Dear Pamela,
This is a sad new. I had the opportunity to benefit Joanne Holden's knowledges during the 2nd ECSAFOODS course on the Production and Use of Food Composition Data in Nutrition (June 5-27, 1999) in Pretoria South Africa.
My sincere condolences to her family. May her soul rest in peace.
Fatimata Ouattara from Mali (West Africa)
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On Fri, 10/3/14, Pehrsson, Pamela <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Subject: death of Joanne Holden
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Date: Friday, October 3, 2014, 7:20 PM
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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