SAN CLEMENTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jeffrey Bland, Ph.D., FACN, FACB, was honored with the Linus Pauling Functional Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award at The Institute for Functional Medicine’s 2011 International Symposium, held April 28–30 in Bellevue, Washington. He and his wife, Susan Bland, founded the Institute 20 years ago. Bland is the chief science officer for Metagenics, Inc., a nutrigenomics and lifestyle medicine company dedicated to reducing chronic illness and improving health.