GORDON M. WARDLAW, Ph.D., R.D. has taught introductory nutrition courses to students in the Department of Human Nutrition at The Ohio State University, and at other colleges and universities. Dr. Wardlaw is the author of many articles that have appeared in prominent nutrition, biology, physiology, and biochemistry journals and was the 1985 recipient of the American Dietetic Association’s Mary P. Huddleson Award. Dr. Wardlaw is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences and is certified as a Specialist in Human Nutrition by the American Board of Nutrition.

ANNE M. SMITH, PH.D., R.D., L.D. currently teaches nutrition to nutrition majors and nonmajors at The Ohio State University and was the recipient of the 1995 Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Human Ecology and the 2007 Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award from the Ohio Dietetic Association. Dr. Smith is the Director of the Didactic Program in Dietetics in the Department of Human Nutrition, College of Education and Human Ecology, of The Ohio State University and received the 1998 Emerging Dietetic Leader Award from The American Dietetic Association. Dr. Smith conducts research in the area of vitamin and mineral metabolism and was awarded the 1996 Departmental Research Award from the Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center. Dr. Smith’s research articles have appeared in prominent nutrition journals. She is a member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, and the American Dietetic Association.