Schedule at a Glance

Saturday, April 02, 2016
Program DescriptionTime 
Big Data and other Innovative Approaches to Understanding Dietary Patterns and Health

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D
International Life Sciences Institute, North America

Saturday, Apr 02, 2016
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
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Obesity, Iron Metabolism Dysfunction and Chronic Disease

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Saturday, Apr 02, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Sex and Metabolism: Late Breaking Research on the Role of Estrogen Receptors in Cardiometabolic Health

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism RIS

Saturday, Apr 02, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Dietary Fiber’s Essentiality for the Intestine and the Microbiota

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Saturday, Apr 02, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Sunday, April 03, 2016
Program DescriptionTime 
Delivering Nutrition Interventions to Women During Pregnancy: Beyond Individual Interventions to Comprehensive Antenatal Guidelines and Care

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC
Sponsored by the Global Nutrition Council
This session was carried out with partial support from the Micronutrient Initiative, through financial assistance from Global Affairs Canada.

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Optimizing the Aging Brain Through Nutrition

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D
Supported by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Center for Nutrition, Learning and Memory, which is sponsored by Abbott Nutrition
Endorsed by the Nutrition Translation RIS

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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International Forum – Taiwan

San Diego Convention Center, Room 32AB
Organized and sponsored by The Nutrition Society of Taiwan

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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ASN Opening Session and Discussion: Scientific Rigor In The Nutrition Research Landscape

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D
Sponsored by ASN, Canadian Nutrition Society, ILSI North America and the Institute of Medicine

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Omics Applications to Understand Metabolic Physiology

San Diego Convention Center, Room 25B
Co-sponsored by ASN and APS

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
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Heritable Factors and Complex Diseases: Using Genetic Epidemiology to Draw Inferences about Nutrition-disease Relationships

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Transdisciplinary Training in Childhood Obesity Prevention: Approaches, Successes and Challenges

San Diego Convention Center, Room 32AB

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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International Forum – Korea: Health and Functional Foods: Where We Are and Where We Go

San Diego Convention Center, Room 28DE
Organized and sponsored by The Korean Nutrition Society

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Food Systems for Public Health: Assessment, Impact and Implications of Meeting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Recommendations on Environmental, Economic and Agricultural Sustainability

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Sunday, Apr 03, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Monday, April 04, 2016
Program DescriptionTime 
Regulation of Health and Disease by Sulfur Amino Acid Metabolism

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Red and Processed Meats and Health: Controversies for Dietary Guidance

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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The Presidential Symposium: Systems Approaches to Nutrition: Where We are and Where We are Going

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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E.V. McCollum International Lectureship in Nutrition

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM
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Making Your Scientific Discoveries Known: Best Practices For Effective And Credible Communication

San Diego Convention Center, Room 33BC
Endorsed by the Nutrition Translation RIS

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Postprandial Inflammation: Endotoxin or Free Fatty Acids?

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Health Recommendations for Dietary Sugars: Why Can’t We All Agree?

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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International Forum – China

San Diego Convention Center, Room 32AB
Organized and sponsored by the Chinese Nutrition Society and North American Chinese Society for Nutrition

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
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Kellogg Prize for International Nutrition Research Lecture

Global Nutrition Council

Monday, Apr 04, 2016
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
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Tuesday, April 05, 2016
Program DescriptionTime 
Using the NIH Body Weight Planner for Nutrition Research and Counseling
Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
7:00 AM – 8:30 AM
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Biology of Linear Growth: A Guide for Reducing Childhood Stunting

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Nutritional Status Monitoring in the U.S. over 45 years in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): Updates and Challenges

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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International Forum – Brazil

San Diego Convention Center, Room 33BC
Organized and sponsored by the International Colleges for the Advancement of Nutrology (ICAN)

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
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Program Effectiveness for Addressing Undernutrition during the First 1000 Days

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31 ABC
Global Nutrition Council

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Nutrition, microRNAs and Human Health

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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Amid Controversy and Caveats: The Future of the Post-Doc

San Diego Convention Center, Room 33BC

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
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W.O. Atwater Memorial Lecture

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
12:45 PM – 1:45 PM
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African Graduate Nutrition Students Network (AGSNet) Forum

San Diego Convention Center, Room 28DE
Organized and sponsored by the African Graduate Nutrition Students Network

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
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Architecture of Healthy Muscles: The Interplay between Exercise and Nutrition on Muscle Metabolism

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Innovative Techniques to Evaluating Behavioral Nutrition Interventions in the Community

San Diego Convention Center, Room 32AB
Nutrition Education and Behavioral Sciences RIS

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
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Research and Partnership Opportunities within the National Nutrition Research Roadmap (ANDP Forum)

San Diego Convention Center, Room 28DE
Organized and sponsored by the Association of Nutrition Departments and Programs and the American Society for Nutrition

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
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Danone International Prize in Nutrition Award Ceremony and Laureate Lecture

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D
Sponsored by Danone Institute International

Tuesday, Apr 05, 2016
5:15 PM – 7:00 PM
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Wednesday, April 06, 2016
Program DescriptionTime 
Promise of Metabolomics for Advancing Nutrition Research

San Diego Convention Center, Room 31ABC

Wednesday, Apr 06, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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Nutrition and Public Health Policy: Progress, Opportunities, and Challenges

San Diego Convention Center, Ballroom 20D

Wednesday, Apr 06, 2016
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
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