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ISAPP Board of Directors

President
Glenn Gibson, Ph.D.
Food Microbial Sciences Unit
School of Food Biosciences
The University of Reading Whiteknights
PO Box 226
Reading RG6 6AP UK
Phone: +44 (0)118 378 8715
Fax: +44 (0)118 931 0080
Email: g.r.gibson@reading.ac.uk
Research group website
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  Vice President
Todd Klaenhammer, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science
North Carolina State University
P.O. Box 7624
Raleigh, NC 27695-7624 USA
Phone: 919-515-2972
Fax: 919-515-7124
Email: klaenhammer@ncsu.edu
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Secretary
Michael Cabana, MD, MPH.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Division of General Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
3333 California Street, Suite 245
San Francisco, CA 94118
Phone: (415) 514-2660
Email: michael.cabana@ucsf.edu
  Treasurer
Karen Scott, Ph.D.
Rowett Research Institute
Greenburn Road , Bucksburn
Aberdeen Scotland
Phone: 0044 1224 712751 ext 2224
Fax: 0044 1224 716687
Email: kps@rri.sari.ac.uk
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Past President
Gregor Reid, Ph.D.
Lawson Research Institute
University of Western Ontario
Room H 414, 268 Grosvenor Street
London, Ontario, N6A 4V2, Canada.
Tel: 519-646-6100 x65256; Fax: 519-646-6110.
Laboratory, Lawson Research Institute, Room 369
Phone: 519-646-6100 x65120
Email: gregor@uwo.ca
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  Executive Director
Mary Ellen Sanders, Ph.D.
Dairy and Food Culture Technologies
7119 S. Glencoe Ct.
Centennial, CO 80122-2526
Phone: 303-793-9974
Email: mes@mesanders.com
Web: www.mesanders.com
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Members at Large
 
Nathalie M. Delzenne, Ph.D.
Université Catholique de Louvain
Unité PMNT
Pharmacocinétique, Métabolisme, Nutrition & Toxicologie
Avenue Mounier 73, PMNT 7369
1200 Brussels
Belgium
Phone: 32 2 764 73 67
Fax: 32 2 764 73 59
Email: delzenne@pmnt.ucl.ac.be
 

Dr. George C. Fahey, Jr.
Professor of Animal Sciences and Kraft Foods Endowed Professor of Nutritional Sciences
University of Illinois
132 Animal Sciences Laboratory
1207 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
Phone: 217-333-2361
Fax: 217-333-7861
E-mail: gcfahey@illinois.edu
Website: www.pets.ansci.uiuc.edu
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Colin Hill PhD D.Sc
Professor of Microbial Food Safety
Microbiology Department
University College Cork,
Cork, Ireland
Phone: +353 (0)21 4901373
Fax +353 (0)21 4903101
Email: c.hill@ucc.ie
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Program Chair
 
Francisco Guarner, MD, Ph.D.
Digestive System Research Unit
University Hospital Vall d’Hebron
Passeig Vall d’Hebron, 119
Barcelona 08035, Spain
Phone: (34) 932746282
Fax: (34) 934894456
Email: fguarnera@medynet.com
   
 
 
Industry Advisory Committee Representative
 
Duane Charbonneau, Ph.D.
Procter & Gamble
8700 Mason-Montgomery Road
Mason OH 45040-9462
Phoen: (513) 622-2896
Email: charbonneau.dl@pg.com
   
 
 
Past Board Members
 
David Mills, Ph.D.
University of California
Davis, CA 95616 USA
damills@ucdavis.edu
  Marcel Roberfroid, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Université Catholique de LOUVAIN
Belgium
marcel.roberfroid@orafti.com
 
Cristine Cherbut, Ph.D.
National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA)
France
cherbut@nantes.inra.fr
  Bruno Pot , Ph.D.
Institut Pasteur de Lille (IBL)
FRANCE
bruno.pot@ibl.fr
 
Harsharnjit S. Gill, BVSc., MCSc., Ph.D.
Department of Primary Industries
AUSTRALIA
harsharn.gill@dpi.vic.gov.au
  Bob Rastall, Ph.D.
University of Reading
U.K.
r.a.rastall@reading.ac.uk
 
Ian Rowland, Ph.D.
University of Reading
i.rowland@reading.ac.uk

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