The Ag e-Dispatch http://www.ag.ncat.edu/agedispatch/ The newsletter of the School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences en Copyright 2009 Wed, 13 May 2009 16:17:28 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification National Institutes of Health and Senate President Pro Tem call on Sanchez-Lugo Dr. Lizette Sanchez-LugoDr. Lizette Sanchez-Lugo, an SAES assistant professor in Family and Consumer Sciences and the interim director of the University’s Institute for Public Health, is one of 100 instructors and doctoral-level students in nutrition, food science, pharmacology and other health-related disciplines who have been accepted for the National Institutes of Health's Dietary Supplement Research Practicum in early June. Experts from the NIH, and federal regulatory agencies and research institutions will be leading participants through five days of intensive study of the substances that can supply additional vitamins, minerals and other nutrients to the human diet.

Lugo also recently received a letter of notification from N. C. State Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight notifying her that she has been reappointed to the 15-member Minority Health Advisory Council ((MHAC) for a term that expires in 2012. The MHAC was established by the N.C. General Assembly in the early 1990s to examine financing and access to health services that lead to health disparities in racial and ethnic minorities, and other underserved populations.]]> http://www.ag.ncat.edu/agedispatch/2009/05/national-institutes-of-health.html http://www.ag.ncat.edu/agedispatch/2009/05/national-institutes-of-health.html Academic Departments Dietetics Family and Consumer Sciences Wed, 13 May 2009 16:17:28 -0500