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Mission Statement
 
Our mission is to promote and protect the publics’ health through scientific discovery and information dissemination. The mission will be accomplished using advanced technologies from the development of new foods, improved nutrition and food safety, and the adoption of health-promoting behaviors to prevent illness and reduce health costs.
 
 
FNH Advisory Committee
 
Craig Thatcher   FNH Advisory Committee Chair
Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
(540) 231-6041
cthatche@vt.edu
 
Kevin Davy   Associate Professor, Human Nutrition, Foods, & Exercise
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
(540) 231-3487
kdavy@vt.edu
 
Joseph Marcy   Professor, Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
(540) 231-7850
jmarcy@vt.edu
 
Ewen McLean   Professor, Fisheries and Wildlife Science
College of Natural Resources
(540) 231-4625
emclean@vt.edu
 
Craig Nessler   Professor, Plant Pathology, Physiology & Weed Science
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
(540) 231-6361
cnessler@vt.edu
 
Wayne Purcell   Alumni Distinguished Professor, Agricultural & Applied Economics
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
(540) 231-7725
purcell@vt.edu
 
Richard Winett   Heilig Meyers Professor, Psychology
College of Science
(540) 231-8747
rswinett@vt.edu