2013 Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting of the American Society for Nutrition
Listed here are the symposia, controversy sessions and workshops
which have been approved for presentation at the ASN Scientific
Sessions and Annual Meeting at EB 2013 in Boston, MA
This page is updated as frequently as possible. Last updated:
January 16, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
ASN Satellite Session: What Comes First:
The Food or the Nutrient?
Organized and
sponsored by the California Walnut Commission.
ASN Satellite Session: Nutrition and Physical Activity:
Impact on Cognitive Function Across the
Lifespan
Organized by the American Society for
Nutrition and The Nutrition Society
ASN Satellite Session: White Vegetables: Addressing the
Nutrition Gap
Organized by the Alliance for Potato Research and Education
Adipose & Lipid Biology: Crossing Taxonomic
Boundaries
Sean H. Adams, PhD, Jack Odle, PhD and
Kimberly M. Barnes, PhD
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Nutritional Surveys and Epidemiological Studies: Exploring and
Enhancing Methods, Interpretation, and Communication
John A. Milner, PhDand Marge Leahy, PhD
Organized by: ILSI NA
Managing the Microbiome in Human GI Disease
Thomas
R. Ziegler, MD
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Caloric Restriction in Humans: Is it Feasible, Effective and
Safe?
Susan B. Roberts, PhD and John Speakman, PhD
Endorsed by: Aging & Chronic Disease RIS and the Obesity RIS.
The Promises and Pitfalls of Research Using Dietary
Patterns
Lisa M. Troy, PhD and Katarzyna Kordas,
PhD
Endorsed by: Nutrition Epidemiology RIS
The WHO Evidence-Informed Guideline Development Process:
Implications for Vitamin and Mineral Research
Priorities
Juan Pablo Pena-Rosas, MD, PhD, MPH
and Lynnette Neufeld, PhD
Award Competitions (to be held in the Education Track Room):
Clinical Emerging Leaders Award CompetitionSupported by the Medical Nutrition Council
ASN Young Minority Investigator Oral Competition
Organized by the Minority Affairs Committee
Supported by an unrestrictive educational grant from: DSM Nutritional Products
Graduate Student Research Award Competition
Supported by the Nutritional Sciences Council
Postdoctoral Research Award Competition
Supported by Solae, LLC
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Role of Gut Nutrient Sensing in Metabolic
Diseases
Doug Burrin, PhD
Are Dietary Bioactives Ready for Review for Recommended
Intakes?
John Erdman, PhD and Doug Balentine,
PhD
Endorsed by: Dietary Bioactives RIS
Exploring Culture in the World of International Nutrition and
Nutrition Sciences
Debbie Humphries, PhD,
MPH
Endorsed by: Global Nutrition Council and Nutrition Education RIS
Presidential Symposium: Regulation of Growth and
Metabolism through Amino Acid Sensing
Teresa A. Davis, PhD
Supported by an educational grant from Ajinomoto, Inc.
The New “Hygiene Hypothesis”: Nutrition and Microbiota in
Health and Disease
Allan Walker, MD and Simin Meydani, DVM, PhD
Type 2 Diabetes: Beyond Body Fat
Andrew Greenberg, MD
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Iodine Insufficiency: A Global Health Problem
Christine A. Swanson, PhD, MPH and Elizabeth N. Pearce, MD,
MSc
Endorsed by: Nutritional Sciences Council
Navigating the Current Job Market – Grab Hold of Your Future
Now!
