Chair: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Nana Gletsu Miller, PhD
Speaker: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Regan Bailey, PhD, MPH, RD – Purdue University
Speaker: Stuart M. Phillips, PhD – McMaster University
Speaker: Jeffrey B. Blumberg, PhD – Tufts University
Preconference/Satellite
Chair: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaker: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaker: Rachel Carmody, PhD – Harvard University
Speaker: Lars Eckmann, MD – University of California, San Diego
Speaker: Jeremiah Faith, PhD – Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Speaker: Beth A. McCormick, PhD – University of Massachusetts Medical School
Speaker: Benjamin Wolfe, PhD – Tufts University
Preconference/Satellite
Speaker: Barbara Shukitt-Hale, Ph.D. – USDA
Speaker: Joseph R. Hibbeln, MD – NIH Intramural Research Program
Speaker: Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD – Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Andrew Mente, PhD – McMaster University
Speaker: Stephen Phinney, MD, PhD – Virta Health
Speaker: David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD – Boston Children's Hospital
Speaker: JoAnn E. Manson, MD, DrPH – Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Speaker: Brad Lowell, MD, PhD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clinical and Translational Nutrition
Speaker: Naomi K. Fukagawa, MD, PhD – USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Speaker: Gary K. Beauchamp, PhD – Monell Chemical Senses Center
Speaker: John E. Hayes, PhD – Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Christopher Simons, PhD – Ohio State University
Speaker: Jane Leland, PhD – Leland Global Enterprises LLC
Speaker: Debra Zellner, PhD – Montclair State University
Food Science and Systems
Speaker: Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Sanae E. Ferreira, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
Speaker: Shireen Flores, MS – University of Florida
Speaker: Viridiana Luna, B.S. – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Noereem Z. Mena, MS RDN LD – University of Rhode Island
Speaker: Ashley R. Mulcahy – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speaker: Masresha Anegago, PhD Fellow – Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI), Addis Ababa , Ethiopia and Wageningen University and Research (WUR), Wageningen, The Netherlands
Speaker: John Lombardo
Career/Professional Development
Speaker: Maxwell A. Barffour, PhD – University of California-Davis/ Missouri State University
Speaker: Patricia C. de Velasco – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ
Speaker: Buyun Liu – University of Iowa
Speaker: Anthony Martin, PhD – Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Speaker: Balaji Srinivasan – Cornell University
Speaker: Traci A. Bekelman, PhD, MPH – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Speaker: Nafisa M. Jadavji, PhD – Carleton University/University of Ottawa
Speaker: Huicui Meng – Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Speaker: Jane Naberhuis – USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Sandra G. Okala – King's College London
Speaker: Marko Rudar – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Andrew Green, PhD – UC Berkeley Career
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Nikki A. Ford, PhD – Hass Avocado Board
Co-Chair: Tia Rains, PhD – Egg Nutrition Center
Speaker: Jim Stringham, PhD – Duke University
Speaker: Elizabeth J. Johnson, Ph.D. – Tufts University
Speaker: Billy R. Hammond, PhD – University of Georgia
Preconference/Satellite
Speaker: Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD – North Carolina State University
Speaker: Vasanti Malik, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Preconference/Satellite
Speaker: Debra Behrens, Dr. Debra Behrens – UC Berkeley Career Center
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Ted Wilson – Winona State University
Co-Chair: Myron Gross, PhD – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Jeremy PR Spencer – University of Reading
Speaker: Sarah A. Johnson, PhD, RDN – Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University
Speaker: Sheila G. West, PhD
Chair: Gretchen L. George, PhD, RD – San Francisco State University
Co-Chair: Neile Edens, PhD – Common Threads
Speaker: Jacqueline A. Beatty, PhD, RD – The University of Rhode Island
Speaker: Priscila Nunes Costa
Speaker: Brittany J. Johnson, BNutrDiet, BHSc(Hons) – University of South Australia / Flinders University
Speaker: Carli A. Liguori, MS, RDN – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Speaker: Amara J. Channell Doig, MPH – George Mason University
Speaker: Leah Carrillo – University of Texas at San Antonio
Speaker: Cheryl A. Gibson, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
Nutrition Education and Behavioral Sciences
Chair: David B. Allison, PhD – Indiana University
Co-Chair: Dennis M. Bier, MD – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Peng Li, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: John A. Dawson, PhD – Texas Tech University
Speaker: Lehana Thabane, PhD – McMaster University
Speaker: David B. Allison, PhD – Indiana University
