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Roster of the Food Advisory Committee

Applying for Membership on FDA Advisory Committees

As part of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) ongoing efforts to recruit qualified experts with minimal conflicts of interest who are interested in serving on FDA advisory committees, FDA is requesting nominations for members to serve on its advisory committees.

Current Number of Vacancies: 1
Note, one or more vacancies may be in the nomination process or a final appointment may have been made.

Chairman
Philip Nelson, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food Science and Technology
Term Ending: 6/30/2013
William Scholle Endowed
Chair/Professor
Department of Food Science
Purdue University
745 Ag Mall
West Lafayette, IN 47907		Designated Federal Official
Karen L. Strambler, M.B.A.
FDA/CFSAN/ORPSS
HFS 024-Rm 1B-016
5100 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, MD 20740
e-mail: FoodAdvisoryCommittee@fda.hhs.gov
 

Gary Acuff, Ph.D.
Expertise: Food Microbiology
Term Ending: 6/30/13
Professor and Head, Department of Animal Science
Texas A & M University
2471 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-2471
 

Kevin L. Armbrust, Ph.D.
Expertise: Analytical Chemistry
Term Ending: 6/30/17
State Chemist
Mississippi State Chemical Laboratory
1145 Hand Land, 310 President's Cr.
Mississippi State, MS 39762
 

Orthnell George Dowdie, Ph.D.**
Expertise: Food Technology
Term Ending: 6/30/15
Senior Vice President
Global Research, Development, and Quality
Campbell Soup Company
1 Campbell Place
Camden, NJ 08103
 

Maria Luz Fernandez, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutrition
Term Ending Date: 6/30/14
Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences
University of Connecticut
3624 Horsebarn Road Ext, Unit 4017
Storrs, CT 06269
 

Harry Fong, H.S., Ph.D.
Expertise: Pharmacognosy
Term Ending: 6/30/15
Professor Emeritus of Pharmacognosy
Department of Medicinal Chemistry and
Pharmacognosy
College of Pharmacy
University of Illinois at Chicago
833 S. Wood Street, Room 539
Chicago, IL 60612
 

Jeanne Freeland-Graves, Ph.D.
Expertise: Nutrition
Term Ending: 6/30/13
The Bess Heflin Centennial Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences A2703
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station
Austin, TX 78712
 

Charles Gerba, Ph.D.
Expertise: Environmental Microbiology
Term Ending: 6/30/14
Professor
Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
University of Arizona
Tuscon, AZ 85721
 

George Gray, Ph.D.
Expertise: Toxicology
Term Ending: 6/30/13
Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
George Washington University
School of Public Health
100 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
 

Lisa Lefferts, MSPH*
Expertise: Environmental Health
Term Ending: 6/30/14
Senior Scientist
Center for Science in the Public Interest
1220 L Street, NW
Washington DC 20005
 

Joan Menke-Schaenzer**
Expertise: Food Science
Term Ending Date: 6/30/14
Chief Global Quality Officer
ConAgra Foods
6 ConAgra Drive
Omaha, NE 68102
 

Wayne Shreffler, Ph.D., M.D.
Expertise:  Pediatric Immunology
Term Ending Date: 6/30/15
Director, Food Allergy Center
Food Allergy Center
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA 02114
 

Christopher Waldrop*
Expertise: Food Science
Term Ending: 6/30/13
Director, Food Policy Institute
Consumer Federation of America
1620 I Street, N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20006
 

Kendall B. Wallace, Ph.D.
Expertise: Toxicology
Term Ending: 6/30/15
Professor
University of Minnesota Medical School
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1035 University Drive
Duluth, MN 55812
 

Walter C. Willett, M.D., M.P.H., Dr. P.H.
Expertise: Epidemiology
Term Ending: 6/30/17
Chairman, Department of Nutrition,
Harvard School of Public Health
651 Huntington
Boston, MA 02115
 

Carl Winter, Ph.D.
Expertise: Chemistry
Term Ending Date: 6/30/14
Extension Food Toxicologist
Food Science and Technology
University of California
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
 

* consumer representatives
**industry representatives

 

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