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Dr. Nancy Ellen Rawson is Vice President and an Associate Director of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, a nonprofit research institute dedicated to the study of taste, smell and related senses. She holds a master’s degree in nutrition from the University of Massachusetts and a doctorate in biology from the University of Pennsylvania. From there she joined the Monell Center, studying the cellular basis for taste and smell. She After holding senior positions in the ingredient industry, she returned to Monell in 2016 where she provides strategic leadership, works to advance research into taste and smell disorders, and serves as Secretary of the Board. Dr. Rawson holds multiple patents, has authored over 100 publications, is active in the Association for Women in Science and the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, is a founding Board member for the Smell and Taste Association of North America, is on the Board of the Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences and the Boyce Thompson Institute at Cornell.