Learnings and Challenges Developing the Largest Gut Microbiome Discovery Platform — From Bench to Commercial Application
June 30, 2021
Virtual, Event
Fungi in the Gut: An Overlooked Domain of the Human Microbiome
June 24, 2021
Virtual, Event
Join the IAFNS Gut Microbiome Committee and the nutrition science community for a dialogue with Dr. Joe F. Pierre of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center on his work elucidating the role of the gut mycobiome.
Read more about Fungi in the Gut: An Overlooked Domain of the Human Microbiome
2021 IAFNS Annual Meeting
June 16, 2021 – June 17, 2021
Virtual, Event
IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting – Advancing Science for Impact.
IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting Session 3
June 16, 2021
Virtual, Event
New Innovations in Food Allergy Testing and Patient Care.
Listening Session for PPP to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building
June 15, 2021
Virtual, Event
UMD-JIFSAN, IAFNS, and Structured Partnerships invite you to join us for a listening session as we look to establish a new Public-Private Partnership focused on Data Sharing to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building.
Read more about Listening Session for PPP to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building
- -Food supply and formulation decisions
- -Food for health promotion and disease management
- -New frontiers in food allergen management
- -Measurement of protein digestibility
- -Novel environmental controls for food safety - and more!
The IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting will take place on June 16-17th, with an opening reception on June 15th.
ScheduleOpening Reception
Happy Hours
"Let's Talk!" Interviews
Discussion on COVID-19 and the Food Supply Chain 
Connecting Food and Agriculture
Food Innovation:10 Year Futurecasting
Learn about new members of the IAFNS community
Science Symposium
Nutrition Keynote
Barbara Schneeman, PhD, University of California, Davis (formerly FDA)
Wednesday, June 16th, 11:30am-12:15pm ET
Food Safety Keynote
Mindy Brashears, PhD, Texas Tech University (formerly USDA)
Thursday, June 17th, 10:00-10:45am ET
What's on Our Plates? The Role of Food in Maintaining Health and Managing Disease
Wednesday, June 16th, 12:30-1:45pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsEnvironmental Controls for Food Safety: Managing Outside the Box
Wednesday, June 16th, 2:30-4:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsNew Innovations in Food Allergy Testing and Patient Care
Wednesday, June 16th, 4:30-6:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsLow- and No-Calorie Sweeteners: How Much is Too Much?
Thursday, June 17th, 11:30am-1:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsAvoiding Health Flip-Flops in a Changing Food Supply
Thursday, June 17th, 2:00-3:30pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsEstablishing in vitro Protein Digestibility as an Alternative to Animal Testing
Thursday, June 17th, 4:30-5:30pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsQuestions? Email science@iafns.org
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Scientists estimate that food allergies affect at least 32 million Americans, including approximately 6 million children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that food allergies in children have increased by 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, with an even higher increase for peanut allergies. Recent years have seen significant advances in understanding of responses to food allergens such as the development of dose-response models that hold promise for developing more informative labels on food packaging. This session will highlight new research and innovations to enhance food allergen risk assessment and management. These include novel, safe methods for accurate diagnosis of food allergies and severity, and new initiatives for optimizing large-scale research trials and enhancing patient care.
The Current US Food Allergen Regulatory LandscapeStefano Luccioli, MD
Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, FDA CFSAN The FARE Clinical Network: Advancing New Treatments and Preventive Therapies for Food Allergy Patients
Bruce Roberts, PhD
Chief Research Strategy and Innovation Officer, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Opening the Allergy Black Box: The Path to Risk-Free Challenge Testing
Paul Kearney, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, AllerGenis
Moderator:
Jason Hlywka, PhD
The Kraft Heinz Company
Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is an approved Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.5 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEUs) for completion of this live session.
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FNCE 2022
October 8, 2022 – October 11, 2022
Orlando, Florida
IAFNS science will be presented at two sessions at FNCE 2022! Each fall, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics sponsors the world’s largest meeting of food, nutrition and dietetics experts to address key issues affecting the health of individuals and communities throughout the country and around the world.
Expert working session with AOCS on validating a standardized in-vitro method of amino acid digestibility.
October 6, 2022
Chicago, IL, USA
Working session led by University of Manitoba, with AOCS and analytic experts on validating a standardized in-vitro method of amino acid digestibility
Knowledge Mobilization, Scientific Integrity and Transparency
October 5, 2022
Virtual, Event
IAFNS joined the SOT SCCT-ELFSI Webinar Series (Society of Toxicology Sustainable Chemicals through Contemporary Toxicology and Ethical, Legal, Forensics and Societal Issues Specialty Sections) to discuss knowledge mobilization and scientific integrity.
Read more about Knowledge Mobilization, Scientific Integrity and Transparency
Invitation-Only Dialogue: Exploring Evidence on Meal Timing and Weight
September 30, 2022
Virtual, Event
Join us for a dialogue on What is the relationship between timing of eating occasions and body composition, risk of overweight and obesity, and weight loss and maintenance?
Read more about Invitation-Only Dialogue: Exploring Evidence on Meal Timing and Weight
Best Practices in Funding of Food and Nutrition Research
September 29, 2022
Virtual, Event
In a virtual lunch and learn session, IAFNS reviewed Best Practices in Funding of Food and Nutrition Research with global scientists.
