About the Committee
On January 19, 2023, the Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) announced the appointment of 20 nationally recognized nutrition and public health experts to serve on the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (Committee). The Committee is tasked with reviewing the current body of nutrition science on specific topics and questions and developing a scientific report that includes its independent, science-based advice for HHS and USDA to consider. The Committee’s review, along with public comments on its scientific report and agency input, will help inform HHS and USDA as they develop the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025-2030. Throughout the Committee’s term, members will collaborate during public and subcommittee meetings, participate in the development of evidence review protocols, review and synthesize evidence, present scientific findings, consider public comments, and develop and submit the scientific report. To learn more about the Committee’s purpose, duties, and general operations, review the Committee’s charter.
2025 Advisory Committee Members
The 2025 Committee will examine the relationship between diet and health across all life stages, and will use a health equity lens across its evidence review to ensure factors such as socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, and culture are described and considered to the greatest extent possible based on the information provided in the scientific literature and data. This will help HHS and USDA ensure that the resulting guidance in the Dietary Guidelines is relevant to people with diverse racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds. To aid in this process, the Committee members have substantial health equity expertise in human nutrition and experience conducting research with diverse populations. Learn more about how HHS and USDA established the Committee.
Meet the Members
Chair
Sarah Booth, PhD
Tufts University
Vice Chair
Angela Odoms-Young, PhD, MS
Cornell University
Steven Abrams, MD
University of Texas at Austin
Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, MS
University of California San Diego
Aline Andres, PhD, RD
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PhD, RD, FAND
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Andrea Deierlein, PhD, MPH, MS
New York University
Heather Eicher-Miller, PhD
Purdue University
Jennifer Orlet Fisher, PhD
Temple University
Teresa Fung, ScD, RD
Simmons University
Christopher Gardner, PhD
Stanford University
Edward Giovannucci, MD, ScD
Harvard University
Deanna Hoelscher, PhD, RDN, LD, CNS, FISBNPA
UT Health Houston School of Public Health
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, DrPH, MPH
Oklahoma State University
Cristina Palacios, PhD, MSc
Florida International University
Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Fatima Cody Stanford, MD, MPH, MPA, MBA, FAAP, FACP, FAHA, FAMWA, FTOS
Harvard University
Sameera Talegawkar, PhD
The George Washington University
Christopher Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD, FAND
The Ohio State University
Deirdre Tobias, ScD
Harvard University