Education
Joanne Holden received her Bachelor of Science degree in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware before going on to earn her Master of Science degree from the University of Maryland in 1974.
Joanne Holden received her Bachelor of Science degree in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware before going on to earn her Master of Science degree from the University of Maryland in 1974.
Holden published over 100 papers on food composition data production, collection, management, and documentation and nutrition analysis. Holden was listed as an Inter-Services Intelligence Highly Cited researcher in 2014, meaning that she ranked among the top 1% most cited researchers in the field of agricultural science. Her work contributed to the United States Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, which is the standard source for food composition data in the United States. for public and private sector uses.
In addition, Holden furthered global food science education by serving as co-director (1994 to at least 2007) of the International Postgraduate Course for the Production, Management, and Use of Food Composition Data, a project of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization"s International Network of Food Data Systems (INFOODS).