Strategies to Reduce Sodium Intake in the United States (2010) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 317-324
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Her experience and expertise lie in managing complex organizations that provide direct health services, regulate science-based products, educate the next generation of health professionals, and conduct biomedical research. She has served in a series of senior health policy leadership positions including commissioner of the U.S.
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She is responsible for overseeing the development of citywide and targeted initiatives and policies designed to prevent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality among New York City residents and to eliminate related health disparities. One such activity includes the regulation of trans fat in city restaurants; a new focus for her agency includes the reduction of population sodium intake.
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Her expertise includes nutrition monitoring, dietary intake assessment, and the evaluation of nutrition programs and policies to promote health and prevent disease. She was senior research epidemiologist and nutrition policy adviser at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.
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Professor Cohen is coauthor, with Professor Michael Asimow, of California Administratie Law (2002) and has written numerous law review articles and opinion pieces, most on issues pertaining to food and drugs.
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She is also an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at North Carolina State University. Her expertise lies in economic impact analysis as well as applications of industrial organization, applied welfare analysis, and econometrics in evaluating food and agricultural policy and providing information for policy development.
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Mr. Ruff headed research and development groups for both Kraft International and North American businesses where he successfully integrated the technical operations of numerous acquisitions and established global centers of expertise to maximize research and development effectiveness.
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She has been principal investigator of multiple National Cancer Institute-funded projects focusing on cancer control in working class multiethnic populations. Her past IOM-NAS committee service includes the Committee to Assess Worksite Preventive Health Program Needs of NASA Employees (2004–2005)
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Her leadership activities in the field of nutrition public health policy have been considerable and impactful. She has been responsible for national food fortification programs, use of national nutrition monitoring and surveillance systems to support nutrition and food safety health policies, nutrition labeling including health claims to reduce sodium intakes, infant formula and medical food reviews and regulatory oversight, dietary supplement regulation, and the use of nutrient-related reference values in public health policy formulation.
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