Aloe Vera CVs

2000 Years of Natural Products Research – Past, Present and Future, American Society of Pharmacognosy (joint meeting with GA, AFERP, PSE) Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 26-30, 1999.

Nutracon 4th Annual Conference on Dietary Supplements and Functional Foods, Las Vegas, July 17-18, 1997.

Botanical Testing: Developing the Scientific and Clinical Evidence to Support the Clinical Use of Heterogeneous Botanical Products, sponsored by the Drug Information Association in cooperation with the NIH Offices of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and Dietary Supplements, and the FDA, in DC, January 27-28, 1997.

Council for Responsible Nutrition 1996 Conference, Amelia Island, FL, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 1996.

Breitenbush Hot Springs Herbal Conference, 13th Annual, September 13-15, 1996.

Council of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Associations 2nd Annual Chinese Herbal Coalition Conference, Berkeley, California, October 24, 1996.

USP Open Conference: Botanicals for Medicinal and Dietary Uses: Standards and Information Issues, Washington, DC, July 7-9, 1996.

Botanical Quality: Workshop on Identification and Characterization, sponsored by the Drug Information Association in cooperation with the USP, NIH Office of Alternative Med., and FDA, Washington, DC, April 9- 10, 1996.

Naturopathic Herbal Wisdom, Gaia Herb Symposium, Welches, Oregon, October 28-30, 1995.

Drug Discovery and Commercial Opportunities in Medicinal Plants and Natural Products, Washington, D.C., September 11-12, 1995, and Arlington, VA, September 19-20, 1994.

Botanicals: a Role in US Health Care? Symposium sponsored jointly by the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine and the FDA, Washington D.C., December 1994.

AOAC International 108th Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, September 12-15th 1994.

13th Annual Food Sanitation Workshop sponsored by Oregon State University Extension Service, Food Science and Technology Department, October 26-27, 1993.

World Health Organization International Symposium on the Utilization of Medicinal Plants, Morris Arboretum, Univ. of Penn., Philadelphia, PA, April 19-21, 1993.

Professional Memberships

American Chemical Society, American Society of Pharmacognosy, AOAC INTERNATIONAL, and Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research.

Education

1991

Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences specializing in Natural Products Chemistry, The University of Arizona, Tucson. Pharmacology minor. Dissertation Title: Potential Antiinfective Agents from Eriodictyon angustifolium Nutt. and Salvia apiana Jeps.

1982

B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Human Nutrition, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA. Independent work in Pharmacognosy.

1979

California School of Herbal Studies (Certificate).

Awards and Honors