Speaker Biographies

Jan Singleton, PhD, RD

National Program Leader, Food Science and Food Safety
Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
United States Department of Agriculture

Dr. Jan Singleton manages, leads, and administers a national grant program that awards competitive grants to faculty at accredited colleges and universities. The grants focus on the development of food safety research, education and extension programs and resources that address priority national and international issues in food safety. Dr. Singleton joined USDA in 1992. She came to USDA from West Virginia University, where she held a joint appointment in Extension and the Department of Community Medicine, at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. Dr. Singleton received her Ph.D. in Human Nutrition from The Pennsylvania State University. She is a Registered Dietitian, and an active member of the American Dietetic Association, the Society for Nutrition Education, and the Institute for Food Technologists.