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Career/Professional Development
Saturday, Jun 9
9:00 am

Negotiating Strategies for Scientists
Location: 207
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Saturday, Jun 9
9:00 am

CV/Resume Critiques and Career Counseling
Location: 208
Saturday, Jun 9
10:00 am

Developing Your Core Message/"Elevator Speech"
Location: 207
John Lombardo
Saturday, Jun 9
11:00 am

Creating Effective CV's, Cover Letters, Research & Teaching Statements
Location: 207
Andrew Green, PhD – UC Berkeley Career
Saturday, Jun 9
12:00 pm

Job Search in Academia and Industry: Timelines and Effective Strategies
Location: 207
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Saturday, Jun 9
1:00 pm

Scientific and Statistical Principles
Location: 210
David B. Allison, PhD – Indiana University; Dennis M. Bier, MD – Baylor College of Medicine; Peng Li, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham; John A. Dawson, PhD – Texas Tech University; Lehana Thabane, PhD – McMaster University; David B. Allison, PhD – Indiana University
Saturday, Jun 9
1:30 pm

Connect with The Fed: Training Opportunities from the Federal Government
Location: 207
Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements; Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements; Susan N. Perkins, PhD – National Institutes of Health; Pamela Starke-Reed – Agricultural Research Service, USDA; Charlotte Pratt – National Institutes of Health; Stephen Onufrak – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Ashley J. Vargas – National Institutes of Health; James P. McClung, PhD – USARIEM
Saturday, Jun 9
6:45 pm

NIH Peer Review Process: What You Need to Know
Location: Science Stage
Fungai Chanetsa – National Institutes of Health
Sunday, Jun 10
9:00 am

Successful Behaviors for Winning an Interview
Location: 207
Judy Blumenthal – Montgomery College
Sunday, Jun 10
9:00 am

Understanding Search Committees and Finding Job Announcements
Location: 208
Andrew Green, PhD – UC Berkeley Career
Sunday, Jun 10
9:00 am

Connect with the Fed: NIH Funding Opportunities
Location: Science Stage
Nancy J. Emenaker – NCI, NIH; Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements; Barbara Sorkin, PhD – National Institutes of Health; Phillip Daschner, PhD – NCI Shady Grove; Sharon A. Ross, PhD, MPH – National Institutes of Health; Holly L. Nicastro, PhD, MPH – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Mary Evans, PhD – National Institutes of Health; Padma Maruvada, PhD; Giovanna Zappala, PhD, MPH – National Institutes of Health; Linda C. Duffy, PhD, MPH – NIH/NCCAM
Sunday, Jun 10
10:00 am

Developing Your Core Message/"Elevator Speech"
Location: 208
John Lombardo
Sunday, Jun 10
10:00 am

Global Interview Skills: A Practice Workshop for International Candidates
Location: 207
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Sunday, Jun 10
11:00 am

Attitude & Behaviors: How Are You Perceived?
Location: 207
Judy Blumenthal – Montgomery College
Sunday, Jun 10
11:00 am

Enhancing Your Online Presence for Networking, Visibility and Traffic
Location: 208
Kristi L. Holmes, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Sunday, Jun 10
12:00 pm

USDA General Overview
Location: Science Stage
Pamela Starke-Reed – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Sunday, Jun 10
12:15 pm

Update from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), USDA
Location: Science Stage
Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
Sunday, Jun 10
12:30 pm

Opportunities in the Office of the Chief Scientist of USDA
Location: Science Stage
Dionne F. Toombs, PhD – USDA
Sunday, Jun 10
3:00 pm

But I Have No Skills! Exploding Myths and Exploring Career Options for PhDs
Location: 207
John Lombardo
Sunday, Jun 10
3:00 pm

Altmetrics: Measuring Your Scholarly Impact in Real-Time
Location: 208
Patricia L. Smith, MLIS – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Sunday, Jun 10
4:00 pm

Building Your Job Search Skills: Networking & Information Interviews
Location: 208
Andrew Green, PhD – UC Berkeley Career
Sunday, Jun 10
4:00 pm

