Speakers and their Reading Materials
Day 1 (Monday, June 9)
Paul M. Coates, PhD
Director, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Welcome and Overview
Mary Frances Picciano, PhD
Senior Nutrition Research Scientist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Who's Taking What?
Johanna T. Dwyer, DSc, RD
Senior Nutrition Scientist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Why Are They Taking Them?
William B. Schultz, JD
Partner, Zuckerman Spaeder LLP
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)
and Beyond
Vasilios H. Frankos, PhD
Director, Division of Dietary Supplement Programs,
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
What the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Does
Michelle K. Rusk, JD
Senior Staff Attorney, U.S. Federal Trade Commission
What the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Does
Kenneth D. Fisher, PhD
Senior Scientific Consultant, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Supplement Labels
Paul R. Thomas, EdD, RD
Scientific Consultant, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Claims on Supplements and Foods
Day 2 (Tuesday, June 10)
Meghan Murphy, PhD
Consumer Safety Officer, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Bringing a Drug to Market
John W. Finley, PhD
Professor and Head of Food Science, Louisiana State University
Bringing a Food to Market
Steven Dentali, PhD
Chief Science Officer, American Herbal Products Association
Bringing a Supplement to Market
Bill J. Gurley, PhD
Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Interactions Between Supplements and Drugs
Joseph M. Betz, PhD
Director, Dietary Supplements Methods and Reference Materials Program, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Marguerite Klein, MS, RD
Health Science Administrator, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) for Supplements and Evaluating Quality
Christine Swanson, PhD, RD
Director, Botanical Research Center Program, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Characterizing Supplements in Journal Articles
Day 3 (Wednesday, June 11)
Mary Lee Watts, MPH, RD
Director of Public Affairs, American Society for Nutrition
Maria Oria, PhD
Senior Program Officer, Food and Nutrition Board, The National Academies
Mary Hastings Hager, PhD, RD, FADA
Director of Regulatory Affairs, American Dietetic Association
Steven M. Mister, Esq.
President & CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition
Michael McGuffin
President, American Herbal Products Association
Robert W. Henderson, PD
Founder, President & CEO, Nutramax Laboratories, Inc.
David Schardt, MS
Senior Nutritionist, Center for Science in the Public Interest
Peter Lurie, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Public Citizen's Health Research Group
Sally Squires, MS
Health and Nutrition Writer, The Washington Post
Day 4 (Thursday, June 12)
Regan L. Bailey, PhD, RD, LDN
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Measuring Food and Supplement Intakes
Clifford L. Johnson, MSPH
Director, Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Biomarkers of Exposure
Barnett S. Kramer, MD, MPH
Associate Director for Disease Prevention, NIH Office of Disease Prevention
Efficacy: The Concept and Its Measurement
Elizabeth A. Yetley, PhD
Senior Nutrition Research Scientist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Safety: The Concept, Its Measurement, and Reporting
Susan M. Pilch, PhD, MLS
Biomedical Librarian/Informationist, NIH Library
MEDLINE/PubMed
Rebecca B. Costello, PhD
Director of Grants and Extramural Activities, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)
Andrea T. Lindsey, MS
Nutrition Information Specialist, National Agricultural Library, U.S. Department of Agriculture
IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)
Lora Wilder, ScD, RD
Clinical IBIDS Project Consultant, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
IBIDS (International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements)
Karen S. Regan, MS, RD
Nutritionist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
CRISP, HNRIM, and CARDS
Mary Frances Picciano, PhD
Senior Nutrition Research Scientist, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
NOADS (NHANES Online Analyst of Dietary Supplements)
Day 5 (Friday, June 13)
Robert M. Russell, MD
Director, USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Conducting a Study with Dietary Supplements
William R. Harlan, MD
Senior Consultant, NIH National Library of Medicine
The Different Types and What They Tell Us
Patsy M. Brannon, PhD, RD
Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Moving from Science to Policy
Susan T. Borra, RD
President, International Food Information Council Foundation
Communicating Scientific Information About Dietary Supplements
Anne L. Thurn, PhD
Director, Evidence-Based Review and Communications Programs, NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Resources of the Office of Dietary Supplements
