Leveraging Food Technology for Obesity Prevention and Reduction Efforts Workshop Summary (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographical Sketches
Appendix B: Speaker and Moderator Biographical Sketches
Pages 85-94
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-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Prior to his current position he was a research scientist at the New York Obesity Research Center and associate professor of medical psychology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons until 2001.
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for USDA and the Interagency Working Group for Technology Transfer convened monthly by the Department of Commerce; he also represents USDA on the White House Innovation and Entrepreneurship working group, established by the Obama administration in December 2009. Career awards include Outstanding Senior Scientist, USDA Award for Superior Service, ARS Technology Transfer Awards, an FLC Technology Transfer Award, and the "Pollution Prevention Project of the Year" award in 1999 under the Stra
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Elaine Champagne, Ph.D., serves as research leader of the Food Processing & Sensory Quality Research Unit at ARS in New Orleans, Louisiana. She leads a multidisciplinary team conducting research ranging from the sensory and processing quality of rice, peanuts, and fruit to the prevention of offflavor in catfish aquaculture via bioremediation to the prevention of childhood obesity.
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She is currently conducting research to understand individual differences in children's appetite regulation and to develop interventions for caregivers of preschoolers that emphasize behavioral and environmental strategies for healthy child portion sizes. Her work has received national media coverage by the New York Times, the Scientific American Frontiers Series on PBS, and more recently, the Discovery Health Channel.
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Before joining USDA in 1989, he served in research and technical management positions with American Home Foods, the Coca-Cola Company, and McCormick and Company; as assistant professor of food processing research in the Department of Food Science at the University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Station in Griffin; and as a food technologist with the FDA in Washington, D.C.
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His work on behavioral economics and the school lunch program has shown how low-cost solutions can lead school children to make more healthful choices without reducing the overall availability of choices. His research has been widely recognized, winning the American Journal of Agricultural Economics Outstanding Journal Article and being cited by Discover Magazine as one of the top science stories of 2006.
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She serves on the IOM Food and Nutrition Board's Food Forum. She also serves on many industry trade association committees, including those of the American Heart Association, International Life Sciences Institute, the International Food Information Council, the American Beverage Association, and the Juice Products Association.
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Food Technology Commercial Space Center. She has received numerous awards for her innovative research program, some of which include the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, two USDA Secretary Honors Awards for Superior Service, the Federal Laboratories Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer, and the Popular Science Best of What's New Award.
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He is a fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and was the recipient of the Outstanding Industrial Scientist Award in 2005.
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She was the 2010 recipient of the Obesity Society's George A Bray Founders Award and was elected to the American Society for Nutrition's fellows class of 2011.
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