W. Allan Walker, MD, is the Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition, director of the Division of Nutrition, professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and principal investigator of the Mucosal Immunology Laboratory at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he researches the function of protective nutrients (omega-3 fatty acids, probiotics, etc) in children, immunologic protective functions of breast milk, and interaction of bacteria with intestine as a means of preventing gastrointestinal disease states.
Kasey Heintz, MS, has a background in nutrition research and is a Consumer Safety Officer at the US Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Office of Food Additive Safety, in College Park, Maryland. She previously was manager of Nutrition Programs at a boutique nutrition communications firm in the Washington, DC, metro region.
The 11th Annual Postgraduate Nutrition Symposium held by the Division of Nutrition at Harvard Medical School was made possible by unrestricted educational grants from The Dannon Company, Inc; Yakult Honsha Co, Ltd; Abbott Nutrition; Campbell’s Center for Nutrition and Wellness; Egg Nutrition Center; Mead Johnson Nutrition; National Dairy Council; The Peanut Institute; and The Conrad Taff Teaching Fund.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Correspondence: W. Allan Walker, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital–East, 114 16th St (114-3503), Charlestown, MA 02129 ([email protected]).
