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Appendix F: Committee Members Biographical Sketches
Pages 553-560

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... Programs, the Committee to Review the WIC Food Packages, and the Committee to Review Child and Adult Care Food Program Meal Requirements. She is a former member (19972000)
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... Dr. Burks heads a research team whose work centers on identifying the allergens in specific foods at a molecular level, improving understanding of the mechanism of adverse food reactions, and developing treatments for food allergy in animal models and in clinical studies.
From page 555...
... Galli served as one of two Co-Chairs of an NIAID Food Allergy Research Expert Panel (2006) and is a member of the National Allergy and Infectious Diseases Council of the NIH (20142018)
From page 556...
... Thomas' National Health Service Foundation Trust, Professor of Paediatric Allergy and Head of Department of Paediatric Allergy at King's College London. His research has focused on severe childhood asthma, peanut allergy, and new strategies to prevent and treat food allergies, eczema, asthma, and hay fever in children and adults.
From page 557...
... Throughout his career, Dr. Ordovas has received multiple honors for his scientific achievements, including the USDA Secretary's Award, the Centrum American Nutrition Society Award, the Mary Swartz Award from the Dietetic Association, the Garry-Labbe Award from the American Association for Clinical Chemistry, the Francisco Grande Memorial Lecture for Excellence in Nutrition Research, The Rafael del Pino Foundation Lecture, the Turkish Genetics Society Award, the Jaén Paraíso Interior and Asociación Española de Municipalidades del
From page 558...
... Dr. Sampson's research interests have focused on food allergic disorders, and now include work on the pathogenesis of food-induced anaphylaxis, characterization of allergenic food proteins and their processing by the immune system, genetics of food allergy, development of novel diagnostic tests, and mechanisms of immunotherapeutic strategies for treating food allergies, including basic studies and clinical trials in oral, sublingual, and epicutaneous immunotherapy and the potential use of biologics, such as anti-IgE and anti-cytokine monoclonal antibodies.
From page 559...
... She studies dietary patterns among Hispanic adults and children. She was a member of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee and has served on multiple committees for the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, examining topics from the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children)
From page 560...
... She has led a multi-institution, multidisciplinary team to investigate environmental, nutritional, genetic and epigenetic factors during critical developmental windows (preconception, in utero, infancy, and childhood) aiming to elucidate the root causes of high-impact pediatric and adult diseases, including adverse reproductive and pregnancy outcomes, obesity/diabetes/metabolic syndrome, and food allergies.


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