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National Nutrition Research Roadmap 2016–2021 National Nutrition Research Roadmap 2016‒2021: Advancing Nutrition Research to Improve and Sustain Health Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research 2016 About the Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research The Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research (ICHNR) aims to increase the overall effectiveness and productivity of federally supported or conducted human nutrition research. The ICHNR includes representatives from the departments of Agriculture (USDA), Health and Human Services (HHS), Defense (DoD) and Commerce; the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Agency for International Development (USAID), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The ICHNR is co-chaired by Dr. Catherine Woteki, the USDA Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist and Dr. Karen B. DeSalvo, the HHS National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and acting Assistant Secretary for Health. About this Roadmap This Roadmap was developed by the ICHNR National Nutrition Research Roadmap (NNRR) Subcommittee co-chaired by Dr. Robert Holland, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Associate Director of Operations and Dr. David M. Murray, HHS National Institutes of Health (NIH) Associate Director for Prevention and Director of the Office of Disease Prevention (ODP). The NNRR Subcommittee included representatives from each of the participating ICHNR departments and agencies, 28 members in total. Sixteen members of the NNRR Subcommittee served on the NNRR Writing Group. The Roadmap identifies research priorities for human nutrition and describes the role of the ICHNR departments and agencies in addressing those priorities over the next five to ten years. This document is published by the ICHNR. Copyright Information This document is a work of the United States Government and is in the public domain (See 17 U.S.C. §105). Subject to the stipulations below, this document may be distributed and copied with acknowledgment to ICHNR. Copyrights to graphics included in this document are reserved by the original copyright holders or their assignees and are used here under the Government’s license and by permission. Requests to use any images must be made to the provider identified in the image credits or to ICHNR if no provider is identified. Suggested Citation Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research. National Nutrition Research Roadmap 2016‒2021: Advancing Nutrition Research to Improve and Sustain Health. Washington, DC: Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research; 2016. ii The National Nutrition Research Roadmap was prepared by THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE ON HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH Co-Chairs Catherine Woteki, PhD Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics and Chief Scientist United States Department of Agriculture Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and Acting Assistant Secretary for Health United States Department of Health and Human Services Co-Executive Secretaries Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD Deputy Administrator, Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture Paul Coates, PhD Director, Office of Dietary Supplements National Institutes of Health United States Department of Health and Human Services iii Department Agency Interagency Committee on Human Nutrition Research Members Commerce NIST Stephen Wise, PhD NOAA Juli Trtanj, MES Walton W. Dickhoff, PhD (Alternate) DoD Terry Rauch, PhD Patricia Deuster, PhD, MPH, FACSM (Alternate) EPA OPP David Miller, MS, MPH FTC Mary Engle, JD HHS CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Heidi Blanck, MS, PhD Barbara Bowman, MS, PhD (Alternate) National Center for Health Statistics Kathryn Porter, MD, MS Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD, DSc, FACN (Alternate) FDA Office of Foods and Veterinary Medicine Claudine Kavanaugh, PhD, MPH, RD Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Robin McKinnon, PhD, MPA HRSA Jessica DiBari, PhD, MHS NIH Paul Coates, PhD (ICHNR Co-Executive Secretary) Adam Kuszak, PhD (Rapporteur) David M. Murray, PhD (NNRR Co-Chair) OASH Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc (ICHNR Co-Chair) ODPHP Don Wright, MD, MPH Richard Olson, MD, MPH (Alternate and DGA Co-Chair) NASA Scott M. Smith, PhD NSF Steve Ellis, PhD USAID BFS Ahmed Kablan, PharmD, PhD BGH Anne Peniston, RN, MSN Omar Dary, PhD (Alternate) DCHA Melanie Thurber, MPH USDA ARS David Klurfeld, PhD (DRI and Collaborative Process Co-Chair) Pamela Starke-Reed, PhD (ICHNR Co-Ex. Secretary) CNPP Angie Tagtow, MS, RD, LD Colette Rihane, MS, RD (Alternate and DGA Co-Chair) ERS Jayachandran