07.15.13
The National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF), Washington, D.C., has named Taylor C. Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, as its senior director of science, policy and government affairs. With his extensive scientific and regulatory experience in food science and nutrition, Dr. Wallace will drive NOF’s focus on health and nutrition as key components of osteoporosis prevention.
Dr. Wallace joins NOF from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), where he served as the senior director of scientific & regulatory affairs, providing expertise to evaluate emerging research and ensure the organization’s legislative and policy positions were based on credible science. During his tenure at CRN, Dr. Wallace spearheaded nutrition policy initiatives and developed new scientific reviews and original research for peer reviewed literature.
“With NOF’s latest prevalence data showing that approximately nine million adults in the U.S. have osteoporosis and an additional 48 million have low bone mass, there’s never been a more urgent need for comprehensive science, policy and legislative agendas to reduce the incidence of this debilitating disease,” Dr. Wallace said. “Only by working with congressional champions and like-minded corporate and government partners can we achieve our goal of educating the public and motivating them to take action and protect their bones.”
Dr. Wallace is responsible for developing NOF’s scientific, legislative and policy program to ensure that it is comprehensive and evidence-based with the goal of improving the nation’s bone health and decreasing the prevalence of osteoporosis. To implement NOF’s programs, Dr. Wallace will work with key government agencies and scientific societies to improve the tests and therapies available to prevent, diagnose and treat osteoporosis.
Dr. Wallace joins NOF from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), where he served as the senior director of scientific & regulatory affairs, providing expertise to evaluate emerging research and ensure the organization’s legislative and policy positions were based on credible science. During his tenure at CRN, Dr. Wallace spearheaded nutrition policy initiatives and developed new scientific reviews and original research for peer reviewed literature.
“With NOF’s latest prevalence data showing that approximately nine million adults in the U.S. have osteoporosis and an additional 48 million have low bone mass, there’s never been a more urgent need for comprehensive science, policy and legislative agendas to reduce the incidence of this debilitating disease,” Dr. Wallace said. “Only by working with congressional champions and like-minded corporate and government partners can we achieve our goal of educating the public and motivating them to take action and protect their bones.”
Dr. Wallace is responsible for developing NOF’s scientific, legislative and policy program to ensure that it is comprehensive and evidence-based with the goal of improving the nation’s bone health and decreasing the prevalence of osteoporosis. To implement NOF’s programs, Dr. Wallace will work with key government agencies and scientific societies to improve the tests and therapies available to prevent, diagnose and treat osteoporosis.