MINUTES OF THE NUTRITION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (NCC) …

         MINUTES OF THE NUTRITION COORDINATING COMMITTEE (NCC)
              MEETING, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
            Rockledge 2, Conference Room 9100-9104, Bethesda, MD
                    February 7, 2008 2:00- 4:00 PM

WELCOME
Dr. Van Hubbard, Director, NIH Division of Nutrition Research Coordination
(DNRC), convened the meeting at 2:00 PM and welcomed participants.
Participating via phone were Dr. Darla Danford, NIH NHLBI; COL Karl Friedl,
DoD; Dr. Deborah Galuska, CDC; Shirley Gerrior, USDA CSREES; Dr. Jatunn
Gibson, CSREES visiting scholar from Auburn University; Dr. Molly Kretsch,
USDA; Ms. Michele Lawler, HRSA; Ms. Holly McPeak, OS ODPHP; Dr. Linda
Nebeling, NIH NCI; Dr. Deborah Olster, NIH OBSSR; Dr. Jean Pennington, NIH
DNRC; Dr. Marshall Plaut, NIH NIAID; Dr. Daniel Raiten, NIH NICHD; Dr. Rick
Troiano, OS ODPHP; Dr. Susan Welsh, USDA CRSEES; and Dr. Elizabeth
Yetley, NIH ODS. The agenda for the meeting is provided as Appendix A, and
the list of attendees is provided as Appendix B.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM THE JANUARY 3, 2008 NCC MEETING
Minutes from the January 3, 2008 NCC meeting had previously been sent to
NCC members via email. Dr. Hubbard asked if there were any other corrections
to the minutes. There were none. Dr. Paul Coates, Office of Dietary
Supplements (ODS), made a motion to approve the minutes, and Dr. John
Milner, National Institute of Cancer (NCI), seconded the motion. The minutes
were thus approved and will be posted on the DNRC website along with the
minutes from previous NCC Meetings.

UPDATE ON THE 2010 DIETARY GUIDELINES FOR AMERICANS.
Ms. Dorothea Vafiadis, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP), USDA,
provided the NCC members with an update of the process for the next round of
the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Every 5 years, the USDA and HHS
appoint a new Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) consisting of
nationally recognized experts in the field of nutrition and health. The charge to
the Committee is to review the scientific and medical knowledge current at the
time and to recommend to the Secretaries any revisions to the Dietary Guidelines
for Americans that the Committee determines are warranted for the next edition.
The Committee prepares a report of its recommendations and rationales for
revision to the Secretaries. The Departments then jointly review the Committee's
recommendations and publish the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans.

Based on lessons learned from past Committee members, it was determined that
a new tool should be provided to assist the 2010 Committee as they review the
current literature. Due to the high value placed on recommendations that are
based on evidence-based practice, the new tool will facilitate evidence-based
reviews of pertinent questions. For more information about an evidence-based
approach to review the science on nutrition and health, visit the following
website: http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/NutritionInsights/Insight38.pdf

In preparation for the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, USDA worked with
the American Dietetic Association (ADA) to develop a Nutrition Evidence Library
(NEL). On February 5 and 6, 2008, 13 federal staff participated in a training
workshop on ADA's method. The NEL is a mirror image of ADA's library but has
been adapted for the purposes of USDA/HHS. Some of the staff who
participated in the training will be supervising the work of the abstractors as the
project gets underway.

In order to guide the process of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, a
Federal Interest Group was established. They determined that questions raised
by the 2005 DGAC would be a good starting point for questions to be addressed
with the NEL. Five topic areas were initially selected and the first area for review
will be whole grains. The specific questions have yet to be defined.

The call for abstractors will be going out shortly. Once selected, the abstractors
will be given questions defined by the Federal Interest Group and will then begin
to build the NEL. If you have any suggestions as to where to send the call for
abstractors, please contact Ms. Vafiadis (Dorothea.Vafiadis@cnpp.usda.gov).
In the summer of 2008, the 2010 DGAC will be selected. The goal is to have a
substantial part of the NEL built before the Committee has their first public
meeting in the fall.

