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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
CONSULTANTS
Johanna T. Dwyer, D.Sc, R.D., is senior nutrition scientist in the National
Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements, a part time assignment she
has held since October 2003, and professor of medicine (nutrition) and com-
munity health at Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition and School of
Medicine. She directs the Frances Stern Nutrition Center at Tufts-New England
Medical Center and is an adjunct professor at the Harvard School of Public
Health. In 2001–2002, Dr. Dwyer served as assistant administrator for human
nutrition in the Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Dr. Dwyer’s work is centered on dietary supplements, especially bioactive sub-
stances such as the flavonoids, life-cycle related concerns such as the preven-
tion of diet-related disease in children and adolescents, and maximizing quality
of life and health in the elderly. Dr. Dwyer is editor of Nutrition Today. She is past
president of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, past secretary of the
American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and past president and fellow of the
Society for Nutrition Education. She has served on numerous committees at
the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and
continues her interest in nutrition policy in her present position. She is a mem-
ber of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), past councilor of the IOM and active as
a member of IOM boards and committees, particularly those of the Food and
Nutrition Board. A recipient of numerous honors and awards for her work in
nutrition, Dr. Dwyer received the Conrad V. Elvejhem Award for Public Service
of the American Society for Nutrition Sciences in 2005, and the Medallion Award
of the American Dietetic Association in 2002. Dr. Dwyer earned a B.S. with
distinction from Cornell University, an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin,
and M.Sc. and D.Sc. degrees from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Rachel K. Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., is a professor of nutrition and dean of
the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a distinguished University
Scholar at the University of Vermont. Dr. Johnson’s research expertise is in na-
tional nutrition policy, pediatric nutrition and obesity, dietary intake methodol-
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ogy, and energy metabolism. She has published numerous scholarly papers and
book chapters on those and other topics. She has served on the Board of Editors
for the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Nutrition Today, and the Nutri-
tion Bulletin and is the senior nutrition advisor for EatingWell magazine. Profes-
sional activities include serving as chair of the Commission on Dietetic Regis-
tration and the Board of Directors for the American Dietetic Association. She
also served on the Year 2000 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, the Ad-
ditives and Ingredients Subcommittee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s
(FDA) Food Advisory Committee, and Panel on Dietary Reference Intakes for
Macronutrients of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Johnson received her doctorate
and bachelor’s degrees in nutrition from the Pennsylvania State University, and
a master of public health degree from the University of Hawaii. She completed
a dietetic internship at the Indiana University Medical Center.
Rena Mendelson, M.S., D.Sc., R.D., is a professor of nutrition at Ryerson
University where she recently completed a six-year term as associate vice presi-
dent, academic, and dean of graduate studies. For more than 30 years, Dr.
Mendelson has taught university students at Simmons College in Boston, the
University of Toronto, and Ryerson University. She was the principal investiga-
tor for the Ontario Food Survey and chairs the board of the Canadian Council
of Food and Nutrition. Her publications include scientific journals as well as
popular books and newsletters. She recently completed a revised edition of
Food to Grow On designed to promote healthy eating and physical activity for
families of all ages. Dr. Mendelson completed her undergraduate studies at the
University of Western Ontario and received her master’s degree in nutrition at
Cornell University before completing her doctorate in nutrition at the Harvard
University School of Public Health.
Esther F. Myers, Ph.D., R.D., FADA, is an internationally known author, lec-
turer, educator, and researcher. She is well known to the members of the Ameri-
can Dietetic Association (ADA) in her present role in Research and Scientific
Affairs. Dr. Myers has authored several papers describing evidence analysis pro-
cesses and the ADA process and co-authored a chapter on systematic reviews of
evidence for Research: Successful Approaches, edited by Elaine Monsen. Dr. Myers
has presented on evidence analysis and an evidence-based approach to practice
throughout the United States, and in Canada, Spain, and Malaysia and was a
keynote speaker at the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) meet-
ing in South Africa. She is the staff liaison to the Standardized Language/Nutri-
tion Care Process Committee of the American Dietetic Association and pre-
sented a poster session the Nutrition Care Process and nutrition diagnostic ter-
minology at the IUNS meeting in South Africa. After retiring from the Air Force
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and serving as Chief Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General she joined the
American Dietetic Association as Director of Research and Scientific Affairs in
October 2000. Prior to joining ADA, she served as a site visitor for the Commis-
sion on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE), a peer reviewer for the
Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and a member of the Health Services
Research Task Force overseeing dietetic outcomes research. She currently fo-
cuses efforts on research activities needed for the dietetics profession, nutrition
care process/standardized language development, the ADA strategic leadership
initiative in obesity, and the American Dietetic Association Foundation (ADAF)
initiative, Healthy Weight for Kids.
