Upcoming Events
IAFNS Food Microbiology Research Roundtable
September 11, 2024
Washington, DC, United States
American Association of Family Physicians – FMX 2024
September 24, 2024 – September 28, 2024
Phoenix, AZ
IAFNS-supported researchers will make a presentation before family physicians entitled: ‘Live Dietary Microbes: Evidence That Intake Supports Health.’
Read more about American Association of Family Physicians – FMX 2024
Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange — Invitation-Only
October 15, 2024
Washington, DC
IAFNS will host an invitation-only Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange.
Read more about Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange — Invitation-Only
Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease
November 19, 2024
Virtual, Event
Join IAFNS as we learn about the latest research in this area underway at the Weizmann Institute, under the direction of Dr. Eran Elinav.
Read more about Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease
Winter IAFNS Board of Trustees Meeting
January 14, 2025 – January 15, 2025
Washington, DC, United States
IAFNS will host its Winter Board of Trustees Meeting at the IAFNS offices in Washington D.C. on January 14-15.
WP_Query Object ( [query] => Array ( [post_type] => event [posts_per_page] => 5 [type] => [area] => [before] => [after] => [tags] => [showtitle] => false [meta_query] => Array ( [relation] => AND [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => >= ) ) [maxyears] => 0 [paged] => 3 [meta_key] => _ilsi_date [orderby] => meta_value [order] => ASC ) [query_vars] => Array ( [post_type] => event [posts_per_page] => 5 [type] => [area] => [before] => [after] => [tags] => [showtitle] => false [meta_query] => Array ( [relation] => AND [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => >= ) ) [maxyears] => 0 [paged] => 3 [meta_key] => _ilsi_date [orderby] => meta_value [order] => ASC [error] => [m] => [p] => 0 [post_parent] => [subpost] => [subpost_id] => [attachment] => [attachment_id] => 0 [name] => [pagename] => [page_id] => 0 [second] => [minute] => [hour] => [day] => 0 [monthnum] => 0 [year] => 0 [w] => 0 [category_name] => [tag] => [cat] => [tag_id] => [author] => [author_name] => [feed] => [tb] => [meta_value] => [preview] => [s] => [sentence] => [title] => [fields] => [menu_order] => => [category__in] => Array ( ) [category__not_in] => Array ( ) [category__and] => Array ( ) [post__in] => Array ( ) [post__not_in] => Array ( ) [post_name__in] => Array ( ) [tag__in] => Array ( ) [tag__not_in] => Array ( ) [tag__and] => Array ( ) [tag_slug__in] => Array ( ) [tag_slug__and] => Array ( ) [post_parent__in] => Array ( ) [post_parent__not_in] => Array ( ) [author__in] => Array ( ) [author__not_in] => Array ( ) [search_columns] => Array ( ) [ignore_sticky_posts] => [suppress_filters] => [cache_results] => 1 [update_post_term_cache] => 1 [update_menu_item_cache] => [lazy_load_term_meta] => 1 [update_post_meta_cache] => 1 [nopaging] => [comments_per_page] => 50 [no_found_rows] => ) [tax_query] => WP_Tax_Query Object ( [queries] => Array ( ) [relation] => AND [table_aliases:protected] => Array ( ) [queried_terms] => Array ( ) [primary_table] => wp_posts [primary_id_column] => ID ) [meta_query] => WP_Meta_Query Object ( [queries] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date ) [1] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => >= ) [relation] => OR ) [relation] => AND ) [relation] => AND [meta_table] => wp_postmeta [meta_id_column] => post_id [primary_table] => wp_posts [primary_id_column] => ID [table_aliases:protected] => Array ( [0] => wp_postmeta [1] => mt1 ) [clauses:protected] => Array ( [wp_postmeta] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [compare] => = [compare_key] => = [alias] => wp_postmeta [cast] => CHAR ) [mt1] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => >= [compare_key] => = [alias] => mt1 [cast] => CHAR ) ) [has_or_relation:protected] => ) [date_query] => [request] => SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID FROM wp_posts INNER JOIN wp_postmeta ON ( wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id ) INNER JOIN wp_postmeta AS mt1 ON ( wp_posts.ID = mt1.post_id ) WHERE 1=1 AND ( wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_ilsi_date' AND ( ( mt1.meta_key = '_ilsi_date' AND mt1.meta_value >= '2024-05-21' ) ) ) AND ((wp_posts.post_type = 'event' AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'acf-disabled'))) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_postmeta.meta_value ASC LIMIT 10, 5 [posts] => Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 34960 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-05-06 10:08:31 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-05-06 14:08:31 [post_content] => [post_title] => IAFNS Food Microbiology Research Roundtable [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => food-microbiology-research-roundtable [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-05-06 10:36:28 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-05-06 14:36:28 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=34960 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 33742 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-01-16 15:34:07 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-01-16 20:34:07 [post_content] => [post_title] => American