NNDC
The National Nutrient Databank Conference is held bi-annually to foster communication among nutrient database generators and users. Participation is open to researchers from academia, the food industry, government, and other interested parties. We invite you to learn more.
NNDC History
Since 1976, the National Nutrient Databank Conference (NNDC) Steering Committee has organized formal meetings for food composition experts, researchers, and software developers/users to keep abreast of changes and developments in food composition databases (FCDBs). FCDBs are cornerstones to nutrition research, food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance, clinical nutrition practice, and food development. As such, they are important to the academia, federal government, healthcare professionals, food industry, database managers, and the public.
In particular, applications of FCDBs reach the nutrition and food community, assisting dietitians in counseling, clinicians in conducting research, and food companies in product development, labeling, and consumer relations.
Throughout the years, NNDC has gained increasing acknowledgment and participation, and it has been held as a satellite meeting to both the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Nutrition in the United States. Going forward, NNDC aims to enhance participation from international counterparts specializing in FCDBs to further shape the future of this unique field and, ultimately, to help maintain and improve nutrition health for all.
Committee Members
The Executive and Steering Committees of the NNDC are volunteer positions held by a diverse team of industry veterans, researchers, scientists, and leaders.
Executive Committee
Pamela Pehrrson
Chair
United States Department
of Agriculture
Lisa Harnack
Treasurer
Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota
Julie Eichenberger-Gilmore
Grants Manager
Veterans Affairs
Nancy Emenaker
Past-Chair
National Cancer Institute/NIH
Thea Zimmerman
Vice-Historian
Westat
David Haytowitz
Historian
United States Department
of Agriculture (Retired)
Lauri Byerley
Chair-Elect
Louisiana State University
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Steering Committee
Isabelle Massarelli
Host 43rd NNDC
Health Canada
Claire Peacock
Nominations Committee Chair
MenuTrinfo
Julie Hess
United States Department
of Agriculture
Wen Yen Juan
Food & Drug Administration
Thea Bourianne
Program Committee Chair
NIQ Label Insight
Cristine Barrosa
University of Tennessee
David Holben
University of Mississippi
Mary L'Abbé
University of Toronto
Young No
Syndigo
Diane Mitchell
Penn State University
Dana Hoffman-Pennesi
Communications Chair
Food & Drug Administration
Catherine Champagne
Pennington Biomedical
Research Center
Colin Kay
University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
Alanna Moshfegh
United States Department
of Agriculture
Marie-France Verreault
Health Canada
Brian Westrich
McWest Corp.
Judith Spungen
Food & Drug Administration
Yong Zhu
Wayzek Science