ASN, as the professional home for nearly 4,000 nutrition researchers and clinicians, seeks to become the leading provider of nutrition-related professional development activities. Such activities will provide value to ASN members and Society stakeholders by focusing on cutting-edge topics of interest to nutrition researchers, medical practitioners, allied health professionals, international members, students and industry stakeholders.
One of the primary ways that ASN offers educational opportunities to its members is via the ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology. To continue this educational programming after the close of the meeting, ASN offers the below webcasts.
Sessions from Experimental Biology 2008
The ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at EB 2008 offered over 35 symposia, controversy sessions, workshops, and forums, in addition to many topical minisymposia and poster presentations. EB 2008 was held April 4-9, 2008 in San Diego, CA.
ASN's three keynote lectures, the Presidential Symposium, E.V. McCollum International Lectureship, and the M.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture, are available free of charge to ASN members and all interested.
- PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: Leptin: weight management and beyond.
- E.V. McCOLLUM INTERNATIONAL LECTURE: The World is Fat: Understanding the patterns of the nutrition transition.
- W.O. ATWATER LECTURE: Nutrients and the problem of proof.
An additional six sessions are available free of charge for viewing online for ASN members only. Not an ASN member? Join today to view these sessions - and to download the archived 2007 material!
- Symposium (Co-sponsored with APS): Hepcidin regulation of iron transport.
- Symposium: Methyl donors, iodine and DHA-is maternal supplementation beneficial?
- Controversy: Carbohydrate restriction as treatment for diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
- Public Information Committee Media Workshop: Communicating nutrition and food safety risks.
- Symposium: Infant and young child iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in developing countries: The critical role of research to guide policy and programs.
- Symposium: A stimulating conversation: dietary factors, epithelial cells and the immune system in carcinogenesis.
Members-Only Sessions from Experimental Biology 2007
Three of the most well-attended sessions from Experimental Biology 2007 are available free of charge to ASN members for viewing online.
GPEC Leads New, Expanded Professional Development Program Development
ASN's Graduate and Professional Education Committee (GPEC) and its related committees, subcommittees, and task forces are developing a robust professional development program for basic nutrition scientists, physician assistants, dietitians, pharmacists, nurses, international nutrition scientists, and industry-based nutrition professionals who are regular or associate members of ASN. This science-based program, consisting of conferences, meetings, resources and other materials that will be delivered in person or online, will offer the unique, comprehensive scope of programmatic content based on the expertise of the diverse membership of the ASN. Find more information about GPEC here.