USP management
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
David Roll, PhD, appointed director of dietary supplements, effective Aug. 19, group announces Sept. 5. Roll replaces Srini Srinivasan, PhD, who has served as interim director since his promotion in May to VP-Dietary Supplement Verification Program (1"The Tan Sheet" May 6, 2002, In Brief). A 12-year member of USP's Council of Experts and recently chair of USP's Expert Committee on Dietary Supplements, Non-Botanicals, Roll has spent the past year as a congressional fellow for Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) following a 30-year career as professor of medicinal chemistry at the University of Utah...
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