JOANNE R. LUPTON, Ph.D., is a Regent’s Professor and University Faculty Fellow at Texas A&M University and holder of the William W. Allen Endowed Chair in Human Nutrition.  She chaired the Macronutrients Panel for the Dietary Reference Intakes, Food and Nutrition Board, National Academy of Sciences, that determined the intake values for protein, carbohydrates, fats, fiber and energy and she  also chaired the National Academy panel to determine the definition of dietary fiber.  She was a member of the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Committee.  Dr. Lupton spent one year at the Food and Drug Administration helping to develop levels of scientific evidence required for health claims, and is currently on the FDA Food Advisory Committee.  She is a lifetime associate of the National Academy of Sciences.  Dr. Lupton has mentored more than 50 MS and Ph.D. students while at Texas A&M, and received the Dannon/American Society for Nutrition mentoring award in 2004.  In 2007 she received the Texas A&M University distinguished achievement award for research.  Dr. Lupton is President of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), the nutrition research organization.  She is program leader for nutrition, physical fitness and rehabilitation for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, and is on the nutrition advisory committee to the Texas Commissioner for Agriculture.  Dr. Lupton’s research is on the effect of diet on colon physiology and colon cancer with a particular focus on dietary fiber and n-3 fatty acids.  Her research is supported by grants from the NIH/NCI, NASA, and NSBRI.  She is the Director of the Nutrition Research Core for the NIEHS supported Center for Environmental and Rural Health at Texas A&M University.  Her undergraduate degree is from Mt. Holyoke College and her Ph.D. in Nutrition is from the University of California at Davis.