ASN provides nutrition-related education and professional
development opportunities for nutrition researchers and
clinicians, physicians, medical practitioners, scientists,
dieticians, behavioral specialists, agriculturalists, public
health practitioners, nurses, professors, students, medical
residents, postdoctoral fellows, other allied health
professionals, government groups and industry stakeholders --
both in the US and internationally.
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 also offers other meetings, webinars
and webcasts.
ASN Webinars
Nutritional Epidemiology RIS Launches Research Leader Webinar Series
On Monday, November 2, 1:30-2:30 pm EST, ASN and the Nutritional Epidemiology Research Interest Section is hosting the first webinar of a series of research leader webinars.
This first webinar, presented by Dr. Barry M. Popkin, Carla Smith Chamblee Distinguished Professor of Global Nutrition at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, is one of a series of webinars where you will hear about personal education and research experiences of some of the most successful leaders in the field of nutritional epidemiology. Learn what they are doing to stay on the cutting edge of nutritional epidemiology research, and get an opportunity to seek advice to help your own research efforts.
If you are a student or faculty member with an interest in learning how to further your nutritional epidemiology research, email Regan Bailey at baileyr@mail.nih.gov to register for this webinar on November 2.
Other presenters in the series:
- December 2009 - Amy Subar, NIH/NCI
- January 2010 - Keith West, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- February 2010 - Michele Forman, The University of Texas
- March 2010 - Katherine Tucker, Tufts University
Other Recent Webinars:
What the Consumer Will Want from Food in 2020: How Can Nutrition Science Meet Those Needs? (Live event held July 28, 2009)One thousand consumers in total from five countries, the US, UK, Germany, Argentina, and China, were surveyed. The results paint a picture of what consumers want from the global food industry. Learn about their issues around healthier eating, and what nutrition science needs to do to step up to the plate.
Hosted by: ASN and the Nutrition Translation from Bench to
Consumer RIS
Moderator: Gil Leville, PhD, Executive Director of the Wrigley
Science Institute and President of Leveille Associates
Presenters: Linda Eatherton, Cathy Kapica, PhD, RD,
Ketchum.
If you are interested in sponsoring a future ASN webinar, please contact Justin Braun at jbraun@nutrition.org.
If you are interested in producing a webinar with ASN or have any questions about this webinar, please contact Ryan Cliche at rcliche@nutrition.org.
For additional information about the Ketchum study, please visit http://www.ketchum.com/food2020
Sessions from ASN Scientific Sessions and Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2009
Need a presentation on a cutting-edge nutrition topic for your classroom or want to hear what the top minds in nutrition science are working on? Full-length videos of symposia from the 2009 ASN Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology are now available for viewing
ASN members and 2009 meeting attendees may view all videos from this event at this time. Go to direct access for all 2009 videos.
Nonmembers looking to view these videos on the latest nutrition science will be able to purchase access (coming soon). Not an ASN member?
ASN members may also view archived sessions from past ASN Annual Meetings at Experimental Biology.
Nutrition Education Resource Spotlight: Pediatric Obesity Assessment Online Module
ASN 2008-2009 Clinical Nutrition Internship Program awardee Gita Rao created an Introduction to Pediatric Obesity Assessment online educational module with her internship mentor Dr. Carine Lenders at The Boston University School of Medicine. A team of faculty members and students contributed to the content and design of this project.
Interested in sponsoring next year's Clinical Nutrition Internship Program awardees and having this work featured by ASN? Please contact Paula Eichenbrenner at peichenbrenner@nutrition.org.
How You Can Get Involved Today
Are you interested in providing mentorship, contributing an
education video or other resource, partnering on
nutrition research, serving as a nutrition topic expert,
or have another professional development idea? We want to hear
from you. Please contact Ryan Cliche, Education and
Professional Development Manager, at rcliche@nutrition.org or
call 301-634-7076.