Association of Family Physicians – FMX 2024 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => american-association-of-family-physicians-fmx-2024 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-03-15 14:45:38 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 18:45:38 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=33742 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 34000 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-02-12 11:51:50 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-02-12 16:51:50 [post_content] => [post_title] => Low- and No-Calorie Sweeteners Stakeholder Exchange -- Invitation-Only [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => low-and-no-calorie-sweeteners-stakeholder-exchange-invitation-only [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-05-09 13:37:09 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-05-09 17:37:09 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=34000 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 33961 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-02-06 10:30:03 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-02-06 15:30:03 [post_content] => [post_title] => Host-Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => host-microbiome-interactions-in-health-and-disease [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-03-11 15:49:34 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-11 19:49:34 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=33961 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [4] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 35028 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-05-20 09:16:33 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-05-20 13:16:33 [post_content] => [post_title] => Winter IAFNS Board of Trustees Meeting [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => winter-iafns-board-of-trustees-meeting [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-05-20 09:16:33 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-05-20 13:16:33 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=35028 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 5 [current_post] => -1 [before_loop] => [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 34960 [post_author] => 291 [post_date] => 2024-05-06 10:08:31 [post_date_gmt] => 2024-05-06 14:08:31 [post_content] => [post_title] => IAFNS Food Microbiology Research Roundtable [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => food-microbiology-research-roundtable [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2024-05-06 10:36:28 [post_modified_gmt] => 2024-05-06 14:36:28 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafns.org/?post_type=event&p=34960 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [comment_count] => 0 [current_comment] => -1 [found_posts] => 15 [max_num_pages] => 3 [max_num_comment_pages] => 0 [is_single] => [is_preview] => [is_page] => [is_archive] => [is_date] => [is_year] => [is_month] => [is_day] => [is_time] => [is_author] => [is_category] => [is_tag] => [is_tax] => [is_search] => [is_feed] => [is_comment_feed] => [is_trackback] => [is_home] => 1 [is_privacy_policy] => [is_404] => [is_embed] => [is_paged] => 1 [is_admin] => [is_attachment] => [is_singular] => [is_robots] => [is_favicon] => [is_posts_page] => [is_post_type_archive] => [query_vars_hash:WP_Query:private] => 97c1fe16c834122b87dfacd1c1580768 [query_vars_changed:WP_Query:private] => [thumbnails_cached] => [allow_query_attachment_by_filename:protected] => [stopwords:WP_Query:private] => [compat_fields:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => query_vars_hash [1] => query_vars_changed ) [compat_methods:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => init_query_flags [1] => parse_tax_query ) )
Past Events
Physical Activity & Health: New Knowledge in Research & Technologies
October 18, 2017
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This session explored the latest research on health benefits of physical activity and focus on new and innovative technologies that both promote physical activity and provide better methods for collection and analysis of physical activity and dietary intake data. Two case studies were presented and the session also examined the application of combination approaches and technologies for individualized physical activity and food intake measures for better adherence to public health recommendations and to promote personalized interventions.
Read more about Physical Activity & Health: New Knowledge in Research & Technologies
Microbiome in Food Safety, Food Quality and Human Health
September 28, 2017
Chicago, IL, USA
This symposium will allow academic and industry practitioners to discuss the current understanding of food and gut microbiomes and their interconnectedness.
Read more about Microbiome in Food Safety, Food Quality and Human Health
EuroTox 2017
September 10, 2017 – September 13, 2017
Bratislava, Slovakia
2016 Summer Fellow, Agnes Karmaus, will present her work on the evaluation of food-use chemicals in ToxCast.
WC10
August 20, 2017 – August 24, 2017
Seattle, WA, USA
2016 Summer Fellow, Alex Turley received an award to present her work on food relevant chemicals in ToxCast at WC10.
2017 FNSP Mid-Year Meeting
July 18, 2017
Arlington, Virgina, 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.
