The following individuals contributed their valuable time and expertise in this project:
Workgroup Members
- Sina Gallo, PhD, MSc, RD, Chair
Assistant Professor, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
- Rubina Hakeem, PhD, RD, FAND, FAFN
Professor, Raana Liaqat Ali Khan Government College of Home Economics, Karachi, Pakistan
- Barbara Stahnke, MEd, RD, LD
WIC Advisory Team Manager, Georgia Department of Public Health/Georgia WIC, Tucker, GA, USA
- Irma Gutierrez, RDN, LD (resigned May 2016)
- Rima Itani Al-Nimr, MS, RDN, LD
Clinical Instructor in Medicine/Direction of Nutrition in Medical Education Program, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine, Hanover, NH, USA
- Julie M. Moreschi, MS, RDN, LDN
Dietetic Internship Director, Benedictine University, Lisle, IL, USA
- Joann M. McDermid, M Sc, DipEpidBiostat,PhD, MS, RDN (joined September 2016)
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
- Maria A. Pari-Keener, MS, RD, CDN (joined April 2016)
Clinical Dietitian, New York Presbyterian-Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY USA
Project Manager/Lead Analyst
- Feon Cheng, PhD, MPH, RDN, CHTS-CP (starting October 2016)
Nutrition Researcher, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL
- Constantina Papoutsakis, PhD, RD (October 2015-December 2016)
Nutrition Researcher, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL
- Deepa Handu, PhD, RD (June 2015-October 2015)
Senior Scientist, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL
- Taylor Wolfram, MS, RDN, LDN (through May 2015
Nutrition Researcher, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL
Evidence Analysts
- Katherine Bower, PhD, MPH, RDN
Atlanta, GA, USA
- Lyanne Chin, PhD candidate, RDN
Madison, WI, USA
- Heidi Gunderson, MS, RD, LD, CDE
St. Paul, MN, USA
- Amy Huang, MPH
Basel, Switzerland
- Lexi MacMillan Uribe, MS, RD
Madison, WI, USA
- Jessica G. Redmond, PhD, RD
Minoa, NY, USA
- Jessica West, MS, RD
Bend, OR, USA
Methodologist
- Deepa Handu, PhD, RD
Senior Scientist , Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Chicago, IL, USA
Financial Contributors
- Women’s Health Dietetic Practice Group
- Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Disclosures of Potential Conflicts of Interest
In the interest of full disclosure, the Academy has adopted the policy of revealing relationships workgroup members have with companies that sell products or services that are relevant to this topic. Workgroup members are required to disclose potential conflicts interest by completing the Academy Conflict of Interest form. It should not be assumed that these financial interests will have adverse impact on the content but they are noted here to fully inform readers.
- Hakeem R: Principal investigator on research project on the genomic and lifestyle predictors of fetal outcome relevant to diabetes and obesity and their relevance to prevent strategies in South Asia.
- McDermid J: recipient of a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grant on Early Life Interventions for Childhood Growth and Development in Tanzania
- Pari-Keener M: past chair (2013) of the Women’s Health DPG