HEALTHY PEOPLE
2010 Progress Review
Dr. Van Hubbard, DNRC, provided an update on the Nutrition and Overweight
focus area of Healthy People 2010. The coordination of this focus area is jointly
led by the DNRC and FDA. Together, they have identified two key topics that
will be highlighted at the upcoming Progress Review on April 3rd. The review will
be led by Acting Assistant Secretary for Health, Dr. Don Wright. The two areas
to be highlighted are obesity (specifically childhood obesity) and dietary intake
with an emphasis on fruit and vegetable consumption as well as calcium intake.
The goal of the review process is to identify the strategies and barriers in meeting
the targets established for Healthy People 2010. Information regarding the review
has already been sent to the members of the Nutrition and Overweight working
group, but if you did not receive this information and would like to be included in
the effort, please contact Dr. Hubbard (hubbardv@mail.nih.gov). The next
conference call will take place on February 22nd, and more information will be
available at this time.

As a reminder, because the Progress Review will take place on Thursday, April
3rd from 1:30 to 3:00, there will not be an NCC meeting in April.




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Healthy People 2020 Activities
Dr. Barry Portnoy, Office of Disease Prevention (ODP), in the Office of the
Director (OD), NIH provided an overview of Healthy People and the road ahead.
Healthy People is a comprehensive set of national ten-year health objectives and
a framework for public health priorities and actions that evolves with each
iteration. Plans are now underway to develop the next round of objectives for
2020, the fourth iteration of national health objectives. This is the first year a
Secretary's Advisory Committee on National Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention Objectives will be involved in the process. This committee, which is
made up of members from the public, private, foundation, academic and
business settings, was convened in January, 2008 and will advise the Healthy
People 2020 development process and implementation. Building on the lessons
learned from the previous iterations, the Federal Interagency Workgroup, which
has been charged with drafting the initial framework and objectives, is starting to
wrestle with some of the challenges that were identified in Healthy People 2010.
Some of the challenges include balancing between an encyclopedic approach
and a targeted effort, integrating target setting across all areas, developing and
funding data sources, developing an implementation plan with specific strategies,
and providing technical assistance.

The approach for Healthy People 2020 will be a two-stage process. The initial
framework will be published in late 2008 or early 2009, and in 2010, the full set of
objectives will be published. In order to stay informed as the plans for 2020
move forward, you can (1) join the Healthy People listserve, (2) check
www.healthypeople.gov for updates, (3) visit the Summit-on-Demand Library
from the National Prevention Summit at http://www.wellness07.com/indexB.htm,
(4) or attend the Health People 2020 Regional meetings that will take place in the
spring of 2008. In addition, Ms. Martina Vogel-Taylor, OD ODP, is coordinating a
meeting that will take place at Natcher on the NIH campus from 12:00-5:00 on
March 11, 2008 for those who would like more information.

NHANES UPDATE
Dr. Margaret McDowell, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC
updated the NCC members about the National Health and Nutrition Examination
Survey (NHANES).

An NHANES Stakeholder's meeting was held at NCHS on January 10th in
Hyattsville. With respect to dietary data collection, NCHS and the Agricultural
Research Service (ARS), USDA described the success of the integrated dietary
interview component of NHANES and the budget challenges that lie ahead for
NHANES 2009 and beyond. The Stakeholders were informed that there is no
guarantee that NHANES will be able to continue to collect 2 days of dietary
intake data on the entire sample. Unlike the other nutrition components of
NHANES, the NHANES dietary interview component has been funded solely by
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Dr. Sondik, the NCHS Director, outlined the serious budget issues facing NCHS
when he spoke to the NCHS Board of Scientific Advisors on January 23-24th. Dr.
Sondik laid out several options he is considering if the 2009 budget falls short
and these options are likely to affect NHANES data collection. NHANES
competes with other important statistical programs that have also faced budget
shortfalls, including the Vital Statistics Program.

Next Steps:
Cliff Johnson, Vicki Burt, and Lisa Broitman plan to visit research groups and
NHANES partners to inform them of the budget situation and implications for
NHANES 2009 and beyond.

Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (DHANES) staff will attend
the March meeting of the NIH NHANES Nutrition Interest Group.

THIRD CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF
NUTRIGENETICS/NUTRIGENOMICS (ISNN).
Dr. John Milner, NCI, shared information about a new professional group that
was created in the past year, the International Society of Nutrigenetics/
Nutrigenomis (ISNN). It is the purpose of the Society to increase understanding
through research and education of professionals and the general public of the
role of genetic variation and dietary response and the role of nutrients in gene
expression. ISSN held their first meeting in Greece last fall and their second
meeting will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on October 6-8, 2008. Their 3rd
meeting will likely be held in Washington D.C. in October, 2009.

