Scientific Panel of Functional Food Center

The Functional Food Center (FFC) Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) was created on October 28, 1998. The Panel has been reestablished to International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP) on February 12, 2004. Members of ISAP are scientists who have sufficient professional qualifications, including training and experience, to be capable of providing expert comments as to the impact on Functional Food Products and Non Traditional Plants. Members are selected from among, but are not limited to, biology, pharmacology, biotechnology, biochemistry, biophysics, physiology, pathology, toxicology, and related sciences. The ISAP is comprised of nine core members who are internationally recognized as scientific leaders in the field of functional food products and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and obesity. The Panel will assist in identifying relevant practices and research and provide guidance on the scientific integrity of all functional food products.

International Members Include:

Prof. Sinerik N. Ayrapetyan, Chairman of Scientific Panel, PhD, President of UNESCO Chair Life Sciences International Education Center (Armenia)

Undurti N. Das, MD, President of UND Life Sciences, Editor-in-Chief Lipids in Health and Disease (USA)

Danik M. Martirosyan, PhD. He is the Chairman of Annual International Conferences in the series of "Functional Foods for the Prevention and Treamen of Chronic Diseases" and editor of books of "Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases" since 2004 (USA)

Arunas B. Savitskas, MD, Lead of Department of Drug Technology and Pharmacy at Kaunas Medical University (Lithuania)

Parviz Ghadirian, PhD, Director of the Epidemiology Research Unit, University of Montreal Health Center (Dr. Ghadirian has been a consultant for the World Health Organization of the United Nations since 1969), Montreal (Canada)

The International Scientific Advisory Panel established a Science Review Board (SRB) consisting of at least 30 scientists who will be available to the Scientific Advisory Panel to assist in reviews conducted by the Panel.