COMMITTEE

Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair), Woodruff Health Sciences Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA

Dennis M. Bier, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Leann L. Birch, Ph.D.,The Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Ross C. Brownson, Ph.D., St. Louis University School of Public Health, St. Louis, MO

John Cawley, Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

George R. Flores, M.D., M.P.H., Consultant, Public Health Advisor, The California Endowment, Windsor, CA

Simone A. French, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Susan L. Handy, Ph.D., University of California at Davis, Davis, CA

Robert C. Hornik, Ph.D., The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Douglas B. Kamerow, M.D., M.P.H., RTI International, Washington, DC

Shiriki K. Kumanyika, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia

Barbara J. Moore, Ph.D., Shape Up America!, Washington, DC

Arie L. Nettles, Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

Russell R. Pate, Ph.D., University of South Carolina, Columbia

John C. Peters, Ph.D., Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH

Thomas N. Robinson, M.D., M.P.H., Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA

Charles Royer, B.S., University of Washington, Seattle

Robert C. Whitaker, M.D., M.P.H., Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Shirley R. Watkins, M.Ed., SR Watkins & Associates, Silver Spring, MD

STAFF

Cathy Liverman, M.L.S., Study Director
Linda D. Meyers, Ph.D., Director, FNB
Janice Okita, Ph.D., R.D., Program Officer
Vivica Kraak, M.S., R.D., Program Officer
Carrie Szlyk, M.P.H., Program Officer and Liaison, Board on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
J. Bernadette Moore, Ph.D., Science and Technology Policy Intern (through May, 2003)
Tazima Davis, Research Associate
Shannon Ruddy, Senior Program Assistant