Public Affairs Committee

Insures that members are informed about national issues of concern in obesity research, treatment, and prevention; maintains an active interest in knowledge of relevant legislative and governmental activities which may affect obesity research and treatment and utilizes such knowledge to inform the Council, other committees and members of these legislative and administrative issues.

Adam Tsai, MD, MSCE (Chair)

University of Colorado, Denver, CA

Rebecca A. Krukowski, PhD

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

Shu Wen Ng, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC

Jennifer Otten, PhD, RD

Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA

Jonathan Q. Purnell, MD

Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR

Arya Sharma, MD

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Diana Thomas, PhD

Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ

Susanne Votruba, RD, PhD

NIDDK/NIH, Phoenix, AZ

Amanda E. Staiano, PhD (Student Member)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA

Phillip J. Brantley, PhD (Council Liaison)