Department of Pediatrics

Stephen Daniels, MD, Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Written by Children's Hospital Colorado | November 11, 2024

Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatrician in Chief Stephen Daniels, MD, PhD, has been awarded the Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Society for Nutrition. This award recognizes a researcher or clinician for lifelong contributions to the field with a focus on the impact of childhood nutrition on health and disease. Dr. Daniels is renowned for his research on cardiovascular risk factors in children. His studies have focused on understanding the causes of blood pressure elevation and cholesterol abnormalities in children and adolescents, particularly the role that obesity may play in these health issues.