The president of ISSN, Artemis P. Simopoulos, has expressed interest in having
NIH co-fund the 2009 meeting. An NIH planning committee has been formed to
explore the opportunities that could come of this meeting. They have only met
once so far, so if you have any input to add to the group or would like to be
involved, please contact Dr. Milner (John.Milner@nih.hhs.gov).

REPORTS FROM NCC MEMBERS AND LIASONS
Ms. Elaine Trujillo, NCI, reminded the NCC about the upcoming Stars in Nutrition
and Cancer lecture that will take place on March 18, 2008 at 3:00 PM. The
speaker will be Dr. Martin Wiseman and he will be delivering a talk
titled,"Nutrition and Cancer: From Genotype to Phenotype."

Dr. Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, NCI, also informed the NCC about an
upcoming workshop. "Frontiers in Cellular Energetics, Diet and Cancer
Prevention" will take place on March 12, 2008 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. at
Executive Plaza North, C-F room. Please contact Dr. Tsuboyama-Kasaoka for
more information (nk157k@nih.gov).

Dr. Dan Raiten, NICHD, provided clarification about an ongoing effort initiated by
the World Health Organization (WHO) to look at the global burden of foodborne
illness, a topic of great importance in the international nutrition community. WHO


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is not seeking funding from NIH, but they would greatly appreciate the input and
expertise from various Institutes. Please contact Dr. Raiten if you have any
questions or would like to be involved (Daniel.Raiten@nih.hhs.gov).

Dr. Raiten also provided information about a project at NICHD funded by the
Gates Foundation to look at the impact of iron supplementation on malaria. The
effort is much more than simply a research enterprise and will have a parallel
process for integrating new data for WHO. The data will be vetted and evaluated
by a technical working group. The end goal is to provide data that will lead to
meaningful policy. For more information, please contact Dr. Raiten.

UPDATE FROM THE DHHS OFFICE OF DISEASE PREVENTION AND
HEALTH PROMOTION (ODPHP)
Ms. Kathryn McMurry provided several updates from ODPHP.

Physical Activity Guidelines
The final meeting of the Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee will
occur on February 28-29 in Room 800 of the Hubert H Humphrey Building. The
Committee will discuss the overall conclusions of their review of the science
relating physical activity to health. Oral comments from the public will be heard
on the second day of the meeting. More information, including the draft agenda
and a link to register for the meeting can be found at
http://www.health.gov/paguidelines. Because space is limited in Room 800,
please register only if you intend to attend the meeting. The report of the
Advisory Committee is expected to be completed by the end of March, and the
Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans will be released by HHS in Fall, 2008.

Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)
Review of Dietary Reference Intakes Workshop
The prepublication summary of the joint US/ Canadian workshop that was held in
Washington, DC on September 18-20, 2007 is now available, along with slides
and audio clips, at www.iom.edu/driworkshop2007. A follow-on project is being
sponsored by Health Canada to further distill the learning from the workshop to
lay out an interim DRI framework that can be used to guide future updates as
well as further refinements to the process.

Nominated Assistant Secretary for Health
On Jan. 17, the President of the United States officially nominated Dr. Joxel
Garcia to be the next Assistant Secretary for Health. The President intends to
nominate Joxel García, of Connecticut, to be Medical Director in the Regular
Corps of the Public Health Service and Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services (Health). In addition, the President intends to nominate Dr. García to be
Representative of the United States of America on the Executive Board of the
World Health Organization. Dr. García currently serves as Senior Vice President
and Senior Medical Advisor at MAXIMUS Federal Services, Inc. Prior to this, he
served as Deputy Director of the Pan American Health Organization in the



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Regional Office of the World Health Organization for the Western Hemisphere.
Earlier in his career, he served as Commissioner of the Connecticut Department
of Public Health. Dr. García received his degree in pre-medical studies from the
University of Puerto Rico, his MD from the Ponce School of Medicine and his
MBA from the University of Hartford.

ODS UPDATE
Dr. Paul Coates provided an update of Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)
activities.

