Aloe Vera CVs

Luncheon, Washington, DC, March 27, 2007.

“Standardization of Botanical Ingredients: A Select Scientific and Regulatory Overview”, Speaker, Chair, and Panelist at Regulations for Nutraceuticals by Intertec-Pira, Chicago, IL, October 26-27, 2006.

“Defining and Demonstrating Product Quality”, Speaker, SupplySide West International Trade Show and Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 18, 2006.

“Phytomedicine and Standardization Issues of Herbal Products” for the Georgetown University Survey Course of Conventional and Alternative Medicine, Washington, DC, September 19, 2006.

“Bucking the System, Non-Academic Careers for Natural Products Scientists”, Workshop Presentation at the 47 th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy, Arlington, VA, August 5, 2006.

“Ivory Towers vs. Ivory Carvers, Regulatory Decisions Should Involve Stakeholders as well as Scientists”, 3 rd Annual NHP Research Conference and Trade Show, Toronto, Ontario, March 5, 2006.

“Product Quality Working Group Update”, National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine 23 rd Meeting, Rockville, MD, February 3, 2006.

“What is Washington Saying About Herbs? Understanding DSHEA, cGMPs, and US Herbal Regulatory Status” and “Black Cohosh, Kava, and Ephedra: Research and Regulations”, American Herbalists Guild 16 th Annual Symposium, Portland, OR, November 4-6, 2005.

“Premarket Notification for New Dietary Ingredients”, Canadian Health Food Association Expo East, Toronto, ON, October 14, 2005.

“Standardization of Botanical Product Ingredients”, Indo-US Symposium on Scientific Approaches to Quality, Safety and Efficacy Assessment of Ayurvedic & Botanical Products, Delhi, India, Oct 3-6, 2005.

“Building the Global Consortium for the Science of Botanicals”, International Conference: Quality and Safety Issues Related to Botanicals, Oxford, MS, August 16, 2005.

“New Dietary Ingredient Panel Discussion Points”, Food and Drug Law Institute 48 th Annual Conference, Washington, DC, April 8, 2005.

“Herbal Product Quality: Considerations for Toxicology”, NSF International, Health Advisory Board Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, April 7, 2005.

“Flavonoid Nomenclature”, Tai Sophia Institute, School of Botanical Healing, Master of Arts in Botanical Healing program, Laurel, MD, April 4, 2005.

“A Critique of Selected Journal and Media Reports on the Toxicology of Herbal Products”, 2 nd Annual Natural Health Product Research Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, February 11, 2005.

Panel Member, Dialogue with Patient Care Organizations, NIH National Conference on Dietary Supplements, Coagulation, and Antithrombotic Therapies, Bethesda, MD, January 14, 2005.

“How to Rebuild the US Kava Market”, International Kava Conference 2004, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Suva, Fiji, December 2, 2004.

“The Industry Perspective”, Toxicology of Dietary Supplements, National Capital Area Chapters of the Society of Toxicology and Society for Risk Analysis, Fall Symposium, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD, November 2, 2004. “Implementing GMPs for Dietary Supplement Companies”, Relevant Regulatory and Analytical Challenges for Food and Dietary Supplements 2 nd Annual Symposium Sponsored by Covance Laboratories and the Univ. of Wisconsin Food Research Institute, Madison, WI, September 1, 2004.