Dr. Raiten joined the Office of Nutrition Research (ONR) in October 2023 as a Program Director. Prior to joining ONR, Dr. Raiten served as the Program Director for Nutrition at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) from 2009-2023 where he was responsible for the portfolio of grants and related activities to support and advance the maternal and child health nutrition agenda in the US and globally. Dr. Raiten has spent most of his career at the interface between research and translation to support evidence informed practice, programs and policies in food safety and nutrition. He first joined NICHD in November 1999 where he began his service as a member of the Office of Global Health. Dr. Raiten has a BA in history and political science, a BS and MS in animal science and agriculture and a PhD in Human Nutrition from Penn State University. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center. He is a recipient of the DHHS Secretary’s Award, 5 NIH Director’s Awards, and was elected as a Fellow of the American Society for Nutrition in 2020.