SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY PANEL (SAP)
The Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) is a standing committee of CIFST and report to the Board through the Co-Chairs.
CIFST’s Scientific Advisory Panel will include the following permanent seats:
- Food chemistry
- Food process engineering
- Food safety and microbiology
- Functional Foods and nutraceuticals
- Regulatory and labeling
The committee will also include 2 to 4 ‘emerging seats’ to address shorter term trends, along with two Co-Chairs assigned from the Board of Directors.
Purpose
The purpose of the SAP is:
- Increase CIFST’s identity, professionalism and voice through the development and sharing of expert views and information. A mailing list will be generated by allowing CIFST members to indicate their interest in SAP subjects, when they renew their membership.
- Assist with the organization of conference sessions. The SAP will be contacted by the Conference Technical Committee during the initial planning stages so that there is opportunity to incorporate the ideas of the SAP into the program.
- Develop and provide content for CIFST’s various knowledge transfer platforms, position papers (2 papers will be generated annually), webinars and Directions e-newsbrief.
- Participate in government consultations on behalf of CIFST.
- Respond to media requests on behalf of CIFST.
- Ensure SAP succession planning and increase the Institute’s volunteer capacity by actively identifying and recruiting future potential SAP members.
- The SAP will develop an annual plan, that supports the strategic priorities of CIFST and identify budget needs if any. Planning, achievement of goals, deliverables and outcomes is encouraged.
Michael Nickerson - Co-Chair / Food Chemistry
Organization: Dept. Food & Bioproduct Sciences, University of Saskatchewan
Position: Saskatchewan Research Chair
T: 306-966-5030
E: michael.nickerson@usask.ca
H.P. Vasantha Rupasinghe - Co-Chair / Functional foods and nutraceuticals
Organization: Dalhousie University, Faculty of Agriculture
Position: Professor
T: 902-893-6623
E: vrupasinghe@dal.ca
Susan Bach - Food Safety and Microbiology
Organization: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Position: Research Scientist
T: 250-494-6398
E: Susan.Bach@agr.gc.ca
Andreas Boecher - Consumer Behaviour and Marketing
Organization: University of Guelph
Douglas Chapman - Product Development
Organization: Douglas Chapman and Associates Inc.
Position: President
T: 519-574-3096
E: doug@chapmanfoodconsult.com
Laurette Dube - Food Policy
Organization: McGill University
Peter Eck - Nutrigenomics
Organization: University of Manitoba
Hosahalli Ramaswamy - Food Process Engineering
Organization: McGill University MacDonald Campus, Dept of Food Science
Position: Professor
T: 514-398-7919
E: Hosahalli.Ramaswamy@Mcgill.ca
Mike Rogers - Food Nanotechnology
Organization: University of Guelph
Sara Zborovski - Regulatory and Labeling
Organization: Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP
Position: Partner
T: 416-216-2961
E: sara.zborovski@nortonrosefulbright.com