ASN - NutritionHIDEME

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SYMPOSIA

Probiotics for Optimal Nutrition: From Efficacy to Guidelines
Chairs: Sharon M. Donovan and Gordon S. Howarth

GPEC Forum: Using Interdisciplinary Tools to Evaluate Nutritional Interventions
Organized by International Nutrition Council and the Graduate and Professional Education Committee
Chairs: Jere D. Haas and Grace S. Marquis

Metabolic Regulation by Amino Acids for Optimal Health
Chairs: Susan M. Hutson and Tracy G. Anthony

Adipose Dysfunction: Interaction of ROS and Inflammation
Chairs: Matthew J. Picklo, Sr., Kate J. Claycombe, and Mohsen Meydani

Emerging Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease: Beyond LDL Cholesterol
Chair: Keigan M. Park and Beth Rice

Food Insecurity and Health Across the Lifespan
Chairs: Mary Ann Johnson and Jung Sun Lee

Energy Balance: A New Paradigm
Chairs: John Milner and Maxime Buyckx

Controversies Regarding Reported Trends: Has the Obesity Epidemic Leveled Off in the United States?
Chairs: Youfa Wang and William H. Dietz

Expanding the Frontiers of Nutrition Research: New Questions, New Methods and New Approaches
Chairs: David Pelletier and Christine Porter

Monounsaturates: The Forgotten Fats
Chair: David Heber

Frontiers in Fiber Nutrition Research and Applications
Chairs: Shiu-Ming Kuo and Christine L. Pelkman

Fructose, Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Modern Scientific Findings and Health Implications
Chair: Penny Kris-Etherton

Real-World Nutritional Translation Blended with Food Science
Chairs: Mario Ferruzzi and Roger Clemens

Sustainable Food Systems: An Integrated Approach for a Healthy Population and a Healthy Planet
Organized by The Public Information Committee
Chairs: Nancy Auestad and Jeannie M. Gazzaniga-Moloo

Presidential Symposium featuring Jeffrey I. Gordon, 8th Danone International Prize for Nutrition Laureate
Chair: Sharon Donovan, ASN President

WORKSHOPS/SPECIAL SESSIONS/CAREER DEVELOPMENT (EDUCATION TRACK)

Clinical Nutrition Update 2012
Organized by Medical Nutrition Council
Chairs: Edward Saltzman, Connie W. Bales, and Mary Ann Johnson

Establishing and Evaluating Health Claims for Probiotics
Chairs: Sharon M. Donovan and Mary Ellen Sanders

Utilizing a Multi-level Team Approach: Lessons Learned from the Vitamin D DRI-Setting Activity
Chairs: Nancy Engelmann Moran and Victoria Vieira Potter

Zinc Nutrition: From Discovery to Global Health Impact
Organized by The history of Nutrition Committee
Chairs: Harold H. Sandstead and Ananda S. Prasad

Scientific Career Advancement for Early Stage Investigators
Organized by Young Professional Interest Group
Chair: Victoria Vieira Potter, PhD

A Nurturing Environment Produces Future Legends: Development of Career through Successful Mentor-Mentee
Relationships
Organized by Student Interest Group
Chair: Sheau Ching Chai

Medical Nutrition Council Clinical Emerging Leader Award Competition

Nutritional Sciences Council Graduate Student Research Award Competition

International Nutrition Council Kellogg International Student Prize Competition

Postdoctoral Research Award Competition endowed by Solae, LLC.

MINISYMPOSIA

Aging and Chronic Disease
Nutrition and Cognitive and Mental Health in Older Adults
Community Nutrition Programs and Policies for Older Adults
Nutrition Interventions for Risk Factor Modification in Chronic Disease
Nutritional Assessment and Status in Older Populations
Nutrition, Sarcopenia and Physical Performance in Older Adults
Correlates, Consequences and Treatment of Obesity in Older Adults
Osteoporosis and Bone Metabolism in Aging

Community and Public Health Nutrition
Diet, Food Security and Health Promotion in Diverse Communities
Community and Public Health Nutrition Interventions
Community and Public Health Nutrition
Behavioral Economics and Nutrition
The Role of the Food Industry in Community Nutrition Research
Social Equity and Nutrition
Food Safety and Community Food Interventions

CARIG
Carotenoids and Health
Molecular Mechanism of Action
Bioavailability and Metabolism
Eye and Brain Health

Diet and Cancer
Diet and Cancer – Molecular Targets
Diet and Cancer – Animal Studies
Diet and Cancer – Translational, Clinical and Survivorship
Diet and Cancer – Stem Cells
Diet and Cancer – Proteomic Technologies and the Detection of
Molecular Targets for Bioactive Food Components

