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Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Acknowledgements." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10882.
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Appendix L
Acknowledgments

The Committee on Framework for Evaluating the Safety of Dietary Supplements and the Food and Nutrition Board and Board on Life Sciences staff are grateful for the time and effort of the many contributors who participated in the workshops and meetings leading up to this report. Through openly sharing their considerable expertise and perspectives, these individuals brought clarity and focus to the challenging task of developing a useable and science-based framework for evaluating the safety of dietary supplement ingredients.

The list below mentions those individuals with whom we worked closely, but many others also deserve mention. Those individuals, whose names we do not know, made important contributions to the report by offering suggestions and insight at the many professional meetings and workshops the committee members attended. A number of the organizations listed below provided nominations for committee membership. The committee members, as well as the project staff, thank the following named (as well as unnamed) individuals and organizations.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Acknowledgements." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10882.
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INDVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS

F. Alan Andersen

Cosmetic Ingredient Review

Valdimir Anisimov

N.N. Petrov Research Institute Oncology

Dennis Awang

Mediplant

Adrianne Bendich

Council for Responsible Nutrition

Joseph Betz

American Herbal Products Association

Kristen Blanchard

Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.

Paul Bolar

Pharmavite LLC

Luke Bucci

Weider Nutrition International & Schiff Vitamins

Walter Chambliss

American Pharmaceutical Association

Keith Cheng

Pennsylvania State University

Edward Croom

Council for Responsible Nutrition

Steven Dentali

American Herbal Products Association

Annette Dickinson

Council for Responsible Nutrition

John Doull

Kansas University Medical Center

Debora Ferrier

Self-employed

Kenneth Fisher

Consultant

Albert Fleischner

Goen Technologies

David Graham

Food and Drug Administration

Marcia Greenblum

American Dietetic Association

Richard Hall

Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association

John C. Hammell

International Advocates for Health Freedom

John Hathcock

Council for Responsible Nutrition

J.T. Heimbach

JHeimbach LLC

James Kababick

Flora Research

James Komorowski

Nutrition 21, Inc.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Acknowledgements." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10882.
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Claire Kruger

Environ International

Gilbert A. Leveille

Consultant

Jeffrey Lipsius

Threshold Enterprises

Peter Ludwell

The Law Loft

Richard Malter

Retired

Hulon McClain

Whitehall-Robins Healthcare

David Roll

United States Pharmacopeia

Alan Rulis

Food and Drug Administration

Louis Scarano

Environmental Protection Agency

David Schardt

Center for Science in the Public Interest

Bruce Silverglade

Center for Science in the Public Interest

R. William Soller

Consumer Healthcare Products Association

Christine Lewis Taylor

Food and Drug Administration

Thomas N. Tiedt

Med-Tox Group

Susan Trimbo

Nutricia

Roy Upton

American Herbal Pharmacopoeia

José Vergés

BIOIBÉRICA S.A.

John Vincent

University of Alabama

John Walker

Environmental Protection Agency

Sidney Wolfe

Public Citizen’s Health Research Group

Snow Wynter

Dietary Supplement Quality

Anthony Young

American Herbal Products Association

Suggested Citation:"Appendix L: Acknowledgements." Institute of Medicine and National Research Council. 2005. Dietary Supplements: A Framework for Evaluating Safety. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10882.
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