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Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary (2011)

Chapter: Appendix C: Workshop Attendees

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Attendees." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Workshop Attendees

Joanne Arsenault

Nutrition Policy Analyst

RTI International


Michael Burke

Food Research and Action Center


Annina Burns

Study Director

Food and Nutrition Board

Institute of Medicine

The National Academies


Arianna Caroghi

Sun-Maid


Jasmine Chan

N. Chapman Associates, Inc.


Nancy Chapman

President

N. Chapman Associates, Inc.


Ann Collins

Principal Associate

Abt Associates


Kristina Davis

Prevention Science Fellow

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


Laura Dotson

Nutrition Intern

Food Research and Action Center


Catherine Dunham

Executive Director

Children’s Dental Health Project


Leslie Erdelack

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials


Kenneth Finegold

Program Analyst

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Attendees." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Stacey Flanagan

Director, Public Health Service Programs

Public Health Solutions


Mary Kay Fox

Senior Researcher

Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.


Tracy Fox

President

Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC


Betsy Frazao

Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Denise Gee

Senior Nutritionist

Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program


Judy Gomez

Director of Planning and Projects

Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program


Pat Gradziel

Health Program Specialist

California WIC Program


Mary Gray

Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Melanie Hall

Nutrition Marketing–WIC

Kellogg


Isadora Hare

Perinatal Health Specialist

Health Resources and Services Administration

Maternal and Child Health Bureau


Suzanne Harris

Executive Director

ILSI Research Foundation


Heather Hartline-Grafton

Senior Nutrition Policy Analyst

Food Research and Action Center


Paulette Helman

Registered Dietitian

Private Practice


Geraldine Henchy

Director of Nutrition Policy

Food Research and Action Center


Amy Hillier

Assistant Professor

University of Pennsylvania


Donna Hines

Acting Branch Chief

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Judy Hirigoyen

Executive Director

California Dried Fruit Coalition


Jay Hirschman

Director, Special Nutrition Staff

Office of Research and Analysis

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Attendees." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Nicole Holovach

Research Associate

Food and Nutrition Board

Institute of Medicine

The National Academies


Lisa Honig

Children’s Dental Health Project


Eloise Jenks

Deputy Director

Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program


William Kaericher

Director, Government Food Programs

Beech Nut Nutrition Corporation


Lucia Kaiser

CE Specialist

University of California, Davis


Marta Kealey

Nutritionist

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Monique LaRocque

Vice President

Feinstein Kean Healthcare


Laura Leviton

Special Advisor on Evaluation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation


Patricia MacNeal

Nutritionist

Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Katie Martin

Research Analyst

California Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health


Doris McGuire

Altarum Institute


Jackie McLaughlin

M.P.H. Program Associate Director

University of Pennsylvania


Elizabeth Metallinos-Katsaras

Associate Professor, Nutrition Department

Simmons College


Stephen Michael

Policy Directions Inc.


Patti Mitchell

Senior Program Analyst

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Carolyn Mullen

March of Dimes


Beth Myers

Temple University


Vic Oliveira

Economist

Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Rani Patel

Director

Native Health, WIC


Cynthia Pellegrini

Associate Director, Federal Affairs

American Academy of Pediatrics

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Attendees." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Mary Pat Raimondi

Vice President, Strategic Policy and Partnerships

American Dietetic Association


Julie Reeder

Senior Research Analyst

Oregon WIC Program


Cecilia Richardson

Staff/Nutrition Programs Director

National WIC Association


Joseph Robare

Research Analyst

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Sarah Roholt

Nutrition Program Supervisor

North Carolina Division of Public Health


Sanna Ronkainen

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services


Leila Saldanha

NutrIQ LLC


Kiran Saluja

Deputy Director

Public Health Foundation Enterprises WIC Program


Jennifer Savage-Williams

Associate Director

Pennsylvania State University


Julia Schneider

Director, Chronic Disease

Association of State and Territorial Health Officials


Tamara Schryver

General Mills

Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition


Karen Sell

Bureau Chief

Arizona Department of Health Services

Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity


Ursaline Singleton

Nutritionist

Department of Health and Human Services


David Smallwood

FANRP Director

Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Lisa Southworth

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Jayaram Srinivasan

Resident Physician

Office of Disease Prevention and Health


Donna Thompson

Administrator

Maricopa Department of Public Health

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Workshop Attendees." Institute of Medicine. 2011. Planning a WIC Research Agenda: Workshop Summary. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13014.
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Laura Tiehen

Economic Research Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Lisa Troy

Study Director

Food and Nutrition Board

Institute of Medicine

The National Academies


Laurie True

Executive Director

California WIC Association


Lisa Watson

Watson/Mulhern


Kurtria Watson

Nutritionist

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Gwendolyn West

DC Breastfeeding Coalition


Debra Whitford

Director, Supplemental Food Programs Division

Food and Nutrition Service

U.S. Department of Agriculture


Kathleen Woolf

Research and Development Manager

Arizona Department of Health Services

Bureau of Nutrition and Physical Activity

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The time has come to initiate a new program of research on the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (commonly referred to as WIC). WIC is the third largest food assistance program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The program's scope is large, serving approximately 9.3 million low-income women, infants, and children at nutritional risk. Through federal grants to states, participants receive three types of benefits: 1) a supplemental food package tailored to specific age groups for infants and children; 2) nutrition education, including breastfeeding support; and 3) referrals to health services and social services. To cover program costs for fiscal year (FY) 2010, Congress appropriated $7.252 billion. Congress also appropriated $15 million for research related to the program for FY 2010.

The timing of the funding for WIC research is propitious. In October 2009, USDA issued regulations that made substantial revisions to the WIC food package. These revisions are the first major change in the food package since the program's inception in 1972. Over the intervening years WIC has expanded greatly, Medicaid coverage has increased, large changes have occurred in the racial and ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic status of WIC participants as well as in public health services, and obesity rates have increased substantially among the general population.

To guide its planning for the use of the $15 million allocated for WIC research, the Food and Nutrition Service of USDA asked the Institute of Medicine to conduct a two-day public workshop on emerging research needs for WIC. As requested, the workshop included presentations and discussions to illuminate issues related to future WIC research issues, methodological challenges, and solutions. The workshop also planned for a program of research to determine the effects of WIC on maternal and child health outcomes.

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