Making the Grade: Job Talk/Chalk Talk
Location: 207
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Monday, Jun 11
8:00 am

Emotion Trumps Science: Why Science-based Facts are No Longer Enough to Educate the Public Effectively
Location: 208
Mark David Richards, PhD – KRC Research; Sally Squires – Weber Shandwick; Eileen Kennedy, DSc – Tufts University
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Nailing the Job Talk and Interview Prep
Location: 207
Andrew Green, PhD – UC Berkeley Career
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Altmetrics: Measuring Your Scholarly Impact in Real-Time
Location: 208
Patricia L. Smith, MLIS – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Getting Your Manuscript Published: Practical Tips for Preparing Your Manuscript, Avoiding Common Mistakes and Choosing the Right Journal
Location: 302
Teresa A. Davis, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine; Jack Odle, PhD – North Carolina State University; Dennis M. Bier, MD – Baylor College of Medicine; Katherine L. Tucker, PhD – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Monday, Jun 11
11:30 am

Negotiating Strategies for Scientists
Location: 207
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Monday, Jun 11
11:30 am

Networking with Strangers is Required for Your Future
Location: 208
Judy Blumenthal – Montgomery College
Monday, Jun 11
12:00 pm

Update from the FDA
Location: Science Stage
Susan T. Mayne, PhD – U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Monday, Jun 11
12:50 pm

NHANES 101: Access, Analysis, and Application of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data
Location: Science Stage
Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Monday, Jun 11
2:00 pm

Job Search in Academia and Industry: Timelines and Effective Strategies
Location: 208
Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Monday, Jun 11
2:00 pm

Making Mistakes When Speaking: How to Handle Them
Location: 207
Judy Blumenthal – Montgomery College
Monday, Jun 11
2:30 pm

ERS Data and How Researchers Can Make Use of It
Location: Science Stage
Joanne F. Guthrie, PhD, MPH, RD – Economic Research Service, USDA
Monday, Jun 11
3:00 pm

Enhancing Your Online Presence for Networking, Visibility and Traffic
Location: 207
Kristi L. Holmes, PhD – Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Monday, Jun 11
4:00 pm

But I Have No Skills! Exploding Myths and Exploring Career Options for PhDs
Location: 207
John Lombardo
Tuesday, Jun 12
9:00 am

Navigating through Academia as a Minority
Location: 207
April J. Stull, PhD, RD
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Saturday, Jun 9
1:00 pm

The First 1000 Days: The Impact of Nutrition on Brain Development and Function
Location: Ballroom C
Lisa Freund, PhD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; MIchael K. Georgieff, MD – University of Minnesota; Carol L. Cheatham, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Steven H. Zeisel, MD, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sunday, Jun 10
10:30 am

Precision Nutrition: Biological Determinants of Inter-individual Variability
Location: Ballroom AB
José M. Ordovás, PhD – Jean Mayer USDA/NRCA at Tufts University; Marie-Claude Vohl, PhD – Université Laval; Arne Astrup, MD, PhD – University of Copenhagen; E. Matthew Morris, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center; Daniel McDonald, PhD – UC San Diego
Sunday, Jun 10
3:00 pm

Nutritional Approaches to Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Sarcopenic Obesity and Aging
Location: Ballroom C
David Heber, MD, PhD – UCLA Center for Human Nutrition; Charles Brenner, PhD – University of Iowa; Marcia C. Haigis, PhD – Harvard Medical School; Orian Shirihai, MD, PhD – UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine; Zhaoping Li, MD, PhD – David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA; Bill Evans, PhD – Duke University Medical Center
Monday, Jun 11
8:00 am

The Science of Breastfeeding: An Update
Location: 312
Daniel W. Sellen, PhD – The Joannah & Brian Lawson Centre for Child Nutrition; Laurie Nommsen-Rivers – University of Cincinnati College of Allied Health Sciences; Meghan B. Azad, PhD – University of Manitoba; Michelle McGuire, PhD – Washington State University; Courtney L. Meehan, PhD – Washington State University; Deborah L. O'Connor, PhD, RD – University of Toronto
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Introducing Best Practices in Measuring and Reporting Human Blood Fatty Acids in Nutrition Studies
Location: 302
J. Thomas Brenna, PhD – University of Texas at Austin; Melanie Plourde, PhD – Université de Sherbrooke; Peter Jones, PhD – Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutrace
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Tasting Outside the Oral Cavity (View Point)
Location: Ballroom C
Richard D. Mattes – Purdue University; Robert Margolskee, MD, PhD – Monell Chemical Senses Center; Anthony Sclafani, PhD – Brooklyn College of CUNY; John McLaughlin, BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hone), PhD, FRCP – University of Manchester
Monday, Jun 11
3:00 pm

Immunometabolism and Obesity
Location: Ballroom C
Kate J. Claycombe-Larson – USDA-ARS-PA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD – Texas Tech University; Lindsey A. Muir, PhD – University of Michigan; Arion Kennedy, PHD – Vanderbilt University; Susan K. Fried, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Iurii Koboziev, PhD – Texas Tech University
Sunday, Jun 10
8:00 am

Is a Calorie a Calorie? Reframing the Question
Location: Ballroom AB
Caroline Apovian, MD – Boston University School of Medicine; James O. Hill, PhD – Univ of Colorado School of Medicine; Kevin D. Hall, PhD – NIDDK/NIH; Eric Ravussin, PhD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Frank B. Hu, PhD MD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; John M. Jakicic, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Sunday, Jun 10
2:00 pm

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism RIS Forum
Location: 207
John W. Apolzan – Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Scott Montain, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Sunday, Jun 10
3:15 pm

Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation RIS Forum: Interpreting the Complex Interplay between Inflammation, Nutrition & Health
Location: 302
Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University; Kevin Fritsche – University of Missouri, Columbia; Parmi Suchdev, MD, MPH – Emory University; Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH – University of North Carolina; Lisa M. Troy, PhD – University of Massachusetts; Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University
Monday, Jun 11
8:00 am

Recent Advances in Nutritional Modulation of the Immune System
Location: Ballroom C
Simin N. Meydani, DVM, PhD – Tufts University; Margherita Cantorna, PhD – Pennsylvania State University; Melinda A. Beck, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Saturday, Jun 9
8:00 am

Research to Practice: Clinical Track
Location: 312
Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ph.D. – USDA; Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD – NIH Intramural Research Program; Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School; Andrew Mente, PhD – McMaster University; Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD – Virta Health; David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital; JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH – Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School; Brad Lowell, MD, PhD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Sunday, Jun 10
8:00 am

Research to Practice: Clinical Track
Location: 312
David S. Seres, MD, ScM, PNS – Columbia University Medical Center; Chwan-Li Shen – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center; Stephen JD O'Keefe, MBBS, MD, MSc, FRCP – University of Pittsburgh; Benjamin Lebwohl, MD, MS – Columbia University; Caroline Apovian, MD – Boston University School of Medicine; Scott A. Shikora, MD – Harvard Medical School; John P. Foreyt, PhD – Baylor College of Medicine; Lucia Aronica, PhD – Stanford; Jorge E. Chavarro, MD, ScD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Sunday, Jun 10
3:30 pm

New Technologies in Nutrition
Location: Science Stage
Saurabh Mehta, MBBS, ScD – Cornell University; Werner Gellermann, PhD – Longevity Link Corporation
Sunday, Jun 10
3:00 pm

Sweetness, Sweeteners and Health
Location: Ballroom AB
James O. Hill, PhD – Univ of Colorado School of Medicine; France Bellisle, PhD – Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle, Université Paris; John L. Sievenpiper, MD, PhD, FRCPC – University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital; John C. Peters, PhD – University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center
Monday, Jun 11
1:30 pm

Nutrition Translation RIS Forum
Location: 210
Christina Sherry, PhD, RD, MBA – Abbott Nutrition; Christina Sherry, PhD, RD, MBA – Abbott Nutrition; Michael I. McBurney, PhD – DSM Nutritional Products; Christina D. Economos, PhD – Tufts University; Linda Harelick, DrPH – Tufts University
Monday, Jun 11
3:00 pm

The Role of Fruit and Vegetables in Psychological Well-Being
Location: 208
Lisa Jahns – USDA-ARS Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; Zach Conrad, PhD, MPH – USDA, ARS; Jayne Woodside, MA (Hons); PhD – Queen's University Belfast
Tuesday, Jun 12
8:00 am

Nutrition and Health in an Accelerating Pace of Life
Location: Ballroom AB
Richard D. Mattes – Purdue University; Darin Leonard – Dream Dinners; Barbara Fiese, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Sheryl O. Hughes, PhD, MA, MSW – Baylor College of Medicine; Sarah Smith-Simpson, PhD – Nestle Nutrition; Nathaniel J. Dominy, PhD – Dartmouth College
Tuesday, Jun 12
10:30 am

The Sodium Conundrum
Location: Ballroom AB
Christine L. Taylor, PhD – NIH Office of Dietary Supplements; Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr; Christine L. Taylor, PhD – NIH Office of Dietary Supplements; Joshua C. Anthony, PhD, MBA – Campbell Soup Company
Sunday, Jun 10
8:00 am

Is a Calorie a Calorie? Reframing the Question
Location: Ballroom AB
Caroline Apovian, MD – Boston University School of Medicine; James O. Hill, PhD – Univ of Colorado School of Medicine; Kevin D. Hall, PhD – NIDDK/NIH; Eric Ravussin, PhD – Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Frank B. Hu, PhD MD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; John M. Jakicic, PhD – University of Pittsburgh
Sunday, Jun 10
2:00 pm

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism RIS Forum
Location: 207
John W. Apolzan – Pennington Biomedical Research Center; Scott Montain, PhD – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Sunday, Jun 10
3:15 pm

Nutritional Immunology and Inflammation RIS Forum: Interpreting the Complex Interplay between Inflammation, Nutrition & Health
Location: 302
Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University; Kevin Fritsche – University of Missouri, Columbia; Parmi Suchdev, MD, MPH – Emory University; Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH – University of North Carolina; Lisa M. Troy, PhD – University of Massachusetts; Sarah S. Comstock, PhD – Michigan State University
Monday, Jun 11
8:00 am

Recent Advances in Nutritional Modulation of the Immune System
Location: Ballroom C
Simin N. Meydani, DVM, PhD – Tufts University; Margherita Cantorna, PhD – Pennsylvania State University; Melinda A. Beck, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sunday, Jun 10
10:30 am

Lessons learned from the WCRF/AICR Expert Reports on Diet, Nutrition, Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cancer: Implications for the Future of Nutrition and Cancer Research
Location: 311
Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr; Steven K. Clinton, MD, PhD – Ohio State University; Edward Giovannucci – Harvard University; Stephen D. Hursting, PhD, MPH – University of North Carolina; Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
Food Science and Systems
Friday, Jun 8
8:30 am

Food Science for the Non-Food Scientist (Ticketed Event)
Location: 210
John Rupnow, PhD – University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – North Carolina State University; Bob Baron, PhD – Sensory Spectrum Inc.; Roger Clemens, DrPH – USC School of Pharmacy
Saturday, Jun 9
8:30 am

The Future of Taste and Health: Converging Areas of Science to Promote Healthy Dietary Patterns
Location: Ballroom C
Naomi K. Fukagawa, MD, PhD – USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center; Gary K. Beauchamp, PhD – Monell Chemical Senses Center; John E. Hayes, PhD – Pennsylvania State University; Christopher Simons, PhD – Ohio State University; Jane Leland, PhD – Leland Global Enterprises LLC; Debra Zellner, PhD – Montclair State University
Saturday, Jun 9
1:00 pm

Understanding the Intersection of Climate/Environmental Change, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition: A Case Study: Diabetes
Location: 206
John W. Finley, PhD – USDA ARS; Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NIH NICHD; Lindsay M. Jaacks, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Donald R. Ort, PhD – University of Illinois; Christian J. Peters, PhD – Tufts University; Ashley M. Aimone, PhD, RD – University of Toronto; Zach Conrad, PhD, MPH – USDA, ARS
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

New Technologies in the Food System: How Do They Fit and Who Decides? (Food Evolution Movie Screening and Discussion)
Location: Ballroom AB
Tamar Haspel; Allison L. Van Eeneennaam, PhD – University of California, DavisOne Shields Avenue; Gerald F. Combs, PhD – Cornell University; Nancy Kavazanjian – Hammer & Kavazanjian; Sylvia Rowe, MA – SR Strategy
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Saturday, Jun 9
3:30 pm

Opening Session and Presidential Symposium: Innovative Policies for Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs
Location: Ballroom AB
MaryAnn Johnson, PhD – University of Georgia; Craig Gundersen, PhD – University of Illinois; Dan R. Glickman, Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture – The Aspen Institute; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, MPH – Tufts University; Marlene Schwartz, PhD – University of Connecticut; Jerold R. Mande, MPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Sunday, Jun 10
8:00 am

Pathways to Child Growth and Development: Is Linear Growth Retardation a Valid Indicator of Delayed Neurodevelopment?
Location: Ballroom C
Anuraj H. Shankar, DSc; Jef L. Leroy, PhD – International Food Policy Research Institute; Elizabeth Prado, PhD – University of California Davis; Aryeh D. Stein, PhD – Emory University; Leila Larson, PhD, MPH – University of Melbourne, Australia
Sunday, Jun 10
10:30 am

Scaling Up Evidence-based Nutrition Strategies: Using Modeling and Systems Thinking
Location: Ballroom C
Alice H. Lichtenstein, DSc – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University; Gilles Bergeron, PhD – Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science; Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH – Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and POlicy; Bruce Y. Lee, MD – Global Obesity Prevention Center
Sunday, Jun 10
2:00 pm

The USG Global Nutrition Coordination Plan: Breaking Down Silos to More Fully Integrate Nutrition in Support of Effective Implementation
Location: Science Stage
Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NIH NICHD; Yibo Wood – USDA
Monday, Jun 11
8:00 am

DGAs and DRIs: What Does the Future Hold?
Location: Ballroom AB
A. Catharine Ross, PhD – Pennsylvania State University; Robert M. Russell, MD – Tufts University; Shiriki Kumanyika, PhD, MPH – Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health; Stephanie A. Atkinson, PhD, DSc – McMaster University
Monday, Jun 11
10:30 am

Demographics, Diversity and Disparities in Nutrition Science
Location: 312
Gertraud Maskarinec, MD, PhD – University of Hawaii Cancer Center; Nicholas J. Kassebaum, MD – Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation; Donald Warne, MD, MPH – North Dakota State University; Dariush Mozaffarian, MD, DrPH, MPH – Tufts University
Monday, Jun 11
3:00 pm

E.V. McCollum International Lectureship in Nutrition: Growing Up or Growing Out: Growth Faltering in Early Childhood and Subsequent Risk of Overweight
Location: Ballroom AB
Aryeh D. Stein, PhD – Emory University
Monday, Jun 11
3:45 pm

Robert Suskind and Leslie Lewinter-Suskind Pediatric Nutrition Lifetime Achievement Award Lecture: Interactions of Nutrition and Infection: Has Our Understanding Changed in the Last 50 Years?
Location: Ballroom AB
Robert E. Black, MD, MPH – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Monday, Jun 11
6:45 pm

Variety is the spice of nutrition GNC Business Meeting and Kellogg Prize for Lifetime Achievements in International Nutrition Lectureship
Location: Sheraton Republic Ballroom
Aryeh D. Stein, PhD – Emory University; Catherine A. Geissler, PhD – Kings College of London
Population Science
Tuesday, Jun 12
8:00 am

Challenges and Opportunities for Dietary Pattern Analysis in Different Populations: An International Forum
Location: Ballroom C
Carol Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD – University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ambika Satija, ScD – Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health; Trudy Voortman, PhD – Erasmus University Medical Center; Katherine M. Livingstone, PhD – Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University; J.Alfredo Martinez, MD, PhD – University of Navarra; Lynn L. Moore, DSc – Boston University School of Medicine