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June 27, 2003; Updated August 13, 2004

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Food Advisory Committee Memberships


Food Advisory Committee Members
Additives and Ingredients Subcommittee Members
Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Members
Dietary Supplements Subcommittee Members
Food Biotechnology Subcommittee Members
Infant Formula Subcommittee Members
Nutrition Subcommittee Members

Food Advisory Committee Members

Chair:
Sanford A. Miller, Ph.D.

Expertise: Chemistry/Toxicology/ Food Science
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow
Virginia Polytechnic and State University
1101 King Street
Alexandria, VA 22314

 

Executive Secretary:
To be determined

Douglas L. Archer, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology/Food Science/Food Law
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor
University of Florida
Food Science & Human Nutrition Dept.
359 FSHN Building, Newell Drive
P.O. Box 110370
Gainesville, FL 32611-0370

Francis Fredrick Busta, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology/Food Science
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Emeritus Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
1334 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6099

Patrick S. Callery, Ph. D.
Expertise: Analytical Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Assistant Dean for Research and Graduate Programs
University of West Virginia
P.O. Box 9530
Morgantown, WV 26506-9530

**Annette Dickinson, Ph.D.
Expertise: Dietary Supplements
Term Ending: 6/30/05
President
Council for Responsible Nutrition
1828 L Street, NW
Suite 900
Washington, DC 20036 - 5114

*Goulda A. Downer, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutrition/Epidemiology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
President/CEO
Metroplex Health and Nutrition Services
6323 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20011-1117

Richard A. Durst, Ph. D.
Term Ending: 6/30/06
Professor, Chemistry
Cornell University
Geneva, NY 14456

Johanna Dwyer, Ph.D.
Expertise: Public Health/Nutrition
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor, Tufts University Schools of Medicine and Nutrition
And Director FSNC, Tufts New England Medical Center
Box 783 NEMCH
750 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02111

Cutberto Garza, M.D., Ph.D
Expertise: Pediatrics and pediatric nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Professor
Cornell University
College of Human Ecology
317 Savage Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853

*Ms. Jean M. Halloran
Term Ending: 6/30/06
Director, Consumer Policy Institute/Consumers Union
101 Truman Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10703

Douglas C. Heimburger, M.D., M.S.
Term Ending: 6/30/06
Professor, Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics
University of Alabama at Birmingham
222 Susan Mott Webb Nutrition Sciences Building
1675 University Boulevard
Birmingham, AL 35294-3360

Norman I. Krinsky, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biochemistry
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Emeritus Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA 02111-1837

Daryl B. Lund, Ph.D.
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Executive Director, North Central Regional Association and Professor of Food Science
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1450 Linden Drive
Madison, WI 53706

Margaret C. McBride, M.D.
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Chief, Division of Neurology
Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio
One Perkins Square
Akron, OH 44308-1062

**Mark F. Nelson, Ph. D
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Vice President, Scientific and Regulatory Policy
Grocery Manufacturers of America
2401 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20037

Brandon Scholz
Expertise: State and Local Retail Operations
Term Ending: 6/30/05
President & Chief Executive Officer
Wisconsin Grocers Association, Inc
One South Pinkney St., Suite 504
Madison, Wisconsin 53703

Carolyn I. Waslien, Ph. D., R. D.
Term Ending: 6/30/06
Professor, Nutritional Epidemiology
John Burns School of Medicine University of Hawaii
1960 East West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822


* Consumer Representative

** Industry Representative

 


Additives and Ingredients Subcommittee Members

Chair:
To be determined

 

Executive Secretary:
To be determined

Rachel K. Johnson, Ph.D., MPH
Expertise: Pediatrics /Nutrition
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences
The University of Vermont
Acting Dean, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
CALS Dean's Office
108 Morrill Hall
Burlington, VT 05405

**George A. Burdock, Ph.D.
Expertise: Toxicology
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Consulting Toxicologist
Burdock and Associates
780 US Highway 1 - Suite 300
Vero Beach, FL 32962

