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Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Appendix B: Speaker Biographies
Pages 63-76
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He currently serves as a member of the Faculty of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University and as the Director of the United Nations University's Food and Nutrition Program. Before moving to Cornell, he held the rank of Professor of Pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine and served as associate director for the USDA/Baylor Children's Nutrition Research Center.
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Dr. Eric Gugger Technical Manager, Nutrition Science Group Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition General Mills Company Eric Gugger and his group lead the process of creating meaningful health information for the General Mills businesses and brands by applying clinical trials, dietary intake research, and existing nutrition research.
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Van S Hubbard Director, National Institutes of Health Division of Nutrition Research Coordination Chief, Nutritional Sciences Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institutes of Health He is responsible for development of research initiatives and management of research programs related to the nutritional sciences and obesity.
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He oversees four agencies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture: the Agricultural Research Service; the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service; the Economic Research Service; and the National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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His research has focused on the regulation of seed development and the synthesis of seed storage proteins, using a molecular genetic approach to investigate the biology of seed storage protein synthesis to increase the levels of these essential amino acids. These studies
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Lewis explores nutrition interventions that reduce chronic disease risk and effectiveness or outcomes research in nutrition care settings, identifying effective nutrition education and counseling interventions that will result in more healthy eating behaviors. This includes the design of research studies to document the most effective nutrition care services across different health care settings.
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He is currently located at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and serves as the Executive Director of the North Central Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.
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He has been a member of numerous professional, civic, and philanthropic organizations including the Universities Research Association, the Advisory Committee to the New York State Senate Committee on Higher Education and the Board of Directors of the Museums at Stony Brook. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received a Ph.D.
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Muscoplat Vice President for Agricultural Policy Dean of the College of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sciences Director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station University of Minnesota Charles C Muscoplat is Vice President for Agricultural Policy; Dean of the College of Agricultural Food and Environmental Sciences, and Director of the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station.
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He has been a member of many other peer research review committees for the NIH and American Heart Association, and was recently appointed to membership on the National Cholesterol Education Program of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.
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Dr. Sumner teaches Food Microbiology, which covers food borne disease organisms, natural toxins, control measures, thermal death time, and bio processing.
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Dr. Bruce Watkins Professor and University Faculty Scholar of Food Science, Purdue University Adjunct Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis Dr.
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Dr. Watkins received the PSA national research award for his investigations on biotin metabolism in 1990, and in 1994 was presented the BioServ Award from the American Society of Nutritional Sciences for his research on the biochemistry of fatty acids in bone.
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