Ph.D.                           Biochemistry, Michigan State University, 1971.

 

B.S.                             Chemistry, Brigham Young University, 1966.

 

06/99, U.S. Patent, Marchalonis, J., Watson R.R., #5,911,990 T-cell Receptor Peptides and Methods for Preventing the Progression to AIDS in an Animal Model.

 

06/24/08, Foo L.Y., Lu Y., Watson, R.R., Patent #7,390,517 B2 Extracts of Passion Fruit and Uses Thereof

 

01/08, U.S. Patent, Marchalonis, J.J., Schluter, S., Watson, R.R., #7,323,174, Modulation of Immune Response and Methods Based Thereon

 

12/14/06, Foo, L.Y., Lu, Y., Watson, R.R., Patent application U.S. 2006/0280821 A1 Method of Treating Inflammation using Extracts of Passion Fruit

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R., Patel, V. Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention. Elsevier, in press, 2010.

 

Watson, R.R., Zibadi, S., Preedy, V. Dietary Supplements and Immune Function. Humana Press and Elsevier, in press, 2010.

 

Watson, R.R., Preedy, V.R. Bioactive Foods and Extracts: Cancer Treatment and Prevention. Taylor and Francis, in press, 2010.

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R., Martin, C.M. Handbook of Behavior, Diet and Nutrition. In preparation for Springer, 2010.

 

Watson, R.R., Gerald, J., Preedy, V.R. Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, and Nutriceuticals: Cost Analysis versus Clinical Benefits, in press Humana Press and Elsevier, 2010.

 

De Meester, F., Zibadi, S., Watson, R.R. Modern Dietary Fat Intakes in Disease Promotion. Humana Press and Springer, in press, 2010.

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. Handbook of Disease Burdens and Quality of Life Measures, vol. 1-6, pages 1-4447, Springer, 2009.

 

Preedy, V.R., Lakshman, R. Srirajaskanthan, R., Watson, R.R. Nutrition, Diet, Therapy, and the Liver. CRC Press part of the Taylor & Francis group, pages 373, 2009.

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. Comprehensive Handbook of Iodine: Nutritional, Biochemical, Pathological, and Therapeutic Aspects, Elsevier, pages 1312, 2009.

 

Watson, R.R. Fatty Acids in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, pages 857, The American Oil Chemists Society and Taylor & Francis, 2009.

 

Watson, R.R. and Preedy, V.R. Complementary and Alternative Therapies and the Aging Population: An Evidence-Based Approach, pages 597, Elsevier, 2008.

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. Lycopene: Nutritional, Medicinal and Therapeutic Properties, pages 451, Science Publishers, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R. and Preedy, V.R. Beyond Vitamin E: Tocotrienols, pages 403, American Oil Chemists Society and Taylor & Francis, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R. Handbook of Nutrition in the Aged: Fourth Edition, pages 364, Taylor & Francis, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R., Preedy, V.R. Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicines in Clinical Practice, pages 915, C.A.B.I., 2008.

 

Preedy, V.R., Watson, R.R. Tomatoes and Tomato Products: Nutritional, Medicinal and Therapeutic Properties, pages 643, Science Publishers, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R., Larson, D.F. Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease, pages 328, Blackwell, 2007.

 

De Meester, F., Watson, R.R. Wild-Type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention – The Columbus Concept, pages 558, Humana Press, 2007.

 

Zibadi, S., Watson, R.R. Antidiabetic properties of Pycnogenol, a pine bark extract, AgroFOOD Industry Hi Tech, October 2009.

 

Zibadi, S., Watson, R.R. Leptin: A novel target for reducing the risk of heart disease in obesity, Inform in press, 2009.

 

Cordova, F.M., Watson, R.R. Prunes and Plums in Health Promotion. Bioactive Foods in Promoting Health: Fruits and Vegetables. In press for publication in 2010 by Elsevier.

 

Zibadi, S., Arguelles, M., Watson, R.R. Passion Fruit (Passiflora edulis): Composition, Efficacy and Safety. Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice. CAB International, pages 761-766, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R., Arguelles, M.C. Pycnogenol and Cardiovascular Health. Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice. CAB International, pages 538-544, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R. Cranberries and Health Promotion. Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice. CAB International, pages 653-656, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R. Policonsanol Reduces Heart Disease Risk Factors. Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice. CAB International, pages 535-537, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R., Stanaway, J.D. African Medicinal Plants for the Treatment of HIV/AIDS. Botanical Medicine in Clinical Practice. CAB International, pages 13-19, 2008.

 

Michael, S.S., Watson, R.R. Tobacco Industry. Gale Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, 3^rd Edition, pages 105-112, 2008.

 

Michael, S.S., Watson, R.R. A History of Tobacco. Gale Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, 3^rd Edition, pages 95-101, 2008.

 

Cordova, F.M., Watson, R.R. Alcohol: Complications: Immunologic. Gale Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, 3^rd Edition, pages 369-375, 2008.

 

Cordova, F.M., Watson, R.R. Alcohol: Complications: Endocrine and reproductive systems. Gale Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior, 3^rd Edition, pages 364-369, 2008.

 

Zibadi, S. Larson, D.F., Watson, R.R. Immune dysregulation: potential mediator of metabolic syndrome-induced cardiac remodeling. Immune Dysfunction and Immunotherapy in Heart Disease, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Inc., pages 3-5, 2007.