ODS Practicum: ODS is pleased to announce that it will hold the second
Intensive Practicum on Current Issues and Recent Developments in Dietary
Supplement Research, from June 9-13, 2008, with most sessions to be held in
the Natcher Conference Center. This 5-day intensive practicum will provide a
thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and
controversies about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. It will also
emphasize the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy,
safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention,
as well as how to carry out this type of research. This practicum is open to
faculty and doctoral-level students in all health-related disciplines such as:
nutrition, food science, pharmacology and pharmacognosy, exercise/kinetics,
medicine, dentistry, nursing, and complementary and alternative medicine.
Please distribute this information to grantees and others whom you think would
profit from the practicum. NIH staff are welcome to attend, but since space will
be limited, please let Dr. Mary Frances Picciano (piccianm@od.nih.gov) or Dr.
Paul Thomas (thomaspau@od.nih.gov) know of your intention to participate.
Details of the practicum are included in the Appendix C.

Strategic Plan: ODS is embarking on the development of its Strategic Plan for
2010-2014. At the last meeting of the Trans-NIH/Agency Working Group on
Dietary Supplements (October 25, 2007), Dr. Coates stressed our need for
collaboration with the Working Group members in the future as an important part
of the development of the revised ODS Strategic Plan. Specifically, ODS is
communicating with the Working Group members and others, soliciting
comments on: 1) the current ODS Strategic Plan Goals; 2) current guidelines for
ODS programs and activities; 3) future guidelines for IC and Agency co-funding
of research; and 4) identification of future research needs and opportunities of
mutual interest and priority. These issues will be discussed at the upcoming
March 27, 2008 Trans-NIH/Agency Working Group meeting. For further
information, please contact Paul Coates (coatesp@od.nih.gov) or Ken Fisher
(fisherk@od.nih.gov).

Publication: The February 2008 issue of the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition contains a supplement (no pun intended) entitled "The Science of
Botanical Supplements for Human Health". These are the proceedings of a
workshop held at last year's Experimental Biology meetings, which featured



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presentations from the NIH Botanical Research Centers Program that is jointly
funded by ODS and NCCAM. The citation for this supplement is Am J Clin Nutr
2008;87(suppl):465S-513S. For further information about the Centers Program,
please contact Dr. Christine Swanson (swansonc@od.nih.gov) or Dr. Qi-ying Liu
(liuqiy@mail.nih.gov).

UPDATE OF DNRC ACTIVITIES:
Nutrition Education Subcommittee (NES). Dr. Jean Pennington, DNRC, provided
a written update of the activities of the NIH NCC NES. Since January 2008, the
NES has reviewed 2 documents, both from NIH (one from NHLBI and one from
ODS). Materials reviewed since the last NCC meeting are:
- NHLBI Heart Healthy Home Cooking Recipe Book (NHLBI)
- Vitamin D Fact Sheet (ODS)
The DNRC maintains a listing of NIH nutrition education materials on its website
(http://dnrc.niddk.nih.gov/nutrition_education/index.shtml); NCC members are
requested to check the information on the website and provide any needed
changes or new materials to Ms. Karen Regan, DNRC.

HNRIM: Mr. Jim Krebs-Smith, DNRC, reminded the NCC that the formal request
for FY07 HNRIM data went out at the beginning of the week. Mr. Krebs-Smith
requested the assistance of the NCC representatives to make sure that the
appropriate individual at each Institute received the data request. Data
submissions should be based on the same definition of nutrition research used
as last year. IC HNRIM data submissions should be sent no later than COB
Friday, February 29.

Ms. Karen Regan, DNRC, provided an update regarding RCDC and the process
of validating the nutrition fingerprint. The nutrition fingerprint went out for a
second validity test early last week. RCDC contacts at each Institute have until
March 17th to vote on whether or not each project in the sample is defensible as a
nutrition project based on the current definition. To correct information given at
the meeting: There are 140 pages of nutrition projects, not 140 projects to be
evaluated. Total projects to be evaluated by March 17th are 4231.

Dr. Wendy Johnson-Taylor informed the NCC about the upcoming meeting
"Decision Making in Eating Behavior: Interacting Perspectives from the
Individual, Family, and Environment." The meeting will take place on April 14-15,
2008 at the Lister Hill Center Auditorium on the NIH campus. For more
information visit the website, http://www3.niddk.nih.gov/fund/other/decision2008/,
or contact Dr. Johnson-Taylor (wendyjt@mail.nih.gov).

