Background
Spence, Joseph Thomas was born on May 7, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph B. and Mary Spence.
Spence, Joseph Thomas was born on May 7, 1951 in Brooklyn. Son of Joseph B. and Mary Spence.
Bachelor of Science, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, 1973. MNS., Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow McArdle Lab Cancer Research, Madison, Wisconsin, 1977—1980. Assistant professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1980—1985, associate dean research & graduate studies, School Med & biomedical Sciences, 1988—1993. Health scientist administrator Natl Hearth, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1985—1988.
Director Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, 1993—2004. Deputy administrator Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, 2004—2008. Director Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, since 2008.
Member of Society Experimental Biology & Medicine, American Society Nutrition.
Married Marlene Spence. Children: Joseph, Laura.