 

Zibadi, S. Larson, D.F., Watson, R.R. Flavonoid-rich Dietary Supplements’ Influence on Heart Failure. Wild-Type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention-The Columbus Concept, Humana Press Inc., pages 435-442, 2007.

 

Watson, R.R., Rohdewald, P., Silva, G.E. Asthma risk factors in desert southwest of USA: Role of nutritional supplement, Pycnogenol in therapy. Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine, 2007.

 

Watson, R.R. Pycnogenol and coenzyme Q10 enhance cardiovascular health. Evidence-Based Integrative Medicine. 2:67-70, 2007.

 

Warf, R.D., Watson, R.R. Calciumphosphate Nutrition in prevention of early childhood dental caries. Wild-Type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention-The Columbus Concept, Humana Press Inc., pages 323-329, 2007.

 

Sedig, S., Watson, R.R. Dietary prevention of adult macular degeneration Omega-3 fatty acids and antioxidants. Wild-Type Food in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention-The Columbus Concept, Humana Press Inc., pages 323-329, 2007.

  

Zibadi, S., Vazquez, R., Moore, D., Larson, D.F., Watson, R.R. Myocardial lysyl oxidase regulation of cardiac remodeling in a murine model of diet-induced metabolic syndrome. AM J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 297: H976-82, 2009.

 

Zibadi, S., Farid, R., Watson, R.R. Oral Intake of purple passion fruit peel extract reduces symptoms of knee osteoarthritis. Nutrition Research, Submitted 2009.

 

Zibadi, S., Rohdewald, P., Watson, R.R. Reduction of cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with type 2 diabetes by Pycnogenol supplementation. Nutrition Research 28: 315-320, 2008.

 

Watson, R.R., Zibadi, S., Rafatpanah, H., Jabbari, F., Ghasemi, R., Mirri, S., Ghafari, A., Afrasiabi, A., Foo, L.Y., Farid, R. Oral administration of the purple passion fruit peel extract reduces asthma symptoms in humans. Nutrition Research, 2008, 166-171.

 

Farid, R., Mirfeizi, Z., Mirheidari, M., Rezaieyazdi, Z., Mansouri, H., Esmaelli, H., Zibadi, S., Rohdewald, P., Watson, R.R. Pycnogenol supplementation reduces pain and stiffness and improves physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis. Nutrition Research 27: 692-697, 2008.

 

Zibadi, S., Farid, R., Moriguchi, S., Lu, Y., Foo, L.Y., Tehrani, P.M., Ulreich, J.B., Watson, R.R. Antihypertensive effects of purple passion fruit peel extract in rats and humans. Nutrition Research 27: 408-416, 2007.

 

Zibadi, S., Yu, Q., Rohdewald, P.J., Larson, D.F., Watson, R.R. Impact of Pycnogenol on cardiac extracellular matrix remodeling induced by L-NAME administration to old mice. Cardiovascular Toxicology 7:16-18, 2007.

 

Yu, Q., Watson, R.R., Marchalonis, J.J., Larson, D.F. A role for T Lymphocytes in mediating cardiac diastolic function. American Journal Physiology Heart Circulation Physiology 289: H643-H651, 2005: doi10.1152/ajpheart.00073.2005.

 

Lopez, M.C., Watson, R.R. Alterations in mesenteric lymph node T cell phenotype and cytokine secretion are associated with changes in thymocyte phenotype after LP-BMS retrovirus infection. Clinical and Developmental Immunology 12: 249-257, 2005.

 

Alwardt, C.M., Yu, Q., Brooks, H.L., McReynolds, M.R., Vazquez, R., Watson, R.R., Larson, D.F. Comparative effects of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate on ventricular diastolic function with young and aged female mice. American Journal of Physiology and Regulation of Integral Complementary Physiology 290: 251-256, 2006. First published August 4, 2005: doi10.1152/ajpregu.00272.2005.

 

Ronald R. Watson, PhD, has edited sixty-five (65) books, including twenty-two (22) on the effects of various dietary nutrients in adults, the elderly, and AIDS patients. He initiated and directed the Specialized Alcohol Research Center at the University of Arizona College of Medicine for six years. The main theme of this National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Center grant was to understand the role of ethanol-induced immunosuppression with increased oxidation and nutrient loss on disease and disease resistance in animals.

 

Dr. Watson is a member of several national and international societies concerned with nutrition, immunology, and cancer research. He has directed a program studying ways to slow aging using nutritional supplements, funded by the Wallace Genetics Foundation for thirty (30) years. Currently, he is the co-Principal Investigator on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant studying the role of immune dysfunction to exacerbate heart disease. He has recently completed studies on immune restoration and DNA protection in the elderly using extracts of fruits and vegetables. His research group completed studies on the use of carotenoids and bioflavonoids to protect skin from ultraviolet irradiation in sunlight. He is studying complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) products, including Pycnogenol.

 

Dr. Watson attended the University of Idaho, but graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with a degree in chemistry in 1966. He completed his PhD degree in 1971 in biochemistry at Michigan State University. His postdoctoral education was completed at the Harvard School of Public Health in Nutrition and Microbiology, including and two-year postdoctoral research experience in immunology. He was an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at the Indiana University Medical School from 1974 to 1978 and an associate professor at Purdue University in the Department of Food and Nutrition from 1978 to 1982. In 1982, he joined the faculty at the University of Arizona in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. He is currently a professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. He has published 450 research papers and review chapters.