ACTION ITEM: The DNRC would like to make sure that the information
regarding NIH Institute/Center descriptions and future research directions are up
to date in the DNRC report: The National Institutes of Health Program in
Biomedical and Behavioral Nutrition Research and Training. Please visit the
following webpage (http://www.dnrc.nih.gov/dnrc/program_93-95/) and click on



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the link for your Institute/Center. If you see any changes that should be made,
please contact Ms. Karen Regan (Karen.Regan@nih.hhs.gov) by February 28th.

In addition, please view the NCC member list to make sure it is up to date as
well:
http://www.dnrc.nih.gov/ncc/member-list.pdf

Please contact Ms. Rachel Fisher if there are any changes that need to be made
to this list (Rachel.Fisher@nih.hhs.gov).

NEXT NCC MEETING
The next meeting will be March 6, 2008

ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 3:45 PM

LIST OF APPENDICES
Appendix A: NIH NCC Meeting Agenda for February 7, 2008
Appendix B: NIH NCC Meeting Attendees for February 7, 2008
Appendix C: Current Issues and Recent Developments in Dietary Supplement
Research: An Intensive Practicum




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APPENDIX A: NIH NUTRITION COORDINATING COMMITTEE MEETING
AGENDA

   1. Welcome............................................................. Van Hubbard, DNRC

   2. Approval of Minutes of the January 3, 2008 meeting.......... Van Hubbard, DNRC
   3.

   4. Update on the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
      ............................................................ Dorothea Vafiadis CNPP, USDA

   5. Healthy People
   6. 2010 Progress Review......................................................... Van Hubbard, DNRC

       2020 Activities...............................................Barry Portnoy ODPHP, NIH

   7. NHANES Update............................................Margaret McDowell, NCHS

   8. Third Congress of the International Society of Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics
      (ISNN) ....................................................................John Milner, NCI

   9. Reports from NCC Members and Liaisons...............................NCC Members

   10. ODPHP Activities Update...............................Kathryn McMurry, ODPHP/OS

   11. ODS Activities Update ..................................................Paul Coates, ODS

   12. Current DNRC Update of Activities...............................................DNRC Staff

       Nutrition Education Subcommittee Update...........................Jean Pennington*
       International Committee Information...................Pam Starke-Reed/Dan Raiten
       HNRIM Update.............................................Jim Krebs-Smith/Karen Regan
       HHS Obesity Related Activities.............................................Van Hubbard

Next Meeting - March 6, 2008

* Updates will be included in the minutes of the meeting only




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APPENDIX B: NCC MEETING ATTENDEES FOR FEBRUARY 7, 2008

                      Members Present Members Absent            Alternates Present
Chairperson:          V Hubbard       P Starke-Reed
NIH Members:
NCI                   J Milner              S Ross
NHLBI                 D Danford
NIDCR                                       R Nowjack-Rayner
NIDDK                                       C Miles
NINDS                                       M Mitler
NIAID                 M Plaut
NIGMS                                       S Somers
NICHD                                       G Grave              D Raiten
NEI                                         N Kurinij
NIEHS                 E Maull
NIA                   J Hannah
NIAMS                                      J McGowan
NIDCD                                      B Wong
NIMH                                       W Riley
NIDA                                       G Lin
NIAAA                                      R Breslow
NINR                                       P Cotton
NCCAM
NCRR                  K Arora
FIC                                         M Levintova
NHGRI                                       M.K. Holohan

NIH Liaison Members:
CC                N Sebring
CIT                                         J Mahaffey
CSR                                         S Kim
NLM                                         S Phillips
OBSSR             D Olster
OC                                          M Stern
ODS                P Coates                                      B Costello
OD/ODP            B Portnoy
OLPA
ORWH
PRCC                                        M Vogel-Taylor

Agency Liaison Representatives:
AHRQ                                        I Mabry-Hernandez
CDC/NCCDPHP        D Galuska
CDC/NCHS           M McDowell
FDA                K Ellwood                                    S Blakely
HRSA               M Lawler
IHS                                         T Brown
ODPHP              K McMurry
USDA               M Kretsch
DOD                K Friedl
OPHS

