title: Summary of an NIH workshop to identify research needs to improve the monitoring of iodine status in the United States and to inform the DRI.
abstract: The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the NIH sponsored a workshop on May 12-13, 2011, to bring together representatives from various NIH institutes and centers as a first step in developing an NIH iodine research initiative. The workshop also provided an opportunity to identify research needs that would inform the dietary reference intakes for iodine, which were last revised in 2001. Iodine is required throughout the life cycle, but pregnant women and infants are the populations most at risk of deficiency, because iodine is required for normal brain development and growth. The CDC monitors iodine status of the population on a regular basis, but the status of the most vulnerable populations remains uncertain. The NIH funds very little investigator-initiated research relevant to iodine and human nutrition, but the ODS has worked for several years with a number of other U.S. government agencies to develop many of the resources needed to conduct iodine research of high quality (e.g., validated analytical methods and reference materials for multiple types of samples). Iodine experts, scientists from several U.S. government agencies, and NIH representatives met for 2 d to identify iodine research needs appropriate to the NIH mission.
authors.affiliation: Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA. swansonc@od.nih.gov
authors.forename: Christine A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Swanson
authors.forename: Michael B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skeaff
authors.forename: Elizabeth N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: Johanna T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Paula R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Trumbo
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zehaluk
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Andrews
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carriquiry
authors.forename: Kathleen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Caldwell
authors.forename: S Kathleen
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: Stephen E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Regan Lucas
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Sullivan
authors.forename: Joanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Joseph M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Betz
authors.forename: Karen W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Phinney
authors.forename: Stephen P J
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Clifford L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Carol J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Haggans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002170:Canada; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007455:Iodine / Q000097:blood* / Q000172:deficiency*; D007774:Lactation; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D018673:Nutrition Policy; D011247:Pregnancy; D012106:Research; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine