Food Classification Workshop
May 16, 2023 – May 17, 2023
Washington, DC
Metascience 2023 Conference
May 9, 2023 – May 10, 2023
Washington, United States
The scientific community is making a conscious shift towards transparency in science and is seeking prescriptive ideas on how the research process can be improved. The Metascience 2023 Conference will bring together researchers and stakeholders to share ideas to make meaningful change to the practice of research and foster a culture of continuous experimentation and improvement.
Food for Health Workshop 2023 – Advancing Foods Systems Sustainability
May 4, 2023
Quebec, Canada
IAFNS is pleased to partner with the Canadian Nutrition Society and offer this pre-conference workshop.
The 2023 Food for Health Workshop, Advancing Foods Systems Sustainability, aims to provide an overview of the relevance and important of food systems, while considering diverse perspectives of multiple stakeholders (government, academics, industry, health care professionals, consumers) to consider the ideas that will help to advance the sustainability of food systems.
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Dietary Sweetness & Body Weight: What Do We Know and Where Do We Go From Here?
April 20, 2023
Virtual, Event
This webinar presents the outcomes of the evidence map and scoping review and a high-level overview of the development, methodology and validation of taste databases.
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Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange 2023
April 11, 2023
Washington , DC
IAFNS convened organizations with similar interests, research or positions to participate in an open dialogue during our annual stakeholder exchange.
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Past Events
IAFP 2018 Annual Meeting
July 8, 2018 – July 11, 2018
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
2018 International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting
IAFNS Research Design Challenge
June 9, 2018 – June 12, 2018
Boston, USA
Research Design Challenge Objective: Demonstrate proof of principle for novel research designs to integrate more safety measures in research with the primary purpose of testing efficacy of dietary bioactives.
IAFNS Mid-Year Science Program
June 26, 2018
Arlington, VA, USA
The IAFNS Mid-Year Meeting combines presentations on topics of current interest with reports on progress within the organization’s new and on-going programs.
ASN Nutrition 2018
June 9, 2018 – June 12, 2018
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
IAFNS supported several sessions at ASN’s NUTRITION 2018
ISSFAL 2018 Biennial Congress
May 27, 2018 – May 31, 2018
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
13th Congress of the International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)
- Lay of the Taste Land - Taste Evolution, Mechanisms, and Functions
Gary Beauchamp, PhD, Monell Chemical Senses Center - Non-Mechanistic Determinants of the Taste Experience: How Culture, Environment, and Habit Influence Taste
John Hayes, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University - Sensory Properties of Food and Implications for Food Choice
Chris Simons, PhD, Ohio State University - Improving the Nutritional Profile of Products While Maintaining Taste: Industry Perspective
Jane Leland, PhD, Consultant - Modifying Consumer Preference to Improve Dietary Choices
Debra Zellner, PhD, Montclair State University - What Do We Know About Taste and Food Choice?
Naomi Fukagawa, PhD, USDA ARS Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Saturday, June 9th, 2018. Supported by the Scientific Integrity Consortium. IAFNS is an active member of the Consortium.
- Session Chair
James House, PhD, University of Manitoba - Best Practices in Nutrition Science to Earn and Keep the Public's Trust
Patrick Stover, PhD, Texas A&M - Report from the Scientific Integrity Consortium: Principles & Best Practices
Catherine Woteki, PhD, Iowa State University - Using Risk of Bias Domains to Identify Opportunities for Improvement in Food- and Nutrition-related Research: An Evaluation of Research Type and Design, Year of Publication, and Source of Funding
Esther Myers, PhD, RD, FADA, EF Myers Consulting, Inc. This talk was supported by the IAFNS Assembly on Scientific Integrity.
Monday, June 11th, 2018. Supported by the IAFNS Dietary Lipids Committee.
- Overview: The Need for Guidelines and the Process
J. Thomas Brenna, PhD, University of Texas at Austin - Study Design and Interpretation
Melanie Plourde, PhD, Université de Sherbrooke - Laboratory Analysis and Reporting
Peter Jones, PhD, University of Manitoba
Tuesday, June 12th, 2018. Supported by the IAFNS Sodium Committee.
- Introduction and Session Overview
Moderator/Session Chair: Christine Taylor, PhD, FDA (retired) - Relationship of Sodium and Potassium to Chronic Disease: AHRQ Systematic Review
Janet de Jesus, MS, RD, HHS, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion - Developing Guidance for Inclusion of Chronic Disease Endpoints in DRIs: Implication for Sodium and Potassium
Marian Neuhouser, PhD, RD, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Overview of FDA Sodium Reduction Guidance
Christine Taylor, PhD, FDA (retired) - Progress in Sodium Reduction by the Food Industry
Joshua Anthony, PhD, MBA, The Campbell Soup Company
This symposium aims to highlight recent scientific discoveries addressing how availability of distinct nutrients, along with genetic differences in nutrient metabolism capacity, affect the elaborate cellular and molecular processes that take place during brain development, focusing on basic science and clinically-‐relevant scientific advances.
Symposium Chair:Christopher Lynch, PhD, NIH, Director, Office of Nutrition Research
Chief, Nutrition Research Branch
Speakers:
Development of the Brain During the First 1000 Days of Life:Lisa Freund, PhD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute Child Health and Human Development Iron: A Key Nutrient and a Paradigm of Nutrient-Brain Interactions:
Michael Georgieff, MD, University of Minnesota The Relation Between Maternal Genotype, Lipid Intake and Metabolism, and Infant and Toddler Cognitive Performance:
Carol Cheatham, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute The Impact of Maternal Choline Metabolism on Brain Development:
Steven Zeisel, MD, PhD, UNC Chapel Hill Nutrition Research Institute
More information about Nutrition 2018 is available here.
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