Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, April 26, 2014
Program DescriptionTime 
Fortification and Health: Opportunities and Challenges

Sponsored by International Life Sciences Institute, North America

Saturday, April 26, 2014
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Circulating Vitamin D and Risk of Breast and Colorectal Cancer

Community and Public Health RIS, the Diet and Cancer RIS, the Nutritional Epidemiology RIS, and the Vitamins and Minerals RIS.

Saturday, April 26, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Dietary Patterns Methods Project: Systematic Analyses of Index-Based Dietary Patterns and the Associations with Mortality

Nutritional Epidemiology RIS

Saturday, April 26, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Insights and Perspectives on Dietary Modifications to Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

Supported by Dairy Research Institute

Saturday, April 26, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Energy Drinks: Current Knowledge and Critical Research Gaps

Supported by NIH Office of DIetary Supplements

Saturday, April 26, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Sunday, April 27, 2014
Program DescriptionTime 
Nutri-Metabolomics
Sunday, April 27, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Best Practices for Your Research Toolkit

The Student Interest Group

Sunday, April 27, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Not Everything That Counts Can be Counted and Not Everything That Can be Counted Counts: How Should We Collect Dietary Data for Research?

Nutritional Epidemiology RIS, Aging and Chronic Disease RIS and Community and Public Health RIS

Sunday, April 27, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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The Presidential Symposium. Malnutrition and Inflammation: Intimate Partners
Sunday, April 27, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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USDA REE Listening Session
Sunday, April 27, 2014
12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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Food and Nutrition Board Update – Nutrition and Population Health: Are Changes on the Horizon?

Organized by the USDA-NIFA Funding Opportunities in Nutrition and Food Science

Sunday, April 27, 2014
12:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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Unscientific Beliefs about Scientific Topics in Nutrition

Nutritional Sciences Council

Sunday, April 27, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Nutrition Competencies in Health Professionals’ Education and Training: A New Paradigm

The Medical Nutrition Council
Global Nutrition Council

Sunday, April 27, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Are Biofortified Staple Food Crops Improving Vitamin A and Iron Status in Women and Children?

Global Nutrition Council

Sunday, April 27, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Monday, April 28, 2014
Program DescriptionTime 
Dietary Whole Grain-Microbiota Interactions

Ingredion Incorporated

Monday, April 28, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Neurocognition: The Food-Brain Connection

Nutrition Translation RIS

Monday, April 28, 2014
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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Brazil International Forum
Monday, April 28, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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International Breast Cancer and Nutrition: A Model for Research, Training and Policy in Diet, Epigenetics and Chronic Disease Prevention

Global Nutrition Council
Diet and Cancer RIS
Nutritional Epidemiology RIS

Monday, April 28, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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China International Forum

Organized and Co-Sponsored by the China Interest Group of ASN and the Chinese Nutrition Society

Monday, April 28, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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E.V. McCollum Memorial Lecture
Monday, April 28, 2014
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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Optimizing Protein Quantity and Distribution to Improve Health Outcomes

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism RIS

Monday, April 28, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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The Future of Nutrition Research at NIH

Public Policy Committee and the Nutritional Sciences Council

Monday, April 28, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Novel Mathematical Models for Investigating Topics in Obesity

Obesity RIS

Monday, April 28, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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ICAN International Forum (South America)
Monday, April 28, 2014
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
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Kellogg International Prize in Nutrition Lecture

Supported by Kellogg Company

Monday, April 28, 2014
6:45 PM – 8:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Program DescriptionTime 
It’s Alive: Microbes and Cells in Human Milk and their Potential Benefits to Mother and Infant

Lactation RIS

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Beyond Blood Pressure: New Paradigms in Sodium Intake Reduction and Health Outcomes

Endorsed by the Nutrition Translation RIS and the Nutrition Education RIS
Sponsored by ConAgra Foods, Inc.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Successful Scientist: What’s the Winning Formula?

The Young Professional Interest Group

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Modifying Eating Behavior: Novel Approaches for Reducing Body Weight

Medical Nutrition Council, the Energy Macronutrient and Metabolism RIS and the Obesity RIS.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Historical Impact of Nutritional Epidemiology

History of Nutrition Committee

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Human Milk Oligosaccharides

Lactation RIS

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture

Supported by USDA ARS Beltsville.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
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Japan International Program
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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The Science of Cocoa Flavanols: Bioavailability, Emerging Evidence and Proposed Mechanisms

Sponsored by the National Confectioners Association, Chocolate Council

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Research Advances and Considerations for Investigating the Human Diet, Nutrient Utilization and Microbiota Interface Across the Life Course

Nutritional Epidemiology RIS, Nutritional Immunology RIS, Lactation RIS and the Aging and Chronic Disease RIS

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Danone International Prize in Nutrition Laureate Lecture

Supported by the Danone Institute International.

Tuesday, April 29, 2014
5:00 PM – 6:15 PM
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Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Program DescriptionTime 
Use of Metabolomics in Population-Based Research

Nutrition Epidemiology RIS

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Applications of Complex Systems Science in Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Research

Nutritional Epidemiology RIS; Obesity RIS; Community and Public Health RIS

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Sustainable Diets for Healthy People, Healthy Planet

Organized by the Public Interest Committee
Sponsored by the Dairy Research Institute

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Cellular Responses to Nutrients and Development of Disease
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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