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Fatimata Ouattara <[log in to unmask]>
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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
 To: [log in to unmask]
 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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