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It was brought to my attention that I had mis-credited the persons
responsible for the NIH conference.

According to the Program for the meeting the members of the Planning
Committee are listed below.
Elaine Monarch, Executive Director of the Celiac Disease Foundation (CDF)
(visit at http://www.celiac.org/ ) certainly deserves our gratitude for her
efforts.

-Michael Thorn
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Planning Chair: Stephen P. James, M.D.
Director
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health

David Atkins, M.D., M.P.H.
Agency for Healthcare Research
and Quality

Elsa A. Bray
Senior Advisor for Consensus Development
Office of Medical Applications of Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Charles O. Elson, M.D.
Panel and Conference Chairperson
Professor of Medicine and Microbiology
Vice Chair for Research
Department of Medicine
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama

James Everhart, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief, Epidemiology and Clinical
Trials Branch
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Alessio Fasano, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine,
and Physiology
Director, Mucosal Biology Research Center
Center for Celiac Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Hugo Gallo-Torres, M.D.
Medical Team Leader, Gastrointestinal
Drugs
Center for Biologics Evaluation and
Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Gilman D. Grave, M.D.
Chief
Endocrinology, Nutrition, and
Growth Branch
National Institute of Child Health
and Human Development
National Institutes of Health


Frank A. Hamilton, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief
Digestive Diseases Program
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health


Van S. Hubbard, M.D., Ph.D.
Director
Division of Nutrition Research Coordination
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health


Martin F. Kagnoff, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Cancer Biology Program
University of California at San Diego

Ciaran P. Kelly, M.D.
Director, Celiac Center
Herrman L. Blumgart Firm Chief
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Training
Associate Professor of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Harvard Medical School

Barnett S. Kramer, M.D., M.P.H.
Director
Office of Medical Applications of Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Kelli K. Marciel, M.A.
Communications Director
Office of Medical Applications of Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Elaine Monarch
Founder
Executive Director
Celiac Disease Foundation
Studio City, California

Joseph A. Murray, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

Lata S. Nerurkar, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor for Consensus Development
Office of Medical Applications of Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Karen Patrias, M.L.S.
Senior Resource Specialist
Public Services Division
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Jean Pennington, Ph.D., R.D.
Research Nutritionist
Division of Nutrition Research Coordination
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Marian J. Rewers, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Clinical Director
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood
Diabetes
University of Colorado Health Sciences
Center

Susan Rossi, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Deputy Director
Office of Medical Applications of Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Annette Rothermel, Ph.D.
Program Officer
Clinical Immunology Branch
Division of Allergy, Immunology, and
Transplantion
National Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health

Jeffrey N. Siegel, M.D.
Acting Branch Chief
Immunology and Infectious
Diseases Branch
Office of Therapeutics Research
and Review
Center for Biologics Evaluation
and Research
U.S. Food and Drug Administration


Joseph T. Spence, Ph.D.
Director
Beltsville Human Nutrition Research
Center
Agriculture Research Service
U.S. Department of Agriculture


Carolyn Willard, M.L.S.
Librarian
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health

Wyndham Wilson, M.D., Ph.D.
Experiemental Transplantation and
Immunology Branch
National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health

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