Siega-Riz appointed to 2015 US Dietary Guidelines advisory committee

Dr. Siega-Riz

Anna Maria Siega-Riz, PhD, RD, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Gillings School of Global Public Health, is one of 15 nationally recognized experts selected to serve on the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee.

• Barbara Millen, DrPH, RD, chair, professor of family medicine at Boston University School of Medicine;
• Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, vice chair, Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Sciences and Policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University;
• Steven Abrams, MD, professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine;
• Lucile Adams-Campbell, PhD, professor of oncology at Georgetown University Medical Center;
• Cheryl Anderson, MPH, PhD, associate professor of family and preventive medicine at the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine;
• J. Thomas Brenna, PhD, professor of human nutrition, chemistry and food science at Cornell University;
• Wayne Campbell, PhD, professor of nutrition science at Purdue University;
• Steven Clinton, MD, PhD, the John B. and Jane T. McCoy Chair of Cancer Research at The Ohio State University School of Medicine;
• Gary Foster, PhD, professor of medicine, public health and psychology at Temple University;
• Frank Hu, MD, PhD, director, Harvard Transdisciplinary Research in Energetics and Cancer Center and nutrition professor at Harvard School of Public Health;
• Miriam Nelson, PhD, professor in Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy;
• Marian Neuhouser, PhD, RD, of the Division of Public Health Sciences at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center;
• Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, professor of epidemiology and public health at Yale School of Public Health; and
• Mary Story, PhD, RD, senior associate dean for academic and student affairs and professor of epidemiology and community health in the University of Minnesota School of Public Health.

Gillings School of Global Public Health contact: David Pesci, director of communications, (919) 962-2600 or dpesci@unc.edu.