Symposia, Lectures, Special Sessions, Conferences, Controversies, Workshops
Friday, April 4, 2008
7:00-5:00PM
ASN Professional Development Symposium: From molecules to consumers: Dietary guidelines evolving to personalized nutrition.
Chair: David Heber
Saturday, April 5, 2008
8:30-NOON
11th Annual ILSI Conference: Functional Foods for Health
Chairs: John Milner, Pamela Anderson
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium: Medical Nutrition Council: Emerging therapies in intestinal failure: Growth factors and beyond.
Chair: Kelly Tappenden
10:30-12:30PM
Latebreaking Symposium: The emerging interplay among muscle mitochondrial function, nutrition and disease.
Chair: Kevin Short
10:30-12:30PM
Latebreaking: Special Session: Nutrition research advocacy for the 21st century: Strategies to enhance NIH funding.
Chair: Susan Hutson
12:00-2:00PM
ILSI Special Session: Emerging science on sodium and children.
Chair: Heather Steele
1:00-2:30PM
Latebreaking Controversy: Malnutrition Syndromes.
Chair: Gordon Jensen
1:00-5:00PM
CARIG Conference.
Chair: Elizabeth Johnson
1:00-5:00PM
11th Annual PhenHRIG Conference: Genomics and Proteomics in Flavonoid Research.
Chair: Myron Gross
1:30-3:00PM
Special Session: Clinical Emerging Leaders Award Oral Competition.
Chair: Gordon Jensen
2:00-5:15PM
Special Session: The ASN Procter & Gamble Student Award Oral Competition.
Chair: Robert Chapkin
3:00-5:00PM
ASN/ACSM Special Session: Implementing a new paradigm: Nutrition and physical activity--steps toward preventive approach to health care.
Chairs: James Hill and John Jakicic
4:15-6:00PM
Workshop: Internships and Research-Abroad Experiences of Graduate Students of Nutrition (organized by the ASN Student Interest Group).
Chair: Dolores Doane
Sunday, April 6, 2008
8:00-10:00AM
PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: Leptin: weight management and beyond.
Chairs: Jeffrey Friedman and Joanne Lupton
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium: Methyl donors, iodine and DHA—is maternal supplementation beneficial?
Chairs: Susan Carlson, Frank Greer
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium (Co-sponsored with APS): Hepcidin regulation of iron transport.
Chair: Marianne Wessling-Resnick; co-chairs: Mitch Knutson, James Collins
12:45-1:45PM
The EV McCOLLUM INTERNATIONAL LECTURESHIP: The World is Fat: Understanding the patterns of the nutrition transition.
Lecturer: Barry Popkin
3:00-5:00PM
Controversy: Carbohydrate restriction as treatment for diabetes and metabolic syndrome.
Chairs: Jeff Volek and Richard Feinman
3:00-5:00PM
Symposium: Nutrition education for the poor and underserved.
Chairs: Shirley Gerrior and Ann Ferris
3:00-5:00PM
Public Information Committee Media Workshop: Communicating nutrition and food safety risks.
Chair: Nancy Wellman
Monday, April 7, 2008
8:00-10:00AM
Symposium: Infant and young child iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in developing countries: The critical role of research to guide policy and programs.
Chairs: Chessa Lutter, Rebecca Stoltzfus
8:00-10:00AM
Food and Nutrition Update: Dietary Reference Intakes: New challenges.
Chair: Linda Meyers
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium: Advances in understanding of the biological role of biotin at the clinical, biochemical and molecular level.
Chairs: Donald Mock and Hamid Said
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium: Public Information Committee: Nutrition profiling: Global policies and perspectives.
Chair: Gregory D. Miller
10:30-12:30PM
Latebreaking Symposium: Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: A global perspective.
Chairs: Cindy Davis and Ritva Butrum
12:45-1:45PM
Latebreaking Controversy: Dietary PUFA and the aging brain: Food for thought.
Chair: Jay Whelan
3:00-5:00PM
Symposium: International nutrition research in the early 20th century.