J. Antonio Torres, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food Processing & Science
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor
Oregon State University
100 Wiegand Hall, Room 202
Corvallis, OR 97331-6602


** Industry Representative

 


Contaminants and Natural Toxicants Subcommittee Members

Chair:
Francis Fredrick Busta, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology/ Food Science
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Emeritus Professor
University of Minnesota
Department of Food Science and Nutrition
1334 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6099

 

Executive Secretary:
Henry Kim, Ph. D.
OPDFB - HFS 306
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740

Alex D.W. Acholonu, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology and Parasitology
Term Ending : 6/30/05
Professor
Alcorn State University
MASCI Bldg. #329
Alcorn State, MS 39096

Marion F. Aller, DVM, DABT
Expertise: Veterinary Medicine/Federal- State Relations
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Director, Division of Food Safety
Florida Department of Agriculture
3125 Conner Boulevard, Room 181 MS C-18
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1650

**Henry B. Chin, Ph.D.
Expertise: Analytical Food Chemistry
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Vice President, Laboratory Centers
National Food Processors Association
6363 Clark Avenue
Dublin, CA 94568

George M. Gray, Ph.D.
Expertise: Risk Analysis/Toxicology
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Executive Director
Harvard Center for Risk Analysis
Lecturer
Department of Health Policy and Management
Harvard School of Public Health
718 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

Ken Lee, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food Science & Processing
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor and Chair
Ohio State Food Science
2015 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1007


** Industry Representative

 


Dietary Supplements Subcommittee Members

Chair:
Johanna Dwyer, D. Sc, RD
Expertise: Public Health/ Nutrition
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor, Tufts University Schools of Medicine and Nutrition
And Director FSNC, Tufts New England Medical Center
Box 783 NEMCH
750 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02111

 

Executive Secretary:
Jeanne Latham, RD
FDA/CFSAN/ONPLDS
HFS-800 - Rm 4C099
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740

*Edward Blonz, PhD, M.S.
Expertise: Nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/07
President, Nutrition Resource
139 Purdue Avenue
Kensington, California 94708-1032

Eric Brass, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Internal Medicine and Pharmacology
Term Ending: 06/30/05
Director
Harbor-UCLA
Center for Clinical Pharmacology
1124 W. Carson Street
Torrance, California 90502

Edward Harris, PhD
Expertise: Biochemistry and Biophysics
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas 77843-2128

Michael McGuffin
Expertise: Nutrition/Pharmocognosy
Term Ending: 06/30/07
President, American Herbal Products Association
8484 Goergia Ave., #370
Silver Spring, MD 20910

Harihara M. Mehendale, Ph.D.
Expertise: Toxicology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
The University of Louisiana at Monroe
Professor and Kitty DeGree Endowed Chair in Toxicology
Department of Toxicology
College of Pharmacy
700 University Avenue
Sugar Hall #306
Monroe, LA 71292-0495

Dr. Steven Zeisel, M.D. Ph.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Associate Dean for Research
School of Public Health
Professor & Chairman
School of Health & School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB # 7400 Rm 2213 McGavran Greenberg Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7400


* Consumer Representative

 


Food Biotechnology Subcommittee Members

Chair:
Douglas L. Archer, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology/Food Law
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor
Food Science and Human Nutrition
University of Florida
359 FSHN Building
P.O. Box 110370
Gainesville, FL 32611-0370

 

Executive Secretary:
To Be Determined

Jonathan A. Arias, Ph.D.
Expertise: Genetic Engineering/Molecular Biology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Visiting Assoc. Res. Scientist
Dept of Biological Sciences,
1000 Hilltop Circle
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Baltimore, MD 21250

**Jeffrey A. Barach, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food Science/Biotechnology Research & Development
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Vice President for Special Projects
National Food Processors Association
1350 I Street, NW - Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005

Bob B. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Expertise: Molecular Plant Biology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor
Department of Plant and Microbial Biology
University of California
111 Koshland Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720

