Nutrition Guidelines Project Principal Investigators: 

• Rani Singh, PhD, RD
  Emory University, Dept. of Human Genetics

• Fran Rohr MS, RD
  Boston Children's Hospital

Nutrition Guidelines Project Workgroup Chairs

• Amino Acidopathies: Dianne Frazier, PhD, RD
• PKU: Amy Cunningham, MS, RD and Shideh Mofidi, MS, RD
• Organic Acidopathies: Keiko Ueda, MS, RD and Elaina Jurecki, MS, RD
• Fatty Acid Oxidation Disorders: Fran Rohr, MS, RD and Sandy Van Calcar, PhD, RD

PKU Workgroup Members:

• Amy Cunningham, MS, RD, LDN (Co-Chair)
  Metabolic Nutritionist; Tulane Hayward Genetics Center

• Debra Geary Hook, MPH, RD, FAND
  Metabolic Dietitian; Children's Hospital Los Angeles

• Laura Jeffers, MEd, RD, LD
  Outpatient Nutrition Manager/Regional Operations; Cleveland Clinic

• Helen McCune, MS, RD
  Clinical Dietitian; University of Florida, Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism

• Shideh Mofidi, MS, RD, CSP (Co-Chair)
  Metabolic Nutritionist & Clinical Care Coordinator; Maria Fareri Childrens Hospital at Westchester Medical Center

• Kathryn Moseley, MS, RD
  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; USC/Keck School of Medicine

• Beth Ogata, MS, RD, CSP
  Lecturer, Dietitian; University of Washington

• Surekha Pendyal, MEd,RD
  Metabolic Nutritionist; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

• Jill Skrabal, MS, RD, LMNT
  Inborn Errors of Metabolism Nutrition Specialist; Nebraska Medicine/Children's Hospital & Medical Center

• Ann Wessel, MS, RD, LDN
  Clinical Nutrition Specialist, Metabolism; Boston Children’s Hospital

Delphi I Participants

• 11 Dietitians and 6 Physicians participated in the first PKU Delphi survey.

Nominal Group Process Experts:

• Shawn McCandless, MD; University Hospitals
• Christine Brown, MS; National PKU Alliance
• Can Ficicioglu, MD; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Valerie Austin, RD; Hospital for Sick Children
• Kathleen Huntington, MS, RD; Oregon Health & Science University
• Tarine Weihe, MS, RD; Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
• Rita Livingston, MD, MPH; Concentra
• Erin Macleod, PhD, RD, LD; Children's National Health System

Delphi II Participants

• 15 Dietitians and 6 Physicians participated in the second PKU Delphi survey.

External Review Participants

• 7 individuals participated in the external review of the PKU Management Guidelines. They included relevant stakeholders such as dietitians and physicians who provided an assessment of the Guidelines for Nutrition Management of individuals with PKU.

Experts included at different steps included clinicians (geneticists, primary care physicians, and dietitians), researchers, and consumers (parents of children with PKU, adult patients).

Nutrition Guidelines Project Staff

• Project Consultant:  Patricia Splett, PhD, RD;  Splett & Associates and University of Minnesota;
• Application Developer:  Adrya Stembridge; Emory University, Dept. of Human Genetics
• Project Manager: Yetsa Osara, MPH; Emory University, Dept. of Human Genetics
• Lead Evidence Analysts:  Katie Coakley, MS, RD, LD and Alana Aisthorpe; Emory University, Dept. of Human Genetics
• Advisor: Phyllis Acosta, PhD, RD
• Reference Librarian:  Barbara Abu-Zeid; Emory University, Health Sciences Center Library

Nutrition Guidelines Project Core Group

• Principal Investigators
• Project Manager
• Application Developer
• Workgroup Chairs
• GMDI President
• Project Consultant

The work of the Nutrition Management Workgroup for the NIH 2012 State of the Science Conference, and the subsequent summary paper, was instrumental in the development of this guideline.

All project personnel and workgroup members submitted a conflict of interest statement approved by Emory University’s Institutional Review Board.

Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure

• Dianne Frazier, PhD, RD - has served as a consultant for Nutricia North America.
• Amy Cunningham, MS, RD, LDN  - participated in and/or research funding for studies related to PAH deficiency and is a consultant for and serves on advisory boards for BioMarin Pharmaceuticals and Merck and Company.
• Shideh Mofidi, MS, RD, CSP - serves on the advisory board for the PKU Demographics, Outcomes and Safety Registry (PKUDOS) sapropterin postmarketing patient registry and is a consultant dietitian for BioMarin.
• Fran Rohr, MS, RD - participated in and/or received research funding for clinical trials related to PAH deficiency and has served as a consultant for Nutricia North America.
• Rani H. Singh, PhD, RD - participated in and/or received research funding for clinical trials related to PAH deficiency.
• Pat  Splett, PhD, RD - has no disclosures.