Sharon M. (Shelly) Nickols-Richardson, Ph.D., R.D., is an associate profes-
sor in the Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is also an affiliate of the Center
for Gerontology and has served as director of the didactic program in dietetics
at the university. She has worked as a clinical dietitian and was chief of the
clinical section of the dietetic service at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Columbia, Missouri. Dr. Nickols-Richardson serves as
the Director of the Bone Metabolism, Osteoporosis, and Nutrition Evaluation
Laboratory at Virginia Tech. Her research interests are related to the impact of
weight loss, weight loss diets, and restrained eating on bone mineral density
and bone metabolism, and the interaction of nutrient intake and resistance train-
ing on bone mineral density and bone quality. She is a member of a number of
professional societies including the American Dietetic Association, American
Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, American Society for Bone and
Mineral Research, and American Society for Nutrition. She has served as an
associate editor for the Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences and as a reviewer
for several other professional journals. She has been recognized as a young
dietitian of the year by the Georgia Dietetic Association and a future leader by
the International Life Sciences Institute, North America, among other awards.
Dr. Nickols-Richardson received a bachelor of science degree in nutritional sci-
ences from Oklahoma State University and master’s and doctoral degrees in
foods and nutrition from the University of Georgia. She completed her dietetic
internship at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.
Linda G. Snetselaar, Ph.D., R.D., is professor and endowed chair, preventive
nutrition education, and director of the Nutrition Center in the Department of
Epidemiology in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa. She is
also a faculty member in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of En-
docrinology. Dr. Snetselaar has served as a principal or co-principal investigator
for several sentinel diet-related intervention studies including the Diabetes Con-
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trol and Complications Trial, the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study,
Dietary Intake in Lipid Research, and the Women’s Health Initiative. She has
directed numerous counseling workshops for nutrition interventions. Her re-
search interests include cardiovascular disease and diet, renal disease and diet,
diabetes and diet, and cancer and diet. She holds an M.S. in nutrition and a
Ph.D. in health sciences education, both from the University of Iowa.
Huguette Turgeon O’Brien, Ph.D., R.D., is professor of human nutrition and
director of the master’s and doctoral studies program in the Department of Food
Science and Nutrition at Laval University, Québec, Canada. Her experience in-
cludes working as a community nutritionist for the Montreal Diet Dispensary
and the Douglas Hospital in Montréal and as a research assistant for the Human
Nutrition Research Centre in Laval University. She was co-responsible for the
evaluation of the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP) for the province
of Québec. She played a key role in the development of the Health Canada
document Nutrition for a Healthy Pregnancy—National Guidelines for the Child-
bearing Years (1999). She also participated in review of Canada’s Food Guide to
Healthy Eating and Health Canada’s Policies concerning the addition of vita-
mins and minerals to foods. She serves on a number of advisory councils in-
cluding the Scientific Advisory Board of the OLO Foundation for vulnerable
pregnant women and the Advising Board for the Health Survey conducted among
the Inuit of Northern-Québec. Dr. Turgeon O’Brien’s primary research interest
is in the area of prenatal nutrition and iron status of subgroups of the popula-
tion. She is presently involved in research in Morocco, Benin, Burkina Faso,
and Mali mainly on the effects of bioavailable dietary iron on iron status and
parasitic infections. Her publications include articles in scientific journals as
well as popular books. She completed her undergraduate degree at Laval Uni-
versity and a community nutrition internship at the Montreal Diet Dispensary
before obtaining her M.Sc. in nutrition at the University of Montréal and her
Ph.D. in nutrition at Laval University.
