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Workshop Agenda
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR NUTRITION RESEARCH: POTENTIAL FOR ASSESSING MILITARY PERFORMANCE CAPABILITY
A Workshop Sponsored by
Committee on Military Nutrition Research Washington, D.C
Monday, May 22, 1995
I Welcomes and Introduction to the Topic |
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8:00 a.m.–8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions; Robert O. Nesheim; Chair, Committee on Military Nutrition Research |
8:15 a.m.–8:30 a.m. |
Welcome on Behalf of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command; COL Robert Gifford; USAMRMC, Fort Detrick, Maryland |
8:30 a.m.–8:50 a.m. |
Emerging Technologies in Nutrition Research for the Military: Overview of the Issues; James A. Vogel; USARIEM, Natick, Massachusetts |
(There will be 5 minutes for discussion available after each presentation.) |
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II BODY COMPOSITION |
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8:50 a.m.–9:20 a.m. |
Military Application of Body Composition Assessment Technologies; MAJ Karl E. Friedl; USAMRMC, Fort Detrick, Maryland |
9:20 a.m.–9:50 a.m. |
Imaging Techniques of Body Composition: Advantages of Measurement and New Uses; Steven B. Heymsfield; St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York |
9:50 a.m.–10:20 a.m. |
DXA: Research Issues and Equipment; Wendy M. Kohrt; Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri |
10:20 a.m.–10:35 a.m. |
Coffee Break |
10:35 a.m.–11:05 a.m. |
Bioelectrical Impedance: A History, Research Issues, and Recent Consensus; Wm. Cameron Chumlea; Wright State University School of Medicine, Yellow Springs, Ohio |
11:05 a.m.–11:35 a.m. |
General Discussion |
III ADVANCED TRACER TECHNIQUES AND METABOLISM |
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11:35 p.m.–12:05 p.m. |
Stable Isotope Techniques: The Broad Picture, What Can and Cannot Be Done; Dennis M. Bier; Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas |
12:05 p.m.–12:35 p.m. |
Energy Substrate Metabolism with Stable Isotope Tracers; Robert R. Wolfe; Shriners Burns Institute and University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston |
12:35 p.m.–1:20 p.m. |
No-Host Lunch |
1:20 p.m.–1:50 p.m. |
Combined Stable Isotope/Positron Emission Tomography for In Vivo Protein Metabolism Assessment; Vernon R. Young; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
1:50 p.m.–2:20 p.m. |
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Humans; Gerald I. Shulman; Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut |
2:20 p.m.–2:50 p.m. |
Doubly Labeled Water for Energy Expenditure; James P. DeLany; Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
2:50 p.m.–3:20 p.m. |
General Discussion |
3:20 p.m.–3:35 p.m. |
Break |
IV TECHNIQUES OF ENERGY EXPENDITURE AND RESPIRATORY EXCHANGE |
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3:35 p.m.–4:05 p.m. |
Measurement of O2 Uptake with Portable Equipment; John F. Patton, III; USARIEM, Natick, Massachusetts |
4:05 p.m.–4:35 p.m. |
Advances in Ambulatory Monitoring Technologies in the Military: Electronic Sensing; Reed W. Hoyt; USARIEM, Natick, Massachusetts |
4:35 p.m.–5:05 p.m. |
General Discussion |
5:05 p.m.–5:15 p.m. |
Concluding Remarks; Robert O. Nesheim |
Tuesday, May 23, 1995
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Opening Remarks; Robert O. Nesheim |
(There will be 5 minutes for discussion available after each presentation.) |
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V MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR APPROACHES IN NUTRITION |
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8:15 a.m.–8:45 a.m. |
Role of Metals in Gene Expression; Robert J. Cousins; Center for Nutritional Sciences University of Florida, Gainesville |
8:45 a.m.–9:15 a.m. |
Metabolic Regulation of Gene Expression; Howard C. Towle; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis |
9:15 a.m.–9:45 a.m. |
Use of Isolated Cell and Metabolic Techniques Applied to Vitamin Transport and Disposition; Donald B. McCormick; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia |
9:45 a.m.–10:15 a.m. |
Physiologic Stress: Cellular Approaches to Nutrition; Guy M. Miller; Galileo Laboratories, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, and The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland |
10:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. |
Break |
10:30 a.m.–11:00 a.m. |
Urine and Blood Cytokines; Lyle L. Moldawer; University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville |
11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m. |
Functional Evaluation of the Immune System in Humans; Gabriel Virella; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston |
11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
New Advances in the Study of Immune Functions: Mucosal Immunity; COL Arthur O. Anderson; USAMRIID, Fort Detrick, Maryland |
12:00 p.m.–12:30 p.m. |
General Discussion |
12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. |
No-Host Lunch |
1:15 p.m.–1:45 p.m. |
Non-Invasive and Other Techniques for Assessment of Plasma Metabolites; Donald Bodenner; University of Rochester, New York |
VI FUNCTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL MEASURES OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS |
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1:45 p.m.–2:15 p.m. |
Involuntary Muscle Contraction to Assess Nutritional Status; James S. Hayes; Ross Products Division, Abbott Laboratories, Cleveland, Ohio |
2:15 p.m.–2:45 p.m. |
Application of Cognitive Performance Assessment Technology to Military Nutrition Research; Mary Z. Mays; Eagle Creek Research Services, San Antonio, Texas |
2:45 p.m.–3:15 p.m. |
New Techniques for Laboratory Measurement of Alertness in Relation to Sleep and Circadian Rhythms; David F. Dinges; University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |
3:15 p.m.–3:45 p.m. |
New Techniques for Assessment of Mental Performance in the Field; Harris R. Lieberman; USARIEM, Natick, Massachusetts |
3:45 p.m.–4:15 p.m. |
Measurement of Soldier-Driving Performance and Emerging Simulator Technologies; Ginger S. Watson; Center for Computer-Aided Design, University of Iowa, Iowa City |
4:15 p.m.–5:15 p.m. |
Final Discussion |
5:15 p.m.–5:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks; Robert O. Nesheim |