Working Group 1: Nutrition and Biology

Focus: To explore the “internal environment” including nutritional needs as they impact particularly on function and exert effect on key biological systems (e.g., growth, neurodevelopment, endocrinology, reproductive health, immunology, etc.) and relevant outcomes.

Chair:

Connie Weaver, PhD
Purdue University

Members:

Andrew Bremer, MD, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Michael Georgieff, MD
University of Minnesota

Guillermina Girardi, PhD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Ronald Kleinman, MD
Harvard University

Jennifer Sacheck-Ward, PhD
George Washington University

Babette Zemel, PhD
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Theresa Nicklas, DrPH
Baylor College of Medicine

Usha Ramakrishnan, PhD
Emory University  

 Secretariat:

Constantina Papoutsakis, PhD, RDN
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Please click the following link to access the workshop videocast: https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=44889