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Appendix B: Committee Member Biographies
Pages 213-220

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... , was appointed dean of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in May 2019. Her research focuses on the first 1,000 days of life by understanding the influence of maternal weight status and dietary patterns and behaviors in the etiology of various pregnancy and child health outcomes.
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... She uses nationally representative survey data to characterize the American dietary landscape, to identify the optimal methods for assessment of biomarkers of nutritional status, and importantly, to understand how dietary intakes relate to health outcomes. Her work has identified differences in nutritional exposures by sex, race, ethnicity, life stage, and income, suggesting the need for population-specific interventions and public health policy.
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... , is an assistant professor of community and public health nutrition at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Nutritional Sciences. Her research expertise centers on behavioral weight control interventions to treat obesity.
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... Amy H Luke, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Public Health Sciences at the Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health, Loyola University Chicago.
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... Total Energy Expenditure Across the Life Course in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. She is also a member of the Obesity Society and the American Public Health Association.
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... method, he was involved in many studies defining the energy requirements in infants, toddlers, adolescents, pregnant and lactating women, and women with twin pregnancy as well as adolescents with heart failure and cancer. In addition to his expertise in the stable isotope methods, he was the project director of a multisite, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical study to document the efficacy and safety of soy isoflavones to prevent osteoporosis in menopausal women, as well as the project director of Healthy Kids Houston, a community-based program to promote healthy lifestyles among minority children with support from the City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department, the Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority, YMCA, and the Houston Independent School District.
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... Dr. Yetley provided leadership 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, as well as other nutrition topics such as vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids.
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