WP_Query Object ( [query] => Array ( [post_type] => event [posts_per_page] => 5 [type] => [area] => [before] => 2024-05-21 [after] => [tags] => [showtitle] => [meta_query] => Array ( [relation] => AND [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => <= ) ) [maxyears] => 0 [paged] => 40 [meta_key] => _ilsi_date [orderby] => meta_value [order] => DESC ) [query_vars] => Array ( [post_type] => event [posts_per_page] => 5 [type] => [area] => [before] => 2024-05-21 [after] => [tags] => [showtitle] => [meta_query] => Array ( [relation] => AND [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => <= ) ) [maxyears] => 0 [paged] => 40 [meta_key] => _ilsi_date [orderby] => meta_value [order] => DESC [error] => [m] => [p] => 0 [post_parent] => [subpost] => [subpost_id] => [attachment] => [attachment_id] => 0 [name] => [pagename] => [page_id] => 0 [second] => [minute] => [hour] => [day] => 0 [monthnum] => 0 [year] => 0 [w] => 0 [category_name] => [tag] => [cat] => [tag_id] => [author] => [author_name] => [feed] => [tb] => [meta_value] => [preview] => [s] => [sentence] => [title] => [fields] => [menu_order] => => [category__in] => Array ( ) [category__not_in] => Array ( ) [category__and] => Array ( ) [post__in] => Array ( ) [post__not_in] => Array ( ) [post_name__in] => Array ( ) [tag__in] => Array ( ) [tag__not_in] => Array ( ) [tag__and] => Array ( ) [tag_slug__in] => Array ( ) [tag_slug__and] => Array ( ) [post_parent__in] => Array ( ) [post_parent__not_in] => Array ( ) [author__in] => Array ( ) [author__not_in] => Array ( ) [search_columns] => Array ( ) [ignore_sticky_posts] => [suppress_filters] => [cache_results] => 1 [update_post_term_cache] => 1 [update_menu_item_cache] => [lazy_load_term_meta] => 1 [update_post_meta_cache] => 1 [nopaging] => [comments_per_page] => 50 [no_found_rows] => ) [tax_query] => WP_Tax_Query Object ( [queries] => Array ( ) [relation] => AND [table_aliases:protected] => Array ( ) [queried_terms] => Array ( ) [primary_table] => wp_posts [primary_id_column] => ID ) [meta_query] => WP_Meta_Query Object ( [queries] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date ) [1] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => <= ) [relation] => OR ) [relation] => AND ) [relation] => AND [meta_table] => wp_postmeta [meta_id_column] => post_id [primary_table] => wp_posts [primary_id_column] => ID [table_aliases:protected] => Array ( [0] => wp_postmeta [1] => mt1 ) [clauses:protected] => Array ( [wp_postmeta] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [compare] => = [compare_key] => = [alias] => wp_postmeta [cast] => CHAR ) [mt1] => Array ( [key] => _ilsi_date [value] => 2024-05-21 [compare] => <= [compare_key] => = [alias] => mt1 [cast] => CHAR ) ) [has_or_relation:protected] => ) [date_query] => [request] => SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS wp_posts.ID FROM wp_posts INNER JOIN wp_postmeta ON ( wp_posts.ID = wp_postmeta.post_id ) INNER JOIN wp_postmeta AS mt1 ON ( wp_posts.ID = mt1.post_id ) WHERE 1=1 AND ( wp_postmeta.meta_key = '_ilsi_date' AND ( ( mt1.meta_key = '_ilsi_date' AND mt1.meta_value <= '2024-05-21' ) ) ) AND ((wp_posts.post_type = 'event' AND (wp_posts.post_status = 'publish' OR wp_posts.post_status = 'acf-disabled'))) GROUP BY wp_posts.ID ORDER BY wp_postmeta.meta_value DESC LIMIT 195, 5 [posts] => Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 3105 [post_author] => 2 [post_date] => 2017-11-08 18:34:13 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-11-08 18:34:13 [post_content] => [post_title] => Physical Activity & Health: New Knowledge in Research & Technologies [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => physical-activity-health-new-knowledge-in-research-technologies [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-11-09 13:04:25 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-11-09 13:04:25 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=3105 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 2703 [post_author] => 343 [post_date] => 2017-09-20 16:08:27 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-09-20 16:08:27 [post_content] => [post_title] => Microbiome in Food Safety, Food Quality and Human Health [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => microbiome-in-food-safety-food-quality-and-human-health [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-02-12 16:34:13 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-02-12 16:34:13 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=2703 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 