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Appendix A: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 113-120

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... is the Nancy Schlegel Meinig Professor of Maternal and Child Nutrition Emeritus at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women.
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... Prior to joining Duke, he was on the faculty at Yale University for 23 years, holding a number of positions, including chair of the Department of Psychology, James Rowland Angell Professor of Psychology, professor of epidemiology and public health, and cofounder and director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Psychological Association, the Graduate Mentoring Award from Yale, the Distinguished Alumni Award from Purdue University, the Lifetime Achievement Award from Rutgers University, and the Distinguished Scientific Award for the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Association.
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... More specifically, Dr. Field uses in vitro and in vivo model systems to understand the contributions of folate and vitamin B12 nutrition to supporting mitochondrial DNA precursor synthesis, with a focus on understanding how folate nutrition affects mitochondrial DNA integrity and the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases such as mitochondrial DNA depletion syndromes, chronic disease, and age-related decline in mitochondrial function.
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... , which has been active and funded for more than 20 years. His research focuses on the evaluation and implementation of evidence-based public health policies.
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... and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and professor in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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... Her areas of expertise are in micronutrient metabolism, especially related to vitamin A transport, intracellular metabolism, and functions in the immune system. She teaches graduate courses on micronutrients and public health.
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... With more than 250 publications to his name, his research focuses on the application of decision analysis to help patients, clinicians, and policy makers choose among alternative tests, treatments, or policies, thereby promoting rational evidence-based efficient and effective patientcentered care that reflects individualized risk assessment and patient preferences. For the National Academy of Science, he has been a chapter author in the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 3rd edition; a committee member on diagnostic errors in medicine (published as Improving Diagnosis in Health Care)
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