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Appendix B: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 27-34

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... Previously, his laboratory has extensively evaluated how food processing and other factors alter the bioavailability of a number of minerals and carotenoids and has pub lished human clinical trials on soy protein and cholesterol reduction. He has authored more than 240 original research articles and more than 400 total publications (h-index is 65)
From page 28...
... in nutritional biochemistry from the Univer sity of Toronto and completed postdoctoral training in endocrinology at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children. Sai Krupa Das is a senior scientist on the Energy Metabolism Team at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging and professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, both at Tufts University.
From page 29...
... Her publications include A Standard Calculation Methodology for Human Doubly Labeled Water Studies; Evaluation of PIQNIQ, a Novel Mobile Application for Capturing Dietary Intake; and Opportunities and Challenges of Technology Tools in Dietary and Activity Assessment: Bridging Stakeholder Viewpoints.
From page 30...
... Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy in the Friedman School, and senior scientist and director of the Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (HNRCA) , both at Tufts University.
From page 31...
... Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committees. She is a member and past chair of the AHA Nutrition Committee, and in 2021 she was chair of the writing group that updated the AHA diet guidance for cardiovascular disease prevention.
From page 32...
... Linda Van Horn is professor and chief, Nutrition Division, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University in Chicago. She is a clinical nutrition epidemiologist focusing on primary prevention of cardiometabolic and other chronic diseases beginning in utero and throughout the life course.
From page 33...
... Dr. Yetley provided leader­ ship for several projects at both NIH and FDA that included health claims for nutrition labels, folic acid fortification, methodological challenges for assessing folate and vitamin D biomarkers of status, and systematic reviews for Dietary Reference Intakes, and other nutrition topics such as vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids.


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