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Appendix F: Committee Member and Staff Biographies
Pages 253-264

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From page 253...
... Dr. Russell is a member of numerous professional societies, on the editorial boards of four professional journals, a past president of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN)
From page 254...
... Jamy Ard, M.D., is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Prevention and in the Department of Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. He is also co-director of the Wake Forest Baptist Health Weight Management Center, directing medical weight management programs.
From page 255...
... , genetic, and biochemical factors during fetal, neonatal, and early childhood life that play a role in defining the offspring phenotype and as risk determinants for non­ommunicable diseases. She leads a multidisciplinary c team of researchers in the conduct of randomized clinical intervention trials of nutrition and exercise in pregnancy designed to optimize maternal and child health outcomes including bone health.
From page 256...
... Her own surveillance research has emphasized trends in intake of foods and nutrients, especially fruits and vegetables; food sources of nutrients; and factors associated with the intake of foods and/or nutrients, using data from the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Program. Her contributions in the area of dietary assessment methodology have focused on developing methods to assess dietary patterns and the usual intake of foods.
From page 257...
... Agency for International Development. His previous positions include serving as Senior Manager at Quintiles Transnational, working in biotechnology equity research at Montgomery Securities, cofounding Integrigen, and serving as an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, where he founded PIHCOR (Public Health Computational and Operations Research)
From page 258...
... She is a member of the PatientCentered Outcomes Research Institute Methodology Committee, and the AHRQ EPCs Program Methods Steering Committee. She has served on several National Academies committees, the Census Scientific Advisory
From page 259...
... Susan B Roberts, Ph.D., is the director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory, professor of nutrition and co-director of the Obesity Research Cluster in the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, and professor of psychiatry and scientific staff member in pediatrics in the Tufts University School of Medicine.
From page 260...
... She chaired the committee on Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D and Calcium and served on the FNB panel on Micronutrients for the Dietary Reference Intakes, and the committee on Opportunities in the Nutrition of Food Sciences.
From page 261...
... He is recently retired from the IBM Corporation where he had a distinguished career, serving in numerous executive capacities including vice president of Health Systems and Policy Research and vice president of Integrated Health Services. He led health policy, strategy, health benefits, services and operations, occupational health, and well-being for IBM globally.
From page 262...
... She is jointly supporting the consensus study that is reviewing the process to update the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and the Food Forum, a longstanding initiative of the FNB. During her time at the National Academies, she has assisted with two additional consensus studies, Assessing Prevalence and Trends in Obesity: Navigating the Evidence, and Finding a Path to Safety in Food Allergy: Assessment of the Global Burden, Causes, Prevention, Management, and Public Policy.
From page 263...
... FNB applies scientific knowledge to advise the nation on policies related to food, nutrition, and food safety, and their roles in health maintenance and disease prevention. In her role as director, she is responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the board's activities, as well as engaging FNB members in strategic planning to identify important and emerging issues in nutrition, food sciences, and food safety.


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