Susan Whiting, Ph.D., is professor of nutrition at the College of Pharmacy and
Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan. She previously taught nutrition at Mount
Saint Vincent University in Halifax prior to moving to the University of
Saskatchewan where she has taught in the Nutrition and Dietetics program for
17 years. Dr. Whiting’s areas of expertise involve the safety and effectiveness of
calcium supplements, the role of nutrition in prevention and treatment of os-
teoporosis, vitamin D status, how nutrition affects bone development in chil-
dren and young adults, dietary assessment methodology, and food policy with
emphasis on socioeconomic factors. She is a consultant to the Scientific Advi-
sory Board of the Osteoporosis Society and a member of the editorial board of
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the British Journal of Nutrition. She is a member of the Canadian Society of Nu-
tritional Sciences and the American Society for Nutrition, serving as presi-
dent of CSNS from 2002 to 2004. Dr. Whiting holds membership in several
other professional organizations as well, including Dietitians of Canada and the
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. She served as a reviewer of
the Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and
Fluoride report and as a member of the Committee on the Use of Dietary Refer-
ence Intakes in Nutrition Labeling.
WRITERS AND EDITORS
Jennifer Pitzi Hellwig, M.S., R.D., E.L.S., is a freelance writer, editor, and
consultant specializing in health, medicine, food, and nutrition. Her work has
appeared in several national consumer and professional publications. She is a
former faculty member at the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition
Science and Policy, where she taught a writing course for graduate students in
nutrition and medicine. Ms. Hellwig holds a master’s degree in nutrition com-
munication from Tufts University and a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the
University of Vermont.
Jennifer J. Otten, M.S., R.D., is a study director at the Institute of Medicine
(IOM). Prior to serving as study director for this project, she worked for over
seven years at the Institute of Medicine as communications director, commu-
nications officer, and communications specialist. Before joining the IOM, Ms.
Otten was an assistant account executive in the food and nutrition division of
Porter Novelli. A recipient of the IOM’s Distinguished Service Individual Award
and Distinguished Service Group Award, Ms. Otten is a member of the Ameri-
can Dietetic Association, Dietitians in Business and Communications, and the
Society for Behavioral Medicine. Ms. Otten has a B.S. in nutritional sciences
from Texas A&M University, a master’s degree from Tufts University in nutri-
tion communication, and completed her dietetic internship at Massachusetts
General Hospital.
Linda D. Meyers, Ph.D., is director of the Food and Nutrition Board of the
Institute of Medicine. She has also served as the deputy director and a senior
program officer for the Board. Prior to joining the IOM in 2001, she worked for
15 years in the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the De-
partment of Health and Human Services as senior nutrition advisor, deputy
director, and acting director. Dr. Meyers has received a number of awards for
her contributions to public health, including the Secretary’s Distinguished Ser-
vice Award for Healthy People 2010 and the Surgeon General’s Medallion. Dr.
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Meyers has a B.A. in health and physical education from Goshen College in
Indiana, an M.S. in food and nutrition from Colorado State University, and a
Ph.D. in nutritional sciences from Cornell University.
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITOR/COPYEDITOR
Mary Kalamaras is a freelance editor and writer living in the Boston area. She
provides editorial services for clients who publish in the fields of science, medi-
cine, and technology, including the New England Journal of Medicine. Prior to
beginning her freelance career, she served as developmental editor at the Na-
tional Academies Press, where her focus was on creating print- and Web-based
publications that communicated the findings and recommendations of Na-
tional Academies reports to the broader public. While at the Academies, she
received a distinguished service award for creating and distributing more than
400,000 copies of a studies-based booklet and poster on childhood develop-
ment aimed at child-care professionals. She also edited Fed Up! Winning the
War Against Childhood Obesity, written by Susan Okie, M.D., a Harvard-trained
family physician and contributing editor to the New England Journal of Medi-
cine. Prior to her work for the Academies, Ms. Kalamaras served as senior
editor at Discovery Channel Publishing, where she developed and managed
book projects covering topics in science, technology, history, and travel. Her
work there included The Infinite Journey: Eyewitness Accounts of NASA and the
Age of Space, produced in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space
Agency. Ms. Kalamaras began her publishing career in New York City, as an
editor at Stewart, Tabori & Chang, an award-winning publisher of nonfiction
illustrated books. She holds a B.A. in journalism and mass media from Douglass
College, Rutgers University.
