In memory of professor Tamara Sergeevna Popova (1941–2024)

The Russian Association for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (RSPEN), the Editorial Board, and the Editorial Council of the Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism journal inform you with deep sadness that Tamara Sergeevna Popova, DSc (Biol), Professor, laureate of the USSR State Prize and the Prize of the Moscow City Mayor’s Office, passed away on January 1, 2024.

Professor T.S. Popova stood at the origins of the creation of the Russian Association for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition and was its president for two decades.

T.S. Popova was the author of more than 350 publications, 25 author certificates, and 14 patents. Her developments concerning intestinal failure syndrome have become a classic not only in Russian medicine, but also in many European countries. The name of Professor T.S. Popova is associated with key state programs, projects, and guidelines and orders of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. Many years of Professor Tamara Sergeevna Popova’s work have been summarized in two editions of the Russian National Guidance to Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.

The editorial board of the Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism journal expresses its deep condolences to the family and friends of T.S. Popova.