ "February 2021". NLM Musings from the Mezzanine. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  16. ↑ Lewis, Talia (August 9, 2022). "National Academy of Medicine Names Seven NAM Fellows for 2022". National Academy of Medicine. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  17. ↑ "AACN and Johnson & Johnson Welcome Five New Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars". www.aacnnursing.org/News-Information/Press-Releases/View/ArticleId/21751/j-j-scholars. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  18. ↑ "Paule Valery Joseph, PhD, RN, MS, FNP-BC, CTN-B-". www.nmqf.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  19. ↑ "NAHN 2020 Awards | NAHN". nahnnet.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Association for Chemoreception Sciences". achems.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
  21. ↑ "Award Programs | NAHN". nahnnet.org. Retrieved October 16, 2022.
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