Holiday Durham, PhD, RD, LDN and Ann McDermott,
LPC, MS, PhD
Organized by: Young Professional Interest Group and Nutritional
Sciences Council
Monday, April 22, 2013
Searching for the Evidence that Linoleic Acid Fuels
Inflammation
Martha Ann Belury, PhD, RD and John
Finley, PhD
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Global Perspectives on Preterm Birth and Fetal Growth
Restriction
Ellen Piwoz, ScD, MHS and Robert Black,
MD, MPH
Endorsed: International Nutrition Council
The World Has Changed and So Must Your Communication
Style
Cathy Kapica, PhD and Jeannie Gazzaniga-Moloo,
PhD
Organized by: Public Information Committee and Public Policy
Committee
Diet and Inflammation: New Concepts on the Impact of Nutrients
on Immune Modulation Patricia A. Sheridan,PhD and Saame
Raza Shaikh, PhD
Endorsed by: Nutritional Immunology RIS
Health, Nutrition and Cost Outcomes of Human Milk Feeding for
Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Paula Meier, PhD, RN,
FAANand Lars Bode, PhD
Organized by: Lactation RIS
Clinical Nutrition Update: A Nutrition Perspective from the
Crossroads of Hospital Outcomes and Medicare Policy
Edward Saltzman, MD, Mary Ann Johnson, PhD and Connie W. Bales,
PhD, RD
Organized by: Medical Nutrition Council
Obesity-Related Inflammation and Vitamin D and Calcium
Metabolism
Cristina Palacios, PhD, and
Christopher J. Cifelli, PhD
Endorsed by: Vitamins and Minerals RIS and Nutrient-Gene
Interactions RIS
Impact of New Generation Parenteral Lipid Emulsions in
Pediatric Nutrition
Steven Abrams, MD
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Food and Nutrition Board Update: What do SNAP Allotments,
Physical Fitness, and Obesity Prevention Have in
Common?
Linda Meyers, PhD and Suzanne P. Murphy, PhD, RD
Organized by: The Food and Nutrition Board
Award Lecture:Leveille Lecture 12:45-1:45 pm
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Public-Private Partnerships: The Evolving Role of Industry
Funding in Nutrition Research
Jeffrey Zachwieja, PhD
and Eric Hentges, PhD
Building Evidence for Sustainability of Food and Nutrition
Intervention Programs in Developing
Countries
Beatrice L. Rogers PhD and Sunny S. Kim
PhD
Endorsed by: Global Nutrition Council
Workshop: Lipidomics Technologies at the Beginning of the Next
Decade
Alfred Merrill, Jr. PhD
Brain Imaging and Human Nutrition: Which Measures to Use in
Intervention Studies?
John Sijben, PhD and John
Sijben, PhD
Organized by: ILSI Europe Mental Performance Task Force
Supported by an educational grant from: ILSI Europe Mental
Performance Task Force
Nutritional Epigenomics: A Portal to Disease
Prevention
Sang Woon Choi, MD, PhDand Kevin
Schalinske, PhD
Endorsed by: Nutrient-Gene Interaction RIS, Energy and
Macronutrient Metabolism RIS, Obesity RIS, Aging and Chronic
Disease RIS
Social Media and Mobile Technology for Nutrition Education and
Research
Sabrina Sales Martinez, MS, RD
Organized by: Student Interest Group
Sweetened Beverages and Health: Current State of Scientific
Understandings
Edward Saltzman, MDand James M. Rippe, MD
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Metabolomics, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders.
Naima MoustaidMoussa, PhD
Endorsed by: Nutrition Gene Interaction RIS; Energy and
Macronutrient Metabolism RIS; Obesity RIS
The Role of Nutritional Research in the Success of Human Space
Flight
Helen W Lane, PhD, RD
Organized by: History of Nutrition Committee
Award Lecture:Atwater Lecture 12:45-1:45 pm
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Dietary Phosphorus Excess: A Risk Factor in Chronic Bone,
Kidney and Cardiovascular Disease
Jaime Uribarri, MD and Mona S. Calvo, PhD
Assessing U.S. Sodium Intake through Dietary Data and Urine
Biomarkers
Mary E. Cogswell, DrPH and Catherine M. Loria
Endorsed by: Medical Nutrition Council
Life Course Epidemiology in Nutrition and Chronic Disease
Research: A Timely Discussion
Niyati Parekh, PhD, RD and Claire Zizza, PhD
ASN Satellite Session: Global Summit on the Health Effects of
Yogurt
Organized by ASN, The Nutrition Society and the Danone Nutrition
Institute International