Variyam, PhD Joanne Guthrie, PhD, RD (Alternate) FNCS Kevin W. Concannon, MSW Jerold R. Mande, MPH (Alternate) NIFA Denise Riordan Eblen, PhD Dionne Toombs, PhD (Alternate) REE/OCS Catherine Woteki, PhD (ICHNR Co-Chair) VA VHA Anne Utech, PhD, RD, LD Ellen Bosley, MBA, MS, RD (Alternate) White House OSTP Jo Handelsman, PhD Rebecca L. Grimm (Alternate) iv ICHNR National Nutrition Research Roadmap Subcommittee Co-Chairs Robert Holland, DVM Associate Director of Operations, National Institute of Food and Agriculture United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) David M. Murray, PhD Associate Director for Prevention Director, Office of Disease Prevention National Institutes of Health United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Members– includes ICHNR Committee members and/or their designated representatives (WG indicates also a member of the NNRR Writing Group) Department Agency Member Commerce NIST Stephen Wise, PhD NOAA Walton W. Dickhoff, PhD Juli Trtanj, MES DoD Patricia Deuster, PhD, MPH, FACSMWG James McClung, PhDWG EPA OPP David Miller, MS, MPH FTC Mary Engle, JD HHS CDC Deborah Galuska, MPH, PhDWG FDA Jessica Leighton, PhD, MPH (through May 1, 2015) HRSA Jessica DiBari, PhD, MHS NIH Rachel Ballard, MD, MPHWG Abby Ershow, ScD, RD, FAHAWG Sheila Fleischhacker, PhD, JD (Recorder)WG Padma Maruvada, PhDWG David M. Murray, PhDWG (Co-Chair) NASA Scott M. Smith, PhD USAID BFS Ahmed Kablan, PharmD, PhD BGH Omar Dary, PhD USDA ARS David Klurfeld, PhDWG Pamela Starke-Reed, PhDWG CNPP Joanne Spahn, MS, RD ERS Joanne Guthrie, PhD, RDWG NIFA Marly Diallo (Recorder)WG Robert Holland, DVM (Co-Chair)WG Dionne Toombs, PhDWG Isabel Walls, PhDWG FNCS Jerold Mande, MPHWG VA VHA Anne Utech, PhD, RD, LD Ellen Bosley, MBA, MS, RD v Acknowledgments The ICHNR appreciates the logistical support provided by the HHS National Institutes of Health and the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. This Roadmap would not be possible without the time, talent, and thoughts of the following dedicated NNRR contributors who assisted the ICHNR Committee and ICHNR NNRR Subcommittee by stepping up throughout this process and generously giving of their time and expertise. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Sara Zwart, PhD United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Judy Canahuati, MPhil United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN Alanna Moshfegh, MS, RD Elise Golan, PhD Tricia Psota, PhD, RD Jay Hirschman, MPH, CNS Michele Simmons Mark Lino, PhD Maureen Spill, PhD Richard Lucas, MA Eve Essery Stoody, PhD United States Department of Defense (DoD) Neil Grunberg, PhD MAJ D. Alan Nelson, USA, SP, MPAS, PhD COL James L. Persson, USA, MC, MD, MPH MAJ Dale W. Russell, USA, SP, PhD Jonathan Scott, PhD United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Annina Burns, PhD, RD Heidi Hudson, MPH Mary E. Cogswell, RN, DrPH Clifford L. Johnson, MSPH Alina Flores, MPH, CHES Diane Orenstein, PhD Rafael C. Flores-Ayala, DrPH Christine Pfeiffer, PhD Heather Hamner, PhD, MPH Diane Thompson, MPH, RD Diane Harris, MPH, PhD Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sherri B. Dennis, PhD Chung-Tung Jordan Lin, PhD Mary I. Poos, PhD Paula R. Trumbo, PhD vi United States Department of Health and Human Services, continued Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Michele Lawler, RD, MS Sarah R. Linde, MD Meredith Morrissette, MPH Denise Sofka, RD, MPH National Institutes of Health (NIH) Regan Bailey, PhD, RD, MPH Maren Laughlin, PhD David Berrigan, PhD, MPH Catherine Loria, PhD, MS, FAHA Rosalind Breslow, PhD Patricia L. Mabry, PhD Rebecca B. Costello, PhD Margaret McDowell, PhD, MPH, RD Amber Courville, PhD, RDN, CSSD Kathryn Y. McMurry, MS Mary Cutting, MS, RAC Linda Nebeling, PhD, MPH, RD Susan Czajkowski, PhD Elizabeth Neilson, PhD Cindy Davis, PhD Abigail Pepin Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD Charlotte Pratt, PhD, MS, RD, FAHA Linda Duffy, PhD Daniel J. Raiten, PhD Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD Jill Reedy, PhD, MPH, RD Judy Engel, MA, RD Karen Regan, MS, RD Layla Esposito, PhD, MA William (Bill) Riley, PhD Mary E. Evans, PhD Gabriela Riscuta, MD, CNS Rachel Fisher, MS, MPH, RD Sharon Ross, PhD, MPH D. Jonathan Horsford, PhD Philip Smith, PhD Van S. Hubbard, MD, PhD Barbara Sorkin, PhD Christine M. Hunter, PhD, ABPP Pothur Srinivas, PhD, MPH Stephen P. James, MD Luke E. Stoeckel, PhD Joanne Karimbakas, MS, RD Amy Subar, PhD, MPH, RD William Klein, PhD Richard P. Troiano, PhD James Krebs-Smith, MPH Susan Volman, PhD Sue Krebs-Smith, PhD, MPH Susan Z. Yanovski, MD Robert Kuczmarski, DrPH Deborah Young-Hyman, PhD Jennie Larkin, PhD Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) Kellie Casavale, PhD, RD Richard D. Olson,
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