Chairs

Jeffrey Blumberg, PhD, FASN, FACN, CNS, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Boston, MA

Presentations

• Evidence-based assessment of cocoa flavanol effects on cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors.  Eric Ding, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health  
• Biosynthesis of flavanols within plants and bioavailability to humans.  Richard Dixon, PhD, University of North Texas
• Role of cocoa flavanols on the depression-associated GATA-1 transcription factor in Alzheimer’s disease onset and progression.  Giulio Pasinetti, MD, PhD, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Flavanol enhancement of mitochondria structure-function as a cardioprotective mechansim.  Francisco Villarreal, MD, PhD, UCSD School of Medicine