Read more about Best Practices in Funding of Food and Nutrition Research
- Philip Karl, PhD, RD, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine - Moderator
- Levi Tiegen, PhD, RD, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Diane E. Hoffman, JD, MS, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, Mayo Clinic
Performance Indicators:
- 6.2.3 Interprets data to make recommendations and to inform decisions
- 10.2 Implements the nutrition care process to ensure individual health goals are established
- 8.1.2 Applies knowledge of food and nutrition as well as the biological, physical and social sciences in practice
This session is supported by the IAFNS Gut Microbiome Committee.
Flavanols and Cardiometabolic Health: Examining the First Ever Dietary Bioactive Guideline ExpandOctober 11, 2022, 8:30 - 9:30 am ET
Years of discussion among the dietetics community paired with a plethora of data from peer-reviewed human studies have culminated in the first ever dietary recommendation for a bioactive compound. In this session, members of the Academy-appointed Expert Panel will present the guideline recommendation for flavan-3-ols and cardiometabolic health, including an overview of the flavan-3-ols (a type of flavonoid), the supporting evidence for improved cardiometabolic health, and the importance of a food-based approach to intake. Translating this into practice requires a discussion of not only health equity but also barriers and facilitators to guideline adoption. As such, this session will highlight key considerations and strategies for successful implementation. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how they can implement this guideline to optimize cardiometabolic health and conduct future studies to fill critical research gaps.
Panel:
Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RDN, The University of Alabama - ModeratorKim Stote, PhD, MPH, RDN, State University of New York, Empire State College
Taylor Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, Think Healthy Group / George Mason University
Performance Indicators:
- 8.1.2 Integrates knowledge of biological, physical, and social sciences with knowledge of food and nutrition to make decisions related
to nutrition care - 8.2.4 Integrates new knowledge of disease states and clinical conditions into practice.
- 6.2.3 Analyzes and interprets data to form valid conclusions and to make recommendations.
This session is supported by the IAFNS Bioactives Committee.
Learn more about FNCE 2022 here.
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IAFNS science will be presented at two sessions at FNCE 2022:
Are We Ready? Dietary Recommendations Based on Direct-to-Consumer Gut Microbiome Tests ExpandOctober 10, 2022, 1:30 - 3:00pm ET
Join IAFNS, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Research Dietetic Practice Group (RDPG), and the American Society for Nutrition Microbiology Research Interest Section (RIS) for this session at the annual meeting of nutrition professionals.
Achieving health goals is dependent upon the provision of evidence-based dietary recommendations. As the popularity of direct-to-consumer gut microbiome tests expands, it is important to understand the predictive value of these tests and promise for improving health of the users. Speakers in this session will provide a review of the state-of-the-science related to gut microbiome research, its promise for producing individualized dietary recommendations, and outline what yet needs to be known. By sharing researcher, clinical, and nutrition practitioner perspectives, this session will bring clarity to the current translatability of gut microbiome science and value of direct-to-consumer gut microbiome tests for supporting health, as well as the future promise of gut microbiome science and related consumer-directed tools.
Panel:
- Philip Karl, PhD, RD, US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine - Moderator
- Levi Tiegen, PhD, RD, University of Minnesota Medical School
- Diane E. Hoffman, JD, MS, University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Purna C. Kashyap, MBBS, Mayo Clinic
Performance Indicators:
- 6.2.3 Interprets data to make recommendations and to inform decisions
- 10.2 Implements the nutrition care process to ensure individual health goals are established
- 8.1.2 Applies knowledge of food and nutrition as well as the biological, physical and social sciences in practice
This session is supported by the IAFNS Gut Microbiome Committee.
Flavanols and Cardiometabolic Health: Examining the First Ever Dietary Bioactive Guideline ExpandOctober 11, 2022, 8:30 - 9:30 am ET
Years of discussion among the dietetics community paired with a plethora of data from peer-reviewed human studies have culminated in the first ever dietary recommendation for a bioactive compound. In this session, members of the Academy-appointed Expert Panel will present the guideline recommendation for flavan-3-ols and cardiometabolic health, including an overview of the flavan-3-ols (a type of flavonoid), the supporting evidence for improved cardiometabolic health, and the importance of a food-based approach to intake. Translating this into practice requires a discussion of not only health equity but also barriers and facilitators to guideline adoption. As such, this session will highlight key considerations and strategies for successful implementation. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how they can implement this guideline to optimize cardiometabolic health and conduct future studies to fill critical research gaps.
Panel:
Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RDN, The University of Alabama - ModeratorKim Stote, PhD, MPH, RDN, State University of New York, Empire State College
Taylor Wallace, PhD, CFS, FACN, Think Healthy Group / George Mason University
Performance Indicators:
- 8.1.2 Integrates knowledge of biological, physical, and social sciences with knowledge of food and nutrition to make decisions related
to nutrition care - 8.2.4 Integrates new knowledge of disease states and clinical conditions into practice.
- 6.2.3 Analyzes and interprets data to form valid conclusions and to make recommendations.
This session is supported by the IAFNS Bioactives Committee.
Learn more about FNCE 2022 here.
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