Chair: Lindsay Allen
3:00-5:00PM
Symposium: Achieving evidence-based approaches to nutrition.
Chairs: Dennis Bier, Barbara Lyle
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
8:00-10:00AM
Symposium: A stimulating conversation: dietary factors, epithelial cells and the immune system in carcinogenesis.
Chairs: Norman Hord, Sue Percival
8:00-10:00AM
Latebreaking Symposium: Vitamin D and health in the 21st century: Research needs and tools for researchers.
Chair: Mary Frances Picciano
10:30-12:30PM
Food addiction: Fact or fiction?
Chair: Rebecca Corwin; co-chair: Patricia Grigson
10:30-12:30PM
Symposium: Is it time for mandatory vitamin B12 fortification of flour?
Chair: Ralph Green; Co-Chair: Lindsay Allen
12:45-1:45PM
The ATWATER LECTURE: Nutrients and the problem of proof.
Lecturer: Robert P. Heaney
3:00-5:00PM
Symposium: Maternal and child mental health: role of nutrition.
Chairs: Usha Ramakrishnan, Maureen Black
3:00-5:00PM
Controversy: The omega-6/omega-3 ratio in nutrition policy and risk assessment.
Organizer: William Harris
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
8:00-10:00AM
Symposium: Infant feeding and the development of obesity? What does the science tell us?
Chair: Linda Adair
Minisymposia
The minisymposia schedule runs from Saturday, April 5-Tuesday, April 8.
Aging and Chronic Disease
- Successful aging through diet and physical activity
- Osteoporosis and bone metabolism in aging
- Nutrition interventions for risk factor modification in aging
- Obesity, sarcopenia and frailty in aging
- Nutrition, physical activity and cognitive function
- Community and Public Health Nutrition: Chairs: Margaret Bogle, Sarah Colby
- Community and public health nutrition interventions, Chairs: Nurgul Fitzgerald, Domingo Pinero
- Diet, food security, and health promotion in diverse communities, Chairs: Rafael Perez-Escamilla, Sibylle Kranz
Diet and Cancer
- Diet, exercise and cancer risk
- Food components that prevent cancer
- Obesity and cancer risk
- Nutrition and cancer survivorship
Dietary Bioactive Compounds including Botanicals
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds I: Mechanisms of action and molecular targets, Chairs: Harold E Seifried, Young Kim
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds II: Modification of physiological, absorptive and transport processes, Chairs: Keith Martin, Okhee Han
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds III: Chronic Disease Risk Reduction, Chairs: Nancy Emenaker, G. Keith Harris
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds IV: Antioxidants and Free Radicals, Chairs: Jay Cao, Steven Davis
- Dietary Bioactive Compounds V: Medicinal Foods, Chairs: Youn-Soo Cha, Jung-San Kim, Sheldon Hendler
- Food Matrix and the Bioactive Compounds (joint with Nutrition Translation), Chairs: Mario Ferruzzi, Nate Matusheski
- Fermented Foods, Chairs: Jim Daily, Kung-Youn Park
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
- Soy and potential health benefits, Chair: Bill Wong
- Energy balance, macronutrient composition and weight loss, Chair: Jill Bush
- Obesity, the metabolic syndrome, and co-morbidities during growth and maturity, Chair: Nick Hays
- Protein and amino acid metabolism, Chair: Nancy Rodriguez
- Intestinal metabolism and adaptation, Chair: Kelly Tappenden
- Lipid and fatty acid metabolism and transport, Chair: Kim Buhman
- Dietary factors affecting lipid metabolism, Chair: Sean Adams
- Carbohydrate metabolism, Chair: Mark Haub
- Food intake regulation, Chair: Brit Burton-Freeman
- Exercise and metabolism, Chair: Melinda Sheffield-Moore
- Polyunsaturated fatty acids and health, Chair: Jay Whelan
Experimental Animal Nutrition
- Companion animal nutrition, Chair: Kelly Swanson
