Advisory Panel
The Nutrition Advisory Panel identifies nutrition research priorities for the California Dried Plum Board. The distinguished members of the panel represent expertise in the areas of women's health, general dietary guidance, dietary fiber, digestive health, nutrition and physical activity, nutrition and immunity, antioxidant research and food science.
The panel includes:
Phyllis E. Bowen, Ph.D., RD, Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Kristine L. Clark, Ph.D, RD, FACSM, Director of Sports Nutrition, Center for Sports Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, State College.
J. Bruce German, Ph.D., Professor and Food Chemist, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis.
Daniel D. Gallaher, Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul.
Connie Rogers, Ph.D., MPH, Cancer Prevention Fellow, Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology, National Cancer Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
David Q. Shih, MD, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Basic Research, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Center and the Immunology Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
The nutrition research activities of the California Dried Plum Board are coordinated by Mary Jo Feeney, MS, RD, FADA, Nutrition Advisor, Los Altos, California.