Nutrigenomics AND Beyond
INFORMING THE FUTURE
Workshop Summary
Ann L. Yaktine and Robert Pool, Rapporteurs
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This study was supported by Contract No. 59-1235-6-133 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Agriculture; Contract No. 236-MO-607868 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health; and Contract No. 236-MD-608975 between the National Academy of Sciences and the National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Additional support came from Institute of Medicine internal funds. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the organizations or agencies that provided support for this project.
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PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR THE WORKSHOP ON INFORMING NUTRITION RESEARCH THROUGH NUTRIGENOMICS AND NUTRIGENETICS
NICHOLAS J. SCHORK (Chair), Director of Research,
Scripps Genomic Medicine and
Professor,
Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
ROBERT J. COUSINS, Boston Family Professor of Human Nutrition and Director,
Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Florida
J. GLENN MORRIS, JR., Professor and Chair,
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine
JOSE M. ORDOVAS, Director of Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory, Director of Cellular and Molecular Nutrition Programs, Professor of Nutrition and Genetics,
Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, MA
PATRICK J. STOVER, Professor,
Department of Nutritional Science, Cornell University, NY
Consultant Writer
ROBERT POOL
Staff
ANN L. YAKTINE, Study Director
SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Program Assistant
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture 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,
Scripps Genomic Medicine and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
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
Staff
LINDA D. MEYERS, Director
GERALDINE KENNEDO, Administrative Assistant
ANTON L. BANDY, Financial Associate
Reviewers
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the National Research Council’s Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Joseph H. Nadeau, Department of Genetics, Case Western Reserve University
Nicholas J. Schork, Scripps Genomic Medicine and Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Patrick Stover, Institute for Nutritional Genomics, Department of Nutritional Science, Cornell University
Roger Sunde, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they did not see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Jim E. Riviere, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics and College of
Veterinary Medicine, College of Physical and Mathematical Science, North Carolina State University. Appointed by the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine, he was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.