- Polyunsaturated fatty acid nutrition and metabolism, Chairs: Ben Corl, Matt Waldron
- Bone health in animal models, Chair: Jay Cao
- Animal growth, Chairs: Rob Rhoads, Chad Stahl
- History of Nutrition: "Hunger in America" Revisited, Chair: Irwin Rosenberg
- Human Milk and Lactation: Chairs: Nancy Krebs
- Child Nutrition, Development and Mental Health, Chair: Linda Adair
- International Nutrition: Chairs: Purnima Menon, Jean-Pierre Habicht
- Mathematical Modeling: Chairs: Michael Green, Janet Novotny
Medical Nutrition/Education
- Nutrition support, Potential Chairs/Organizers: Doug Seidner, Tom Ziegler
- Comprehensive weight management, Potential Chairs/Organizers: George Blackburn, Caroline Apovian
- Nutritional interventions for health promotion, Potential Chairs/Organizers: Don Hensrud, Doug Heimburger
- Nutrient-Gene Interactions: Chair: Mitch Knutson
- Epigenetics, Co-Chairs: Janos Zempleni, Sharon Ross
- Nutrigenomics and Nutriproteomics, Chair: Naima Moustaid-Moussa
- Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Chair: Manabu Nakamura
- Gene Regulation by Minerals, Co-Chairs: Emily Ho, Okhee Han (joint with Vitamins and Minerals)
- Nutrient Sensing Mechanisms, Chair: Mike Kilberg
- Genetic Polymorphisms and Response to Nutrient Intakes, Chairs: Neil Shay, Ahmed El-Sohemy
Nutrition Education
- Nutrition education and environmental interventions
- Nutrition education and income perspectives
- Nutrition education for weight management in children and other high risk groups
- Methods in nutrition education research
- Nutrition education: Theory to practice
Nutritional Epidemiology
- Dietary patterns and diet quality in relation to obesity/health outcomes, Chair: L. Beth Dixon
- Early life nutrition and disease later in life, Chair: Terry Hartman
- Dietary Intake: Causes and consequences, Chair: Rachel Novotny
- Maternal Nutrition: Methodology and outcomes for mother and infant, Chair: Anna Maria Siega-Riz
- Dietary methodology and monitoring of dietary intake, Chair: Carol Boushey
- Nutritional assessment in specific populations, Chair: Karen Wosje
Nutritional Immunology
- Mechanisms of nutrient modulation of immune function, Chair: Dayong Wu
- Nutritional control of immunity in health and chronic disease, Chair: Elizabeth Gardner
- Nutrition Translation -- from Bench to Consumer
- Food Matrix and bioactive compounds (joint with DBC), Chairs: Mario Ferruzzi, Nate Matusheski
- Balancing nutrients in diet, (e.g. ratios, types, nutrient density), Chairs: Suzen Moeller, Jill Reedy
- Nutrition translation for policy, practice and consumers, Chairs: Cathy Kapica, Norman Hord
- Individualizing diet and lifestyle approaches, Chairs: Kristin Herron Rubin, TBD
- Food and plant biotechnology to improve human health, Chairs: Robert Russell, Bruce Chassy
- Understanding and communicating benefits of natural-state foods (organic, natural, minimally processed), Chairs: Constance Geiger, Barbara Lyle
Vitamins and Minerals
- Bioavailability and biomarkers of micronutrients, Chair: Maret Traber
- Iron, Chairs: James Swain, James McClung
- Zinc, Chair: Emily Ho
- Copper, Chair: Joseph Prohaska
- Selenium, Chair: Roger Sunde
- Micronutrients and bone health, Chair: Connie Weaver
- Antioxidant micronutrients, Chair: Rich Bruno
- Regulation of mineral metabolism, Chair: Mitch Knutson (cosponsored with Nutrient-Gene)
- One carbon metabolism nutrients, Chair: Patrick Stover
- Micronutrients and energy metabolism, Chair:Melinda Manore
- Micronutrients and energy metabolism, Chair: Melinda Manore
- Vitamin A, carotenoids and retinoids, Chair: William Blaner
- Vitamin K, Chair: Sarah Booth
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