Annual Program Committee

The Annual Program Committee shall be responsible for establishing the scientific content of the annual scientific meeting under policies established by the Council.

 

Alison, E. Field, ScD (Chair)

Children's Hospital, Boston, MA

Timothy H. Moran, PhD (Co-Chair)

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD

 

METABOLISM/INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

 

Elizabeth Parks, PhD (Track Co-Chair)

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Mary-Ellen Harper, PhD (Track Co-Chair)

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Sean H. Adams, PhD

USDA-ARS, Davis, CA

Britt M. Burton-Freeman, PhD

Illinois Institute of Technology, Bedford Park, IL

Andre Tchernof, PhD

CHUL Research Center, Quebec City, QC

 

NEUROSCIENCE

 

Matthew R. Hayes, PhD (Track Chair)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Suzanne M. Appleyard, PhD

Washington State University, Pullman WA

Alan G. Watts, PhD

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

Jeffrey Zigman, MD, PhD

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX

INTERVENTION/CLINICAL STUDIES

Jennifer Fisher, PhD (Track Chair)

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Kenneth Fujioka, MD

Scripps Clinic, San Diego, CA

Bret H. Goodpaster, PhD

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Corby Martin, PhD

Pennington, Biomedical Research Center

Elise M. Taveras, MD

Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA

 

POPULATION HEALTH/POLICY

 

Meghan M. Slining, PhD, MPH (Track Chair)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Janne Boone-Heinonen, PhD, MPH

Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Simone A. French, PhD

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD

Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Terry T. Huang, PhD

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

 

CLINICAL/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

 

Lawrence J. Cheskin, MD (Track Chair)

Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Jamy Ard, MD

University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Linda Kollar, RN, CNP

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Carol Motycka, PharmD

University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainsville, FL

David Sarwer, PhD

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Harvey J. Grill, PhD, President (Council Liaison)

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

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