2023 Science Innovation Showcase
December 12, 2023 – December 14, 2023
Virtual, Event
This science-first and science-focused event brings together scientists from multiple sectors, at all stages of their careers from graduate students to professors, technical experts to CEOs.
IAFNS at Society for Risk Analysis
December 11, 2023
Washington, DC, United States
At this year’s Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting, IAFNS is giving a presentation on Dec. 11, 2023:
Credible Communications: Scientific Integrity, Transparency and Knowledge Mobilization
Myths and Realities of Artificial Intelligence: Setting the Record Straight
December 5, 2023
Virtual, Event
Myths and Realities of Artificial Intelligence: Setting the Record Straight
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Food Safety Extension Workshop — McGill University & IAFNS
November 28, 2023
Virtual, Event
Join us for a day-long workshop to cover a range of key food safety topics.
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Technical Workshop on Probabilistic Exposure Assessment
November 9, 2023
Washington, DC, United States
Despite significant advances in risk assessments of foods and ingredients, exposure assessments tend to rely on deterministic approaches utilizing very conservative inputs. This workshop will focus on probabilistic exposure assessments which move away from single-point, deterministic exposure inputs.
Read more about Technical Workshop on Probabilistic Exposure Assessment
- Federal Trade Commission
- Good Food Institute
- GS1 US
- Health Canada
- Science Communication
- US FDA
About the Showcase
Learn about the IAFNS Science Innovation Showcase - including what to expect with this virtual program.
Read MoreAgenda
Check out our Agenda and see our Invited Sessions and our Innovation Session speakers.
Read MoreSharing Science
Our Innovation Sessions highlight reseach on Food Safety and Nutrition.
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Read Executive Summary to learn more.
With an overarching theme of 'Science for the Future,' the focus for the 2023 Science Innovation Showcase included alternative protein sources and updates from regulatory officials. The showcase included invited sessions with public sector leadership - including FDA and Health Canada. Additionally, the Showcase included presentations from the next generation of scientists - graduate students and post-docs.
We are proud to have invited presentations from:
- Federal Trade Commission
- Good Food Institute
- GS1 US
- Health Canada
- Science Communication
- US FDA
About the Showcase
Learn about the IAFNS Science Innovation Showcase - including what to expect with this virtual program.
Read MoreAgenda
Check out our Agenda and see our Invited Sessions and our Innovation Session speakers.
Read MoreSharing Science
Our Innovation Sessions highlight reseach on Food Safety and Nutrition.
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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)
Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Conference
May 3, 2018 – May 5, 2018
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The CNS Annual Conference is a forum for the presentation of scientific research spanning basic, regulatory/policy, clinical and community nutrition research.
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Society of Toxicology (SOT) 57th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
March 11, 2018 – March 15, 2018
San Antonio, USA
IAFNS 2017 Summer Fellow, Jalissa Wynder will present the findings from her summer fellowship project as a poster presentation “Evaluating the Applicability of Read-Across Tools and High-Throughput Screening Data for Food Relevant Chemicals” as the upcoming SOT 2018 Annual Meeting.
Read more about Society of Toxicology (SOT) 57th Annual Meeting and ToxExpo
- 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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