Dear Pamela and Joanne family,
We lost a special professional and a very kind friend . May she stay in peace.
Elizabete, Luiz Fernando and Fernando
ELIZABETE WENZEL DE MENEZES
Coordenadora da TBCA-USP (www.fcf.usp.br/tabela)
Prof. Associado da
Universidade de São Paulo - USP
Dept. Alimentos e Nutrição Experimental
Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 580 - Cj. Químicas BL.14
CEP 05508-000 São Paulo - Brasil
Fax: 55 11 3815 4410 Tel:55 11 3091 36 24
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Enviadas: Sexta-feira, 3 de Outubro de 2014 16:20:58
Assunto: death of Joanne Holden
In memory of Joanne Holden, MS
Retired from ARS-USDA June 30, 2012
Passed away October 2, 2014
Joanne Holden received her BS in Foods and Nutrition from the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. She worked for the University of Maryland (UMD) Cooperative Extension Service in Frederick County before enrolling in the UMD Graduate School. She joined the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, USDA in 1969 as a Support Scientist in the Carbohydrate Metabolism Laboratory where she conducted research on the effects of carbohydrate intake and metabolism while completing the MS degree in Human Nutrition Research. Ms. Holden assisted in the conduct of some of the first (BHNRC) human feeding studies and the analysis of human biological samples. She then worked as a Research Nutritionist in the Food Composition Laboratory (now FCMDL), BHNRC for 20 years. She worked with Dr. Wayne Wolf and others to sample and analyze various types of foods for nutrient content, the results of which were included in the Human Nutrition Information Service (HNIS) National Nutrient Databank. Joanne developed food sampling plans for use in various FCL research projects as well as expert systems for evaluating the quality of analytical data for both inorganic and organic components in foods. This led to her interest in the assessment of data quality for newly recognized bioactive compounds such as flavonoids in foods.
Joanne joined the Nutrient Data Laboratory (NDL) as Research Leader in 1995, providing leadership and coordination in the acquisition, evaluation, compilation and dissemination of food composition data and related research efforts. This included the National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR), the authoritative source of U.S. food composition data. Her research interests in food sampling, bioactive compounds and the evaluation of data quality led to the development and coordination of the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP), which has supported the generation of current, accurate original analytical data for ~2000 foods targeted as the most significant contributors of nutrients in the US diet. She authored many publications and presentations on USDA food composition research.
Joanne served as the Co-Director of the International Postgraduate Course for the Production, Management, and Use of Food Composition Data between 1994 and 2005, which is coordinated and supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization (INFOODS), Rome, Italy, the Wageningen Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands and the European Food Information Research Program (EuroFIR), Norwich, U.K. This international course has trained more than 400 scientists from 85 countries since 1992; she taught in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa to groups of analytical chemists, data compilers, and users of food composition data on the topics of food sampling, data quality evaluation, and the development of food composition databases and will be remembered all around the world.
Joanne was, above all, a loving mother, sister, grandmother, partner, aunt and friend and is survived by her devoted sons Jeff and David, three beautiful grandchildren and loving partner Larry Brown.
Memorial arrangements:
Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park
7250 Washington Blvd, Elkridge, MD 21075
Visitation: Sunday, October 5, 2014 @ 2pm-4pm, 7pm-9pm
Funeral: Monday, October 6, 2014 @ 10am
I apologize for duplicate sends to some of you. This is a difficult time for USDA and the wonderful network of INFOODS friends and colleagues. Joanne fought bravely against MDS and leukemia since her retirement in 2012. She will be missed so much.
Pamela
Pamela R. Pehrsson, Ph.D.
Research Leader
USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Nutrient Data Laboratory
Room 105, Building 005, BARC-West
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD 20705
301.504.0630 (voice)
301.504.0632 (fax)
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