Chair, Botanical Dietary Supplements & Herbal Medicines Expert Committee
Career Highlights:
- Health Canada: Senior Scientific Advisor, Food Directorate
- Director and Senior Science Advisor, Natural Health Products Directorate
- Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada: Professor, Department of Botany
- University of Ottawa: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biology Department
Education:
- University of Illinois, Ph.D., Pharmacognosy
- University of Saskatchewan, M.Sc., Biology
- University of Victoria, B.Sc., Biology
Awards, Recognition, Admissions:
- Indian Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine’s Zandu International Award for Research Contributions to Ayurvedic and/or Natural Products
- Natural Health Products Research Society of Canada G.H. Neil Towers Award
- Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for research and regulatory work in the area of natural health products
- Chair: USP Expert Committee, Botanical Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines
- Member: USP Expert Panel, Botanical Pan-American
- Member: USP Joint Subcommittee, Modern Analytical Methods
- Member: USP Expert Panel, Cannabis
- Member: USP Joint Subcommittee, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines Nomenclature
- Member: USP Convention Governance Committee
- Member: USP Expert Panel, Green Tea Extract Hepatotoxicity
- Member: USP Joint Subcommittee, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines Admission Evaluations 3
- Member: USP Expert Committee, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Medicines
- Member: USP Expert Committee, Dietary Supplements Information
A Few Favorite Professional Achievements:
- Advising on safety, quality and claims for botanical, nutrient, bioactive, novel food and new food additive ingredients, and clinical trials on foods for a special dietary purpose
- Bioassays and phytochemical standards for market authorization of herbal medicines and supplements in Canada
- Health Canada’s Natural Health Product Monographs
- WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants
