Program & Host Committee
Conference Program Chair:
Maria Elena Jefferds, PhD
Lead Epidemiologist and Team Lead,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA
Track 1: Micronutrient Biology and Status Assessment
Co-Chairs:
Sophie Moore,
Professor, Kings College London, UK
Kyly Whitfield,
Associate Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada
Committee Members:
- Kenneth H. Brown, MD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, USA
- Jennifer Coates, PhD, Associate Professor, Tufts University, USA
- Kerry Jones, Senior Nutritional Biomarker Specialist, University of Cambridge, UK
- Saurabh Mehta, Physician and Epidemiologist , Cornell University, USA
- Alida Melse, Associate Professor Global Nutrition, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
- Martha Mwangome, Research Scientist and Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellow, KEMRI/Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast (CGMRC) & KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Kilifi, Kenya
- Victor O. Owino, Nutrition Specialist, International Atomic Energy Agency, Austria
- Sant-Rayn Pasricha, Division Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Track 2: Efficacy and Safety of Micronutrient Interventions
Co-Chairs:
Lindsay Allen,
Research Physiologist, USDA,
ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USA
Erick Boy,
Chief Nutritionist, Harvest Plus, Canada
Committee Members:
- Kamija Phiri, Professor, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi
- Lisa Rogers, Technical Officer, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Maria Elizabeth Tejero Barrera, Laboratory Head, Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Mexico
- Shakuntala Thilsted, Director, Nutrition, Health and Food Security Impact Area CGIAR, Denmark
- Mary Uyoga, Nutritional epidemiologist, North-West University / Noordwes-Universiteit, South Africa
- Michael Zimmermann, MD, Professor, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
- Stanley Zlotkin MD, Chief, Centre for Global Child Health, Sick Kids, Canada
Track 3: Program Implementation and Effectiveness
Co-Chairs:
Mdu Mbuya,
Director of Knowledge Leadership,
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), USA
Deanna Olney,
Senior Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute, USA
Committee Members:
- Mandana Arabi MD, PhD, Vice-President, Global Technical Services and Chief Technical Advisor, Nutrition International, Canada
- Anabelle Bonvecchio, Managing Director, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Mexico
- Inge Brouwer, Professor, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands
- Nita Dalmiya, Senior Advisor, Nutrition (Knowledge, Advocacy and Partnerships), UNICEF, USA
- Omar Dary, Nutrition Science Specialist, USAID, USA
- Rebecca Heidkamp, Associate Scientist, John Hopkins University, USA
- Dan Irvine, Global Director, Health & Nutrition, World Vision International, USA
- Sarah Bauler MPH, Senior Advisor, Design, M&E and Research in Nutrition, World Vision International, USA
- Frances Knight, Project Lead, Nutrition Division, World Food Programme, UK
- Denish Moorthy MD MS, Senior Technical Advisor, USAID Advancing Nutrition, USA
- Debbie Obadan-Benneth, Nutritionist and Public Health Professional, Nutrition International, USA
- Lisa Shireen Saldanha, Nutrition Specialist, World Bank Group, USA
Track 4: Designing Enabling Environments for Micronutrients
Co-Chairs:
Asma Lateef,
Policy and Advocacy Lead, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, USA
Rajul Pandya-Lorch,
Member, Board of Directors, Micronutrient Forum, USA
Committee Members:
- Rina Agustina MD PhD, Head, Human Nutrition Research Center (HNRC), Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
- Shawn K. Baker, Chief Program Officer, Helen Keller International, USA
- Muhammad Irshad Danish MD, Senior Advocacy Advisor, Asia, Nutrition International, Pakistan
- Augustin Flory, Senior Fellow, Results For Development, USA
- Solange Heise, Nutrition Advisor, C4N (Micronutrients), Niger
- Klaus Kraemer, Managing Director, Leadership Team, Sight and Life, USA
- Anna Lartey PhD, Professor of Nutrition, University of Ghana, Ghana
- Saskia Osendarp, Executive Director, Micronutrient Forum, The Netherlands
- Larry Umuna, Regional Director, West Africa, TechnoServe, Nigeria
- Greg S. Garrett, Executive Director, Access to Nutrition Initiative, The Netherlands
- Marti van Liere PhD, Director of Programs, Micronutrient Forum, Switzerland
- Howdy Bouis, Emeritus Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Host Committee
Host Committee Chair:
Inge Brouwer,
Professor, Wageningen University & Research
Host Committee Members:
- Lucy Elburg,Education & Research Assistant, Wageningen University & Research
- Edith Feskens PhD, Professor, Global Nutrition, Wageningen University & Research
- Hans Verhoef, Associate Professor, Wageningen University & Research
- Alida Melse-Boonstra PhD, Associate Professor, Global Nutrition, Wageningen University & Research
- Arine Valstar, Co-Chair, Netherlands Working Group on International Nutrition (NWGN); Food and Nutrition Consultant, FAO/ Sustainable Food System One Planet Network
- Monique Beun, Global Nutrition Lead, Global Nutrition Lead SNV Netherlands Development Organization
- Elise Talsma PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University & Research
- Anouk de Vries, Associate, Policy & Advocacy, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
- Laura Witlox, Communications Advisor / Media Relations Agrotechnology & Food Sciences, Wageningen University & Research
- Rens Koele, Public affairs Advisor, Wageningen University & Research