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Workshop Agenda
Nutrigenomics and the Future of Nutrition
Food Forum Meeting
December 5, 2017
National Academy of Sciences Building
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Lecture Room
8:30 AM | Welcome and Food Forum Member Recognition Sylvia Rowe, M.A., Food Forum Chair |
8:40 AM | Setting the Stage: Introduction and Overview Patsy Brannon, Ph.D., R.D., Cornell University |
SESSION 1: | Nutrigenomics and Chronic Disease Endpoints Moderator: Naomi Fukagawa, M.D., Ph.D., U.S. Department of Agriculture |
9:00 AM | Genotypes and Disease Risk: What Do We Currently Know About Nutrition and Epigenetics? José Ordovás, Ph.D., Tufts University |
9:30 AM | Mitochondrial Genetics and Disease Risk: What Is the Current Evidence? Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Perelman Medical School |
10:00 AM | BREAK |
Personalized Nutrition in the Real World | |
10:15 AM | Personal, Dense, Dynamic Data Clouds and the Future of Personalized Nutrition Nathan Price, Ph.D., Institute for Systems Biology |
10:35 AM | Sickle Cell Disease: An Arginine Deficiency Syndrome with Distinctive Nutritional Requirements Claudia R. Morris, M.D., Emory University |
10:55 AM | Personalized Nutrition in the Real World: Where Do We Stand? David Alpers, M.D., Washington University (via WebEx) |
11:15 AM | Is Genetic Testing for Personalized Nutrition Ready for Prime Time? Ahmed El-Sohemy, Ph.D., University of Toronto; Nutrigenomix |
11:35 AM | Moderated Discussion |
12:05 PM | Food and Nutrition Board Member Recognition Bert Garza, M.D., Ph.D., Food and Nutrition Board Chair Ann Yaktine, Ph.D., R.D., Food and Nutrition Board Director |
12:15 PM | LUNCH |
SESSION 2: | Nutrigenomics Applications: Dietary Guidance and Food Product Development Moderator: Wendy Johnson, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., Nestlé |
1:15 PM | Nutrient Requirements as Complex Traits—What Consumers Will Need to Know Patrick Stover, Ph.D., Cornell University |
1:45 PM | Gene Guided Nutrition Interventions Steven Zeisel, M.D., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
2:15 PM | Moderated Discussion |
2:45 PM | BREAK |
SESSION 3: | Nutrigenomics: Regulatory, Ethical, and Science Policy Considerations Moderator: Patsy Brannon, Ph.D., R.D., Cornell University |
3:00 PM | Scientific Basis of Genetically Personalized Nutrition: Ethical Implications of Methodological Limitations Cecile Janssens, M.Sc., Ph.D., Emory University |
3:20 PM | Vetting Personalized and Genomically Guided Nutrition: Issues and Strategies Nicholas Schork, Ph.D., J. Craig Venter Institute; University of California, San Diego (via WebEx) |
3:40 PM | Regulatory Policy Considerations Presented by Nutrigenomics in the Commercial Context Sarah Roller, J.D., R.D., M.P.H., Kelley Drye & Warren, LLP |
4:00 PM | Moderated Discussion |
SESSION 4: | Rethinking the Relationship Between Diet and Health: Can Nutrigenomics Help?: A Panel Discussion Moderator: Patrick Stover, Ph.D., Cornell University |
4:30 PM |
Panelists:
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5:15 PM | ADJOURN |