ALICE L. KULIK, M.S.P.H., is a research associate with the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB). In addition to her work with the Panel on Calcium and Related Nutrients, she has worked on several other Institute of Medicine reports including those of the Panel on Folate, Other B Vitamins, and Choline and the Committee to Review the Department of Defense 's Breast Cancer Research Program. Ms. Kulik received her B.A. in biology from Barnard College and her M.S.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of North Carolina School of Public Health. Prior to joining the FNB in 1996, Ms. Kulik was an assistant in the grants department of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. She also worked as a biologist at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

ELISABETH A. REESE, M.P.H., is a research associate with the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB). In addition to her work with the Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients, Ms. Reese has worked on several Institute of Medicine and National Research Council reports including those of the Standing Committee on the Scientific Evaluation of Dietary Reference Intakes on calcium and related nutrients and folate and other B vitamins, and of the Committee to Ensure Safe Food from Production to Consumption. She also serves as president of the Society for Risk Analysis' Dose Response Specialty Group. Prior to joining the FNB in 1996, Ms. Reese was a staff scientist at an environmental consulting firm where she assessed and summarized the human health hazards of environmental chemicals and provided technical support for risk assessment projects. She earned a B.A. in chemistry and history from New York University, an M.P.H. in toxicology from the University of Michigan, and has since taken additional course work in epidemiology.

SANDRA A. SCHLICKER, Ph.D., is a senior program officer at the Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), and serves as the study director for the Subcommittee on Upper Reference Levels of Nutrients. Prior to joining the FNB, she was vice president of a Washington, D.C.-based consulting/research firm which focused on public policy issues in the fields of agriculture, health, and nutrition. Dr. Schlicker has served as a government relations representative, media spokes-person, and nutrition consultant to food manufacturers and trade associations. She is a licensed nutritionist and hold as B.S. in science and an M.S. and Ph.D. in food and nutrition from