On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, we announced a supportive coalition of advocacy organizations and businesses at an event hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Access the archived video recording of the event here.
The white paper on Strengthening Federal Nutrition Research was published Monday, July 20. Updates can be found on the white paper webpage.
The Federal Nutrition Policy Advisory Group includes thought leaders from diverse backgrounds who are volunteering their knowledge and expertise to help consider and develop a strategy toward a new, robust, coordinated federal nutrition research effort. The group convenes regularly for discussions and to publish commentary on issues relevant to such an effort, bringing evidence, objectivity, and actionable policy recommendations.
As of November 2020, with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, the Federal Nutrition Policy Advisory Group will focus in 2021 on building national momentum and support for effective policies in three areas: (1) advancing nutrition science, (2) creating greater coordination of federal food and nutrition policy, and (3) leveraging Food is Medicine interventions in healthcare. These efforts build upon and expand the work and progress in 2020, which assessed and highlighted the importance of accelerating federal nutrition science and coordinated national food and nutrition policy.
Click for more information on Food is Medicine policy priorities
Ertharin Cousin, J.D.
Former US Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture
Founder and CEO, Food Systems for the Future
Dan Glickman, J.D.
Former Secretary of Agriculture
Senior Fellow, Bipartisan Policy Center
Senator Tom Harkin (Ret.)
William Li, M.D.
CEO, Angiogenesis Foundation
Joseph Loscalzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Distinguished Chair in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chairman of the Department of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Yvonne Maddox, Ph.D.
Professor, College of Allied Health Sciences, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
President and CEO, TAThornton Foundation
Dariush Mozaffarian, DrPh, M.P.H., M.D.
Dean and Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition, Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Anand Parekh, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Medical Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center
Sally Rockey, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research
Sylvia Rowe, M.A.T.
President, SR Strategy
Chair of the NASEM’s Food and Nutrition Board Food Forum
Patrick Stover, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor and Dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M AgriLife
Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Angie Tagtow, M.S., R.D., L.D.
Founder and Chief Strategist, Äkta Strategies
Senior Fellow and Endowed Chair, Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences
Cathie Woteki, M.S., Ph.D.
President, Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation
Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
Visiting Distinguished Institute Professor in the Biocomplexity Institute, University of Virginia
Joon Yun, M.D.
Yun Family Foundation
President and Managing Partner, Palo Alto Investors LP
Former
David Kessler, J.D., M.D.
Co-chair, National Covid-19 Task Force
Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Michael Myers, M.A.
Managing Director for Policy, The Rockefeller Foundation