*Douglas Gurian-Sherman, Ph.D.
Expertise: Genetic Engineering/ Consumer Issues
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Science Director, Biotechnology Project
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1875 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20009

Anne R. Kapuscinski, Ph.D.
Expertise: Conservation Biology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Director, Institute for Social, Economic and Ecological Sustainability
Professor of Fisheries and Conservation Biology
University of Minnesota
186 McNeal Hall
1985 Buford Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108

Abigail A. Salyers, Ph.D.
Expertise: Microbiology/Gene Transfer
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor of Microbiology
Department of Microbiology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B103 Chemical and Life Sciences Laboratory
601 South Goodwin Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801


* Consumer Representative

** Industry Representative

 


Infant Formula Subcommittee Members

Chair:
Cutberto Garza, M.D., Ph.D
Expertise: Pediatrics and pediatric nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Professor
Cornell University
College of Human Ecology
317 Savage Hall
Ithaca, New York 14853

 

Executive Secretary:
Jeanne Latham, RD
FDA/CFSAN/ONPLDS
HFS-800 - Rm 4C099
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740

Dr. James R. Anderson, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biostatistics
Term Ending: 6/30/06
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Department. of Preventive and Societal Medicine
Box 984350
Omaha, NE 68195

*Margaret E. Briley, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutrition, pediatric nutrition
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Professor
Department of Ecology
University of Texas at Austin
GEA 117 A2700
Austin, Texas 78712

James E. Heubi, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric gastroenterology
Term Ending: 6/30/06
Professor
Children's Hospital Medical Center
333 Burnet Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio 45229

Ronald E. Kleinman, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Physician
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit,
VBK 107 MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02114

William MacLean, MD, CM, FAAP
IndustExpertise: Pediatrics
Term Ending:
Vice President (retired)
Ross Products Division
Abbott Laboratories
1800 Upper Chelsea Road
Columbis, Ohio 43212

Amy Spangler, R.N., M.N., IBCLC
Expertise: Perinatal education
Term Ending: 6/30/05
Preinatal Instructor
Northside Hospital
12 Ball Creek Way
Atlanta, Georgia 30350

Virginia A. Stallings, M.D.
Expertise: Pediatric gastroenterology
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
34th Street & Civic Center Blvd.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104


* Consumer Representative

 


Nutrition Subcommittee Members

Chair:
Norman I. Krinsky, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biochemistry
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Emeritus Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Tufts University School of Medicine
136 Harrison Ave.
Boston, MA 02111-1837

 

Executive Secretary:
Jeanne Latham, RD
FDA/CFSAN/ONPLDS
HFS-800 - Rm 4C099
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740

Susan S. Baker, M.D., Ph.D.
Expertise: Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/05
Medical Director
Children's Hospital of Buffalo
Digestive Diseases and Nutrition Center
219 Bryant Street
Buffalo, NY 14222

*Jean R. Hine, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/05
Professor
4301 West Markham St., Slot 623
Little Rock, AR 72207

Guy Johnson, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutritional Sciences/Public Policy
Term Ending: 6/30/07
Johnson Nutrition Solutions, LLC
8711 Swan Street
Kalamazoo, MI 49009

Susan T. Mayne, Ph.D.
Expertise: Biochemistry
Term Ending: 06/30/07
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Dept. of Epidemiology and Public Health
PO Box 208034
New Haven, CT 0652-8034

J. Michael McGinnis, M.D., M.P.P.
Expertise: Preventive Medicine/Public Policy
Term Ending: 06/30/07
President
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
1100 Connecticut Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036

Suzanne Pelican, M.S., R.D.
Expertise: Food/Nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/06
Extension Specialist
University of Wyoming
Dept. of Family and Consumer Sciences
Cooperative Extension Service
Box 3354
Laramie, WY, 82071-3354

Barbara M. Shannon, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food/Nutrition
Term Ending: 06/30/06
Professor and Dean Emerita
110 Ripplewater Lane
Cary, NC 27511


* Consumer Representative

 

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