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Appendix I Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 484-496

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From page 484...
... He has published numerous papers on health policy, public health, preventive medicine, nutrition, and tobacco, and served on various journal, scientific, and community boards. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a Fellow in the American College of Epidemiology and the American College of Preventive Medicine, and has received various public service awards.
From page 485...
... He is currently on national advisory boards for PBS Ready to Learn, Children's Digital Media Center (CDMC) , and the Children's Advertising Review Unit of the Council of Better Business Bureaus.
From page 486...
... Agency for International Development, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. He has presented to various congressional committees on media and informal education, federal support of educational media, advertising limits, and mandatory educational programming requirements for commercial television.
From page 487...
... Dr. Dorr's professional memberships include the American Educational Research Association, American Library Association, American Psychological Association, International Communication Association, National Society for the Study of Education, and Society for Research in Child Development among others.
From page 488...
... Dr. Kolbe has served as President of the American School Health Association, Vice President of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education, Visiting Professor at Beijing Medical University, Lead for Health Promotion within the U.S.­Russian Joint Commission on Economic and Technological Cooperation, Chairman of the World Health Organization Expert Committee on School Health Programs, member of the U.S.
From page 489...
... He previously served as President of Griffin Bacal, a DDB Worldwide advertising agency, where he had oversight for advertising, promotion, and public relations for a wide range of clients including Hasbro, PepsiCo, General Mills, Pillsbury, and Nestlé as well as assignments from Disney, McDonald's, General Mills, Good Humor, Veryfine, Mead Johnson, and others. At Griffin Bacal, he created specialty business units to focus on a diverse range of marketing services including youth trend tracking (Trend WalkTM)
From page 490...
... Her professional memberships include the American Society for Nutritional Sciences and the American Dietetic Association, and she has served on the IOM Committee on Use of Dietary Reference Intakes in Nutrition Labeling.
From page 491...
... Dr. Wartella is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Research in Child Development and is the past President of the International Communication Association; she has recently been awarded the International Communication Association's Steven Chaffee Career Productivity Award.
From page 492...
... , American Society for Nutritional Sciences, and American Dietetic Association. She has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and was a recipient of the ASCN's Physician Nutrition Specialist Award.
From page 493...
... Her work there focused on child and family policy for lowincome families, including welfare reform, child care, child health, youth development, and teen pregnancy prevention issues. She has directed a number of community youth programs in Los Angeles and New York City, involving young people in leadership development, job preparedness, and community service.
From page 494...
... She is also working on a military nutrition study to determine if modifications are needed in the military ration composition to prevent possible adverse health and performance consequences of consuming such rations while in short-term high-stress situations. Previously, she has worked on other military nutrition reports including Caffeine for the Sustainment of Mental Task Performance; High-Energy, Nutrient-Dense Emergency Relief Food Product; Weight Management: State of the Science and Opportunities for Military Programs; Monitoring Metabolic Status: Predicting Decrements in Physiological and Cognitive Performance; and most recently Nutritional
From page 495...
... Shannon L Wisham is a Research Associate in the FNB at the IOM where she staffed the congressionally mandated IOM study and subsequent report, Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance.


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