DIETARY GUIDELINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE NAMED
The Departments of Health and Human Services and the US Department of Agriculture have just announced the membership of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC).
The chair is Sarah Booth, PhD, Senior Scientist and Director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She is joined by Vice Chair Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, MS, of Cornell University. The members bring an impressive range of expertise to the endeavor. They include Steven Abrams, MD, University of Texas at Austin; Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS, of the University of California San Diego; Aline Andrew, PhD, RD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PhD, RD, FAND, of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; Andrea Deierlein, PhD, MPH, MS, of New York University; Heather Eicher-Miller, PhD, Purdue University; Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD, Temple University; Teresa Fung DSc, RD, Simmons University; Christopher Gardner, PhD, Stanford University; Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD, Harvard School of Public Health; Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA, University of Texas Health, Houston School of Public Health; Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, PhD, MPH, Oklahoma State University; Cristina Palacios, Florida International University; Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN, University of Tennessee at Knoxville; Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS, Harvard University; Ameeera Talegawkar, PhD, The George Washington University; Christopher Taylor, PHD, RDN, LD, FAND, and Deirdre Tobias DSc, Harvard University. Congratulations to the entire distinguished group. Membership on the DGAC takes a lot of time and effort, and these volunteers deserve all of the nutrition community's thanks for agreeing to this assignment! The committee started off with a bang and has already had the first of many meetings.
ASPEN BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The current American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition's 2022-2023 Board of Directors is another distinguished group of individuals. They are as follows:
President
Ryan T. Hurt, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic, College of Medicine
Rochester, MN
President-Elect
Phil Ayers, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP
Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Clinical Pharmacy Services
Jackson, MS
Vice President
Ajay Jain, MD, DNB, MHA
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO
Secretary/Treasurer
Kris Mogensen, MS, RD-AP, LDN, CNSC
Brigham and Woman's Hospital
Boston, MA
Immediate Past President
Gail A. Cresci, PhD, RD, LD
Cleveland Clinic, Center for Human Nutrition
Cleveland, OH
Director
Ruba Abdelhadi, MD, CNSC, NASPGHAN-F
Children's Mercy Hospital
Overland Park, KS
Director
Praveen S. Goday, MBBS
Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Director
Kathy Gura, PharmD, BCNSP, FASHP, FPPA, FASPEN, FMSHP
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
Director
Sharon Irving, PhD, CRNP, FCCM, FAAN, FASPEN
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA
Director
Diana Mager, PhD, MSc, RD
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Director
Mary McCarthy, PhD, RN, CNSC, FAAN, FASPEN
US Army/Madigan Army Medical Center
Tacoma, WA
ASPEN Rhoads Research Foundation President
M. Molly McMahon, MD, FASPEN
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN