Chair: Bahram H. Arjmandi – Florida State University
Chair: Carmen Castaneda-Sceppa, MD, PhD – Northeastern University
Co-Chair: Kathryn N. Porter Starr, PhD, RD – Duke University School of Medicine; Durham VA Medical Center
Speaker: Kelsey Gabel – University of Illinois at Chicago
Speaker: Xiaoran Liu – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Ivy L. Mak – McGill Univeristy
Speaker: Jin-Ran Chen – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center/University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Speaker: Norman K. Pollock, PhD – Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, Georgia
Speaker: Zhaoli Dai, PhD, MS, MA – Boston University
Aging and Chronic Disease
Speaker: Magdalena Stepien, PhD – International Agency for Research on Cancer/ WHO
Speaker: Abdulkerim Eroglu, PhD – Johns Hopkins University
Speaker: Maria Andersson, Senior scientist – Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University Children’s Hospital Zurich
Speaker: Siran He, MSPH – Emory University
Speaker: Ruixue Hou, PhD candidate – UNC Chapel Hill
Speaker: Huma Qamar, MSc – The Hospital for Sick Children
Speaker: Sheau C. Chai, PhD, RDN – University of Delaware
Speaker: Olusola F. Sotunde – McGill University, Canada
Biomarkers
Chair: Kartik Shankar – Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Co-Chair: Dingbo Lin – Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Armando R. Tovar – INCMNSZ
Speaker: Jun Zhou – University of Georgia
Speaker: Chwan-Li Shen – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Speaker: Marine Milard – Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
Speaker: Yanhui Han – university of massachusetts, amherst
Speaker: Gloria I. Solano-Aguilar, DVM, PhD – USDA-ARS
Speaker: Alison Kamil, PhD, RD – PepsiCo, Inc.
Speaker: Jose Rodriguez-Morato, PhD – Universitat Pompeu Fabra / Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Grace Carroll – Yale School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Adriana Gaitan, PhD Candidate – Louisiana State University
Speaker: Olivia C. Rivera – Penn State College of Medicine
Speaker: Kozeta Miliku, MD, PhD – University of Manitoba
Speaker: Rachel Criswell, MD, MS – Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency
Speaker: Caroline Palmer – Brigham and Women's Hospital
Speaker: Paige K. Berger, PhD, RD – The University of Southern California
Speaker: Sylvia H. Ley – Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Sarvenaz Vandyousefi, MS, RD – The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Jillian Trabulsi, PhD RD – University of Delaware
Maternal, Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition
Speaker: Yujiao Zu, PhD candidate – Texas Tech University
Speaker: Cécile Vors, PhD – Institute of Nutrition and Functional Foods (INAF), Laval University
Speaker: Catherine L. Carpenter, PhD, M.P.H. – University of California at Los Angeles
Speaker: Stephanie L. Clookey – ASN
Speaker: Mikyoung You – University of Nebraska Lincoln
Speaker: Jin-Seon Yook, PhD student – UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
Speaker: Kate J. Claycombe-Larson – USDA-ARS-PA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Umesh D. Wankhade, DVM. PhD. – UAMS
Obesity
Chair: Carol Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD – University of Hawaii at Manoa
Speaker: Ambika Satija, ScD – Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Trudy Voortman, PhD – Erasmus University Medical Center
Speaker: Katherine M. Livingstone, PhD – Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University
Speaker: J.Alfredo Martinez, MD, PhD – University of Navarra
Speaker: Lynn L. Moore, DSc – Boston University School of Medicine
Population Science
Chair: Debbie Humphries, PhD, MPH – Yale School of Public Health
Co-Chair: Maxwell A. Barffour, PhD – University of California-Davis/ Missouri State University
Speaker: Laura E. Murray-Kolb, PhD – The Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Kendra Byrd – University of California, Davis
Speaker: Sandra G. Okala – King's College London
Speaker: Michael Zimmermann – ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Speaker: Maxwell A. Barffour, PhD – University of California-Davis/ Missouri State University
Speaker: Junjie Guo, M.P.H – Emory University
Speaker: Sanober Ismaily, MPH – Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University
Speaker: Laura E. Smith – University at Buffalo
Global Nutrition
Chair: Forrest H. Nielson, PhD – USDA, Agricultural Research Service
Co-Chair: Hector F. DeLuca, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speaker: Hector F. DeLuca, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Speaker: Glenville Jones, PhD – Queen’s University
Speaker: Michael F. Holick, MD, PhD – Boston University
Speaker: Mark B. Meyer, PhD – University of Wisconsin - Madison
Speaker: Lori Plum, PhD – University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair: Richard D. Mattes – Purdue University
Speaker: Darin Leonard – Dream Dinners
Speaker: Barbara Fiese, PhD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Sheryl O. Hughes, PhD, MA, MSW – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Sarah Smith-Simpson, PhD – Nestle Nutrition
Speaker: Nathaniel J. Dominy, PhD – Dartmouth College
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Chair: Christina Sherry, PhD, RD, MBA – Abbott Nutrition
Co-Chair: Christopher A. Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD FAND – Ohio State University
Speaker: Christopher A. Taylor, PhD, RDN, LD FAND – Ohio State University
Speaker: Rhonda S. Sebastian – Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS, USDA
Speaker: Jonathan Kershaw, PhD – Purdue University
Speaker: Kim Rounsefell, APD – Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food - Monash University
Speaker: Maria Persson – National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark
Nutrition Translation
Chair: Irene Hatsu, PhD, RD – The Ohio State University
Co-Chair: Mavra Ahmed, PhD – University of Toronto
Speaker: Julia E. Boisselle – University of New Hampshire