DNRC: R Fisher, S Frazier, D Johson-James, W Johnson-Taylor, J Krebs-Smith, C McDade-Ngutter, J
Pennington, K Regan

Guests: R Bailey (ODS), S Gerrior (USDA CRSEES), J Gibson (Auburn University), S Krebs-Smith (NCI), R
Kuczmarski (NIDDK), H McPeak (OS/ODPHP), C Sempos (CSR), T Smith (NIAMS), R Troiano
(OS/ODPHP), E Trujillo (NCI), N Tsuboyama-Kasaoka (NCI), E Yetley (ODS), D Vafiadis (USDA/CNPP),
and S Welsh (USDA CRSEES).



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APPENDIX C: Current Issues and Recent Developments in Dietary Supplement
Research: An Intensive Practicum


The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is
offering a one-week educational opportunity to provide fundamental knowledge of
dietary supplements to teachers and their doctoral or post-doctoral students/fellows with a
serious interest in this subject. This 5-day intensive practicum will provide a thorough
overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about
dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. It will also emphasize the importance of
scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for
health promotion and disease prevention and treatment as well as how to carry out this
type of research.

Topics to be addressed include supplement use in the United States and reasons for use;
the regulatory framework governing supplements; differences in bringing foods, drugs,
and supplements to market; supplement quality; assessing the health effects of foods and
supplements; and developing policies and advice about supplement use based on science.
Participants will also spend a day in Washington DC to meet with various stakeholders--
representatives from Congress, professional associations, media, the dietary supplement
industry, and consumer advocacy groups--who study, advocate, regulate, or educate
about dietary supplements. Participants will also learn about several databases that inform
users about research on supplement ingredients, identify the contribution of supplements
to total nutrient intakes, and provide data on nutrients and bioactive components in foods.

Eligibility
This practicum is open to faculty and doctoral-level students in all health-related
disciplines such as nutrition, food science, pharmacology and pharmacognosy,
exercise/kinetics, medicine, dentistry, nursing, and complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM). It is our hope that faculty will take the knowledge provided back to
their institutions to provide more education on supplement issues, and that students and
investigators attending the practicum might consider undertaking research on dietary
supplements.

Faculty
The faculty consists of experts from NIH, academic institutions, and federal regulatory
agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Dates/Times/Location/Costs
The practicum will be held June 9 through June 13, 2008 (Monday through Friday) at the
Natcher Building on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, Maryland. Sessions from
Monday through Thursday will be held from approximately 8:30am to 5:00pm. Friday's
session will run from 8:30am to 12:30pm.

There is no cost to attend the practicum itself. However, room, board, and transportation
expenses are the responsibility of each participant. A Metro (subway) stop is
conveniently located on the NIH campus; parking for personal autos is available as well.


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Registration
Advance registration is required, as space is limited. Initially, a department will be
allowed to send up to ONE faculty member and ONE doctoral-level student to this
practicum. Let us know if you have other individuals who wish to attend. Depending on
the number of final registrants, we may be able to accommodate them.

To register, please mail, email, or fax the following information by March 31:
* the name(s) and full contact information for each registrant;
* a curriculum vitae or resumé;
* a one-page letter outlining why this practicum might be important to you in your career
development and/or teaching activities;
* a one-page letter of support from the relevant professor (if a student) or department
chair or dean (if a faculty member).
(Some travel awards may be available; note if you will need one.)

For additional registrants who would like to attend this practicum if space is available,
provide the above information as well.

You will be notified by the mid-April if you are accepted. Please apply only if you are
sure that you will be able to attend the practicum if accepted for the full 5 days.

Please contact us if you have any questions or would like additional information.
Sometime this month we will have a website for the practicum (accessible from our main
website at http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov). The website will provide a detailed
agenda and additional relevant information.

Régine Laroche, Practicum Coordinator
Office of Dietary Supplements
National Institutes of Health
6100 Executive Blvd., MSC 7517
Suite 3B01
Bethesda, MD 20892-7517
(For courier service, such as FedEx, UPS, and Airborne, use "Rockville, MD 20852" as
the last line in the address instead of Bethesda)

Phone: 301-435-2920
Fax: 301-480-1845
Email: rl161k@nih.gov

Web: http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov




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