Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis: Workshop Summary (2007)
Chapter: Front Matter
Dietary Reference Intakes Research Synthesis Workshop Summary
Carol West Suitor and Linda D. Meyers, Rapporteurs
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The study was supported by Contract No. HHSP23320042509XI, Task Order No. 05 between the National Academy of Sciences and the United States Department of Health and Human Services; by Grant No. 59-0790-5-183 from the United States Department of Agriculture; by Contract No. 4500096095 with Health Canada; and by a grant from the Candian Institues of Health Research (through Simon Frasier University). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organizations or agencies that provided support for the project.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES RESEARCH SYNTHESIS
JOHN W. SUTTIE (Chair),
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR.,
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SUZANNE P. MURPHY,
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
ROBERT M. RUSSELL,
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
SUSAN WHITING,
Division of Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Consultant Writer
CAROL WEST SUITOR, Nutrition Consultant,
Northfield, Vermont,
Staff
LINDA D. MEYERS, Study Director (from July 2006)
JANICE RICE OKITA, Study Director (until July 2006)
HEATHER DEL VALLE, Senior Program Assistant and Database Manager
FOOD AND NUTRITION BOARD*
DENNIS M. BIER (Chair),
Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
MICHAEL P. DOYLE (Vice Chair),
Center for Food Safety, University of Georgia, Griffin
DIANE BIRT,
Center for Research on Dietary Botanical Supplements, Iowa State University, Ames
YVONNE BRONNER,
School of Public Health and Policy, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
SUSAN FERENC,
Chemical Producers and Distributors Association, Alexandria, VA
NANCY F. KREBS,
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
REYNALDO MARTORELL,
Hubert Department of Global Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
J. GLENN MORRIS, JR.,
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore
SUZANNE P. MURPHY,
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu
JOSE M. ORDOVAS,
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, MA
JIM E. RIVIERE,
College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
NICHOLAS J. SCHORK,
Department of Psychiatry, Polymorphism Research Laboratory, University of California, San Diego
REBECCA J. STOLTZFUS,
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
JOHN W. SUTTIE,
Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
WALTER C. WILLETT,
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
BARRY L. ZOUMAS,
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park
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STEPHANIE A. ATKINSON, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
JOHN W. ERDMAN, JR., Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A. CATHARINE ROSS, Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park
JOHN W. SUTTIE, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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