2683 [post_author] => 343 [post_date] => 2017-09-01 19:27:52 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-09-01 19:27:52 [post_content] => [post_title] => EuroTox 2017 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => eurotox-2017 [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-09-14 17:42:55 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-09-14 17:42:55 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=2683 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 2672 [post_author] => 343 [post_date] => 2017-08-14 16:53:01 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-08-14 16:53:01 [post_content] => [post_title] => WC10 [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => 10th-world-congress-on-alternatives-and-animal-use-in-the-life-sciences [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-08-14 17:06:05 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-08-14 17:06:05 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=2672 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [4] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 2385 [post_author] => 343 [post_date] => 2017-03-24 14:20:42 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-03-24 14:20:42 [post_content] =>The IAFNS Food, Nutrition and Safety Program (FNSP) mid-year meeting combines presentations on topics of current interest with reports on progress within the organization's new and on-going programs. Explore the topics below by accessing the presentation videos.
Food Fraud Circadian Rhythm Systems Science Foodborne Illness Open Data Metabolomics Food Fraud Food Fraud: A Focus on Prevention
Roy Fenoff, PhD, The Citadel Circadian Rhythm Circadian Rhythm in Health and Disease
Satchin Panda, PhD, Salk Institute Systems Science Systems Science: The Next Frontier in Food, Nutrition and Health
Bruce Lee, MD, MBA Johns Hopkins University Foodborne Illness Estimating Outbreak-Based Foodborne Illness Source Attribution for Four Priority Pathogens
Michael Batz, US FDAOpen Data Open Data Sets, Transparency and Challenges for the Future
Jennifer Freeman Smith, PhD, Center for Open Science Metabolomics Metabolomics for Food Composition and Food Biomarker Analysis
David Wishart, PhD, University of Alberta Case Examples of Metabolomics Use in Dietary & Nutrition Studies
Susan Sumner, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill [post_title] => 2017 FNSP Mid-Year Meeting [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => 2017-fnsp-mid-year-meeting [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-03-24 12:39:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-03-24 12:39:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=2385 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) ) [post_count] => 5 [current_post] => -1 [before_loop] => [in_the_loop] => [post] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 3105 [post_author] => 2 [post_date] => 2017-11-08 18:34:13 [post_date_gmt] => 2017-11-08 18:34:13 [post_content] => [post_title] => Physical Activity & Health: New Knowledge in Research & Technologies [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => physical-activity-health-new-knowledge-in-research-technologies [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2017-11-09 13:04:25 [post_modified_gmt] => 2017-11-09 13:04:25 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://iafnsconnect.wpengine.com/?post_type=event&p=3105 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => event [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [comment_count] => 0 [current_comment] => -1 [found_posts] => 298 [max_num_pages] => 60 [max_num_comment_pages] => 0 [is_single] => [is_preview] => [is_page] => [is_archive] => [is_date] => [is_year] => [is_month] => [is_day] => [is_time] => [is_author] => [is_category] => [is_tag] => [is_tax] => [is_search] => [is_feed] => [is_comment_feed] => [is_trackback] => [is_home] => 1 [is_privacy_policy] => [is_404] => [is_embed] => [is_paged] => 1 [is_admin] => [is_attachment] => [is_singular] => [is_robots] => [is_favicon] => [is_posts_page] => [is_post_type_archive] => [query_vars_hash:WP_Query:private] => 00ea104e0645fde7dfa3f429bb4be03b [query_vars_changed:WP_Query:private] => [thumbnails_cached] => [allow_query_attachment_by_filename:protected] => [stopwords:WP_Query:private] => [compat_fields:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => query_vars_hash [1] => query_vars_changed ) [compat_methods:WP_Query:private] => Array ( [0] => init_query_flags [1] => parse_tax_query ) )