Dietary Bioactive Components
Epidemiologic Associations between Dietary Bioactive Components and Health
Bioavailability, Metabolism and Biomarkers of Dietary Bioactive Components
Mechanisms of Action and Molecular Targets of Dietary Bioactive Components
Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components on Experimental Models of Chronic Disease Risk
Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components
Cardiovascular Effects of Dietary Bioactive Components
Systems Biology Approaches to Study Dietary Bioactive Components
Dietary Bioactive Components of Medicinal, Functional and Whole
Foods including Probiotics and Fermented Foods

Energy and Macronutrient Metabolism
Energy Balance, Macronutrients and Weight Management
Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome
Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism
Lipid and Fatty Acid Metabolism and Transport
Dietary Factors Affecting Lipid Metabolism
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Health
Metabolic Phenotyping, Metabolomics and Biomarkers
Carbohydrate Metabolism
Regulation of Food Intake

Experimental Animal Nutrition
Companion Animal Nutrition and Physiology
Animal Research Models for Macronutrient Metabolism
Animal Research Models for Nutrient Digestion and Absorption
Animal Research Models for Gut Development and Health
Animal Research Models Investigating Nutrition and Inflammation
Animal Research Models in Nutrition and Musculoskeletal Development

Lactation
Lactation: Biology of Milk Production and Secretion Milk Bioactive Compounds
Breastfeeding: Determinants of Initiation, Duration and Other Lactation Success Outcomes
Breastfeeding and Human Milk: Effects on the Recipient Infant and/or Lactating Mother

International Nutrition Council
International Nutrition

Medical Nutrition Council
Diet-Gene Interactions in the Etiology of Obesity and Weight-Related Comorbidities
Nutrition and the Microbiome
Interventions for the Treatment and Prevention of Nutrition-Related Diseases
Nutrition and Inflammation
Prenatal Nutrient Programming
Bioactive Nutrients – Building an Evidence Base for DRI

Nutrition Education
Aligning Nutrition Education Programs and Research to Promote Change
Preventing Childhood Obesity
Development of Evidence-Based Nutrition Education
Nutrition Education in Diverse Populations
Synergy between Nutrition Education and Industry Initiatives
Behavioral Science and Eating Behavior Change
Nutrition Intervention in Diabetes Care
Nutrition Education in “The Field”: Interventions Related to Farm and Garden Programs

Nutrient Gene Interactions
Epigenetics and Nutrition
Maternal Programming of Gene Expression
Nutrient Gene Interaction in Neurodegenerative/Neuromuscular Disease
Nutrient Gene Interactions
Nutrient-Sensing Mechanisms
DNA Methylation in Disease
Nutrient Gene Interaction: Animal Models of Human Disease
Obesity, Inflammation and Nutrigenomics3

Nutritional Epidemiology
Innovative Tools for Assessment of Diet, Physical Activity, and Related Behaviors
Longitudinal Analysis of Associations between Diet and Health Outcomes
Dietary Supplements as a Population Exposure in Relation to Causation, Prevention, and Management of Disease
Applications and Challenges of Public Use Data Sets for Secondary Data Analysis Nutrition Research
Assessment of Child and Adolescent Nutritional Status, Growth, and Obesity
Influences of Water and Beverage Consumption on Health Outcomes
Application of Novel Statistical Methods for Use in Nutritional Epidemiology
Global Health: Dietary Intakes and Health Outcomes in Diverse Populations

Nutrition Immunology
Nutritional Immunology
Immune Modulating Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods

Nutrition Translation
The Use of Consumer Research Insights to Guide Scientific Research
Nutrition Science Translation for Policy, Practice and Consumers
Understanding and Communicating Benefits/Risks of Natural-State Foods (e.g., minimally processed, natural, organic)
Nutrition and Sustainability
Food Related Behaviors – Critical for Food Policy
Nutrition Science Applied Through Food Science for Health
Clinical Support for Novel Food Ingredients
Translation of Nutrition Science to Public Health

Obesity
Redefine Obesity: Body Weight vs. Adiposity
Neuroscience of Food Intake and Obesity: Food Addiction?
Childhood Obesity: When Should We Intervene?
Metabolic Communication and Obesity: Adipokins
Obesity, Inflammation and Chronic Diseases: Modulation by Dietary Phytonutrients
Activity and Obesity: Sitting Disease – Obesity’s True Culprit
Nutrigenomics: Population, Racial/Ethnic Differences

Vitamins and Minerals
Iron, Copper and Chronic Disease
Vitamin D and Obesity: From Cellular to Clinical Trials
Fat Soluble Vitamins and Chronic Disease
Micronutrient Bioavailability
Antioxidant Micronutrients
Water Soluble Vitamins
B Vitamins and One-Carbon Metabolism
Micronutrient Interventions

SPECIAL EVENTS

Membership Reception and University Mixer
Graduate Student Breakfast
Awards Ceremony
Department Heads Breakfast
ASN Annual Business Meeting
Meet the Editors
Luncheon for Fellows and 50-Year Members