Speaker: Stephen Onufrak – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Alejandra Contreras, MSc, PhDc – National Institute of Public Health of México
Speaker: Amy Saxe-Custack, PhD, MPH, RDN – Michigan State University
Speaker: Maria Koleilat, DrPH, MPH – California State University, Fullerton
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Speaker: April J. Stull, PhD, RD
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Naomi K. Fukagawa, MD, PhD – USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Zach Conrad, PhD, MPH – USDA, ARS
Speaker: Nicole E. Tichenor – Sustainability Institute, University of New Hampshire
Speaker: Andrew Jones – University of Michigan
Speaker: Erwan de Gavelle – UMR PNCA AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris Saclay
Speaker: James Harnly – US department of agriculture
Speaker: Hande Z. Ulus – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Shawna Lemke, PhD – Monsanto Company
Speaker: Maryam Shamloo, Dr. Maryam Shamloo – University of Mnaitoba
Climate/Environment, Health, Agriculture and Improved Nutrition
Chair: Chwan-Li Shen – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Co-Chair: Desiree Wanders, PhD – Georgia State University
Speaker: Harleen Kaur – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speaker: Yoojin Lee – University of Connecticut
Speaker: Tianou Zhang – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Gaoxing Ma, Graduate student – Nanjing Agricultural University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speaker: Yongeun Kim – Nutrition and health sciences
Speaker: Sanique M. South, Doctoral Student – Texas Woman's University
Speaker: Suhn Hyung Kim – Yonsei University
Speaker: Babajide Ojo, PhD Candidate – Oklahoma state university
Dietary Bioactive Components
Chair: Aryeh D. Stein, PhD – Emory University
Co-Chair: Shruthi Cyriac – Emory University
Speaker: Derek D. Headey – International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Speaker: Shruthi Cyriac – Emory University
Speaker: Yan Bai, MIB – Friedman School of Nutrition at Tufts University
Speaker: Ilana R. Cliffer, MPH – Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University
Speaker: Nilupa S. Gunaratna, MS, PhD – Purdue University
Speaker: Samuel P. Scott – International Food Policy Research Institute
Speaker: Johanna Y. Andrews Trevino – Tufts University
Speaker: Phuong H. Nguyen – International Food Policy Research Institute
Global Nutrition
Chair: Namanjeet Ahluwalia, PhD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Co-Chair: Katherine L. Tucker, PhD – University of Massachusetts Lowell
Speaker: Hanqi Luo, PhD – University of California Davis
Speaker: Haley W. Parker, MS – University of Rhode Island
Speaker: Erwan de Gavelle – UMR PNCA AgroParisTech, INRA, Université Paris Saclay
Speaker: Leah M. Lipsky, PhD, MHS – Social and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Speaker: Elise Carbonneau – Université Laval
Speaker: Renee Wurth, RD PhD – Harvard University TH Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Yi-Wen Jiang, Bachelor’ degree in Medicine – Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Speaker: Cindy Leung, MPH, ScD – University of Michigan School of Public Health
Nutritional Epidemiology
Chair: Maria Koleilat, DrPH, MPH – California State University, Fullerton
Co-Chair: Melissa M. Melough – University of Connecticut
Speaker: Andrea A. Lopez-Cepero – University of Massachusetts Medical School
Speaker: Heather Valentine, MS, RD – University of Kansas Medical Center
Speaker: Kate Sinclair, MSc., R.D., PhD Candidate – McGill University
Speaker: Kimberly Dong, DrPH, MS, RDN, LDN – Tufts University
Speaker: Cindy Leung, MPH, ScD – University of Michigan School of Public Health
Speaker: Amanda C. McClain, PhD – Department of Nutrition, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Speaker: Lamis Jomaa, PhD – American University of Beirut
Speaker: Rebecca Hagedorn, BS – West Virginia University
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Christine L. Taylor, PhD – NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Speaker: Janet M. de Jesus, MS, RD – HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Speaker: Marian L. Neuhouser, PhD, RD – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
Speaker: Christine L. Taylor, PhD – NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
Speaker: Joshua C. Anthony, PhD, MBA – Campbell Soup Company
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Speaker: Susan Prescott, MD, PhD – University of Western Australia
Speaker: David M. Fleischer, MD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Speaker: Robert Boyle, MD PhD – Imperial College London
Speaker: Carina Venter, PhD, RD – University of Colorado School of Medicine
Speaker: Marion Groetch, MS, RDN – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Clinical and Professional Nutrition
Chair: Emily E. Hohman, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Co-Chair: J. Philip Karl – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Speaker: Barbara C. Hansen, PhD – Univesity of South Florida
Speaker: Zahra Feizy – Texas Tech University
Speaker: Tahar Hajri – Hackensack University Medical Center
Speaker: Stefan M. Pasiakos – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Speaker: Carolina Nicoletti. Ferreira – Ribeirão Preto Medical School - University of São Paulo
Speaker: Jean-Francois Huneau – AgroParisTech
Speaker: Anna Surowska – University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
Chair: Regan L. Bailey – Purdue University
Co-Chair: Rosemary Schleicher – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Emanuela Pannia – University of Toronto
Speaker: Alejandra M. Wiedeman – University of British Columbia
Speaker: Tim Green, PhD
Speaker: Sahar Ajabshir – Florida International University
Speaker: Vadim Gladyshev, PhD – Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Xin Gen Lei – Cornell University
Speaker: Hans C. Winkler, DVM, PhD – Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich
Speaker: Nancy Presse – Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement
Speaker: Amanda E. Bries – Iowa State University
Vitamins and Minerals