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Michelle Cardel, PhD, MS, RD, FTOS – University of Florida
Co-Chair: Kameron J. Moding, PhD – University of Colorado Denver
Speaker: Sanae E. Ferreira, PhD – Boston University School of Medicine
Speaker: David Tybor – Tufts University School of Medicine
Speaker: Ying Meng – University of Rochester
Speaker: Andrea Charvet – Florida International University
Speaker: Teresa A. Marshall – College of Dentistry, Universit of Iowa
Speaker: Alissa Smethers, MS, RD, LDN – Pennsylvania State University
Speaker: Muna J. Tahir, B.S. – The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Dania Orta-Aleman – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Obesity
Chair: David A. Sela, PhD – University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Speaker: Bethany M. Henrick, PhD – Evolve Biosystems
Speaker: Ezgi Özcan, MSc – University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speaker: Korin Albert, B.S. – University of Massachusetts Amherst
Speaker: Kirsten Berding – University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Speaker: J. Philip Karl – US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Speaker: Rupak Shivakoti – Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Speaker: Sheldon Rowan, PhD – Tufts University
Speaker: Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham, PhD – University of Utah
Nutritional Microbiology
Speaker: Lisa Freund, PhD – Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Speaker: MIchael K. Georgieff, MD – University of Minnesota
Speaker: Carol L. Cheatham, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Speaker: Steven H. Zeisel, MD, PhD – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cellular and Physiological Nutrition/Metabolism
Chair: John W. Finley, PhD – USDA ARS
Co-Chair: Daniel J. Raiten, PhD – NIH NICHD
Speaker: Lindsay M. Jaacks, PhD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Donald R. Ort, PhD – University of Illinois
Speaker: Christian J. Peters, PhD – Tufts University
Speaker: Ashley M. Aimone, PhD, RD – University of Toronto
Speaker: Zach Conrad, PhD, MPH – USDA, ARS
Food Science and Systems
Chair: Hisanori Kato, PhD – Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies (FANS)
Speaker: Yoshiharu Shimomura – Nagoya University Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences
Speaker: Kiyotaka Nakagawa, PhD – Tohoku University
Speaker: Nobuyo Tsuboyama-Kasaoka, PhD, RD – National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Chair: Niyati Parekh – New York University College of Global Public Health
Co-Chair: Maya Vadiveloo – Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Rhode Island
Speaker: Niyati Parekh – New York University College of Global Public Health
Speaker: Frank B. Hu, PhD MD – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Speaker: Carol Boushey, PhD, MPH, RD – University of Hawaii at Manoa
Speaker: J. Graham Thomas, PhD – Brown University School of Medicine & The Miriam Hospital
Chair: Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements
Speaker: Cindy Davis, PhD – Office of Dietary Supplements
Speaker: Susan N. Perkins, PhD – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Pamela Starke-Reed – Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Speaker: Charlotte Pratt – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: Stephen Onufrak – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Speaker: Ashley J. Vargas – National Institutes of Health
Speaker: James P. McClung, PhD – USARIEM
Career/Professional Development
Global and Public Health Nutrition
Chair: Elizabeth J. Johnson, Ph.D. – Tufts University
Co-Chair: Nancy Moran – Baylor College of Medicine
Speaker: Minkyung Bae – University of Connecticut
Speaker: Mi-Bo Kim – University of Connecticut
Speaker: Ji Ye Lim, MS, Ph.D – Tufts University
Speaker: Jin-Long Li, DVM – College of Veterinary Medicine, Northeast Agricultural University
Speaker: Qin Gao – Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Speaker: Veronica Lopez-Teros, DSc – Universidad de Sonora
Speaker: Alicia R. Jones – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carotenoids and Retinoids
Speaker: Fungai Chanetsa – National Institutes of Health
Career/Professional Development
Chair: Hannah Holscher – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Chair: Allison Webster – International Food Information Council
Speaker: Amanda L. Willig, PhD, RD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
Speaker: Ashley R. Mulcahy – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Speaker: Lauren N. Woodie, BS – Auburn University
Speaker: Monica Sanchez-Tapia, Msc. – UNAM/INCMNSZ
Speaker: Sharon V. Thompson, MS, RD – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Obesity
Chair: Deshanie Rai – Bayer HealthCare US
Co-Chair: Nick McCormick – Coca-Cola
Speaker: Morgan D. Strong – Oklahoma State University
Speaker: Shireen Flores, MS – University of Florida
Speaker: Amy Tan, BSc – University of British Columbia
Speaker: Li Zhang – Mississippi State University
Speaker: Marla J. Berry, PhD – University of Hawaii at Manoa
Speaker: Anita Subramanian, MS – The Pennsylvania State University
Vitamins and Minerals