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Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD
Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD has served in several roles within ISAPP. She was the founding president, executive science officer and executive director of ISAPP. She retired from ISAPP on June 30, 2023. She is also a consultant in the area of probiotic microbiology. She works internationally with food and supplement companies to develop new probiotic products and offers perspective on paths to scientific substantiation of probiotic product label claims. She is the current chair of the United States Pharmacopeia’s Probiotics Expert Panel, was a member of the working group convened by the FAO/WHO that developed guidelines for probiotics and serves on the World Gastroenterology Organisation Guidelines Committee preparing practice guidelines for the use of probiotics and prebiotics for gastroenterologists.
Articles written by Dr. Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD
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Thank You to ISAPP’s 2019 Industry Advisory Committee Members
This year, a record 50 companies that are dedicated to a science-based approach to the probiotic and prebiotic industries joined… -
ISAPP Tests the Water with a New Session Format at Annual Meeting: The Springboard
Along with more traditional lectures, the distinctive five-minute rapid-fire late breaking news session and the small, topical discussion groups have… -
Minimum criteria for probiotics: ISAPP perspectives
During its 2018 annual meeting (June 5-7), ISAPP convened a group of 30 participants from 13 countries to address issues… -
Forthcoming changes in Lactobacillus taxonomy
I was privileged to be included in a small meeting of scientists, both academic and industry, who met last week… -
FDA/NIH Public Workshop on Science and Regulation of Live Microbiome-based Products: No Headway on Regulatory Issues
September 20, 2018 By Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD, Executive Science Officer, ISAPP On September 16, 2018, the US Food and… -
‘Brain fogginess’ and D-lactic acidosis: probiotics are not the cause
Mary Ellen Sanders PhD, Executive Science Officer, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics Bruno Pot PhD, Research Group of… -
East meets West at ISAPP’s first meeting in Asia
The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) recently convened its first meeting held in Asia, with the modern… -
ISAPP Goes to India
By Mary Ellen Sanders PhD and Dan Merenstein MD ISAPP sent two key-note speakers to the Probiotics Association of India… -
Resilience as a measure of health: implications for health claims for foods
January 16, 2018. By Mary Ellen Sanders PhD, Sylvie Binda PhD, Seppo Salminen PhD, Karen Scott PhD Demonstrating health benefits… -
Fermented foods, health and ISAPP
It seems that fermented foods have ‘arrived’. Just within the community of ISAPP board members, fermented foods and their importance…