Learnings and Challenges Developing the Largest Gut Microbiome Discovery Platform — From Bench to Commercial Application
June 30, 2021
Virtual, Event
Fungi in the Gut: An Overlooked Domain of the Human Microbiome
June 24, 2021
Virtual, Event
Join the IAFNS Gut Microbiome Committee and the nutrition science community for a dialogue with Dr. Joe F. Pierre of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center on his work elucidating the role of the gut mycobiome.
Read more about Fungi in the Gut: An Overlooked Domain of the Human Microbiome
2021 IAFNS Annual Meeting
June 16, 2021 – June 17, 2021
Virtual, Event
IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting – Advancing Science for Impact.
IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting Session 3
June 16, 2021
Virtual, Event
New Innovations in Food Allergy Testing and Patient Care.
Listening Session for PPP to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building
June 15, 2021
Virtual, Event
UMD-JIFSAN, IAFNS, and Structured Partnerships invite you to join us for a listening session as we look to establish a new Public-Private Partnership focused on Data Sharing to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building.
Read more about Listening Session for PPP to Improve Food Safety Capacity Building
- -Food supply and formulation decisions
- -Food for health promotion and disease management
- -New frontiers in food allergen management
- -Measurement of protein digestibility
- -Novel environmental controls for food safety - and more!
The IAFNS 2021 Annual Meeting will take place on June 16-17th, with an opening reception on June 15th.
ScheduleOpening Reception
Happy Hours
"Let's Talk!" Interviews
Discussion on COVID-19 and the Food Supply Chain
Connecting Food and Agriculture
Food Innovation:10 Year Futurecasting
Learn about new members of the IAFNS community
Science Symposium
Nutrition Keynote
Barbara Schneeman, PhD, University of California, Davis (formerly FDA)
Wednesday, June 16th, 11:30am-12:15pm ET
Food Safety Keynote
Mindy Brashears, PhD, Texas Tech University (formerly USDA)
Thursday, June 17th, 10:00-10:45am ET
What's on Our Plates? The Role of Food in Maintaining Health and Managing Disease
Wednesday, June 16th, 12:30-1:45pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsEnvironmental Controls for Food Safety: Managing Outside the Box
Wednesday, June 16th, 2:30-4:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsNew Innovations in Food Allergy Testing and Patient Care
Wednesday, June 16th, 4:30-6:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsLow- and No-Calorie Sweeteners: How Much is Too Much?
Thursday, June 17th, 11:30am-1:00pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsAvoiding Health Flip-Flops in a Changing Food Supply
Thursday, June 17th, 2:00-3:30pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsEstablishing in vitro Protein Digestibility as an Alternative to Animal Testing
Thursday, June 17th, 4:30-5:30pm ET
Session and Presenter DetailsQuestions? Email science@iafns.org
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Scientists estimate that food allergies affect at least 32 million Americans, including approximately 6 million children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that food allergies in children have increased by 50 percent between 1997 and 2011, with an even higher increase for peanut allergies. Recent years have seen significant advances in understanding of responses to food allergens such as the development of dose-response models that hold promise for developing more informative labels on food packaging. This session will highlight new research and innovations to enhance food allergen risk assessment and management. These include novel, safe methods for accurate diagnosis of food allergies and severity, and new initiatives for optimizing large-scale research trials and enhancing patient care.
The Current US Food Allergen Regulatory LandscapeStefano Luccioli, MD
Senior Medical Advisor, Office of Food Additive Safety, FDA CFSAN The FARE Clinical Network: Advancing New Treatments and Preventive Therapies for Food Allergy Patients
Bruce Roberts, PhD
Chief Research Strategy and Innovation Officer, Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) Opening the Allergy Black Box: The Path to Risk-Free Challenge Testing
Paul Kearney, PhD
Chief Scientific Officer, AllerGenis
Moderator:
Jason Hlywka, PhD
The Kraft Heinz Company
Continuing Education Hours: IAFNS is an approved Continuing Professional Education (CPE) provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.5 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEUs) for completion of this live session.
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Conducting a Systematic Review for a Global Audience: Challenges in Merging Nutrition and Toxicological Evidence for a Safety Assessment of Caffeine
April 22, 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Experimental Biology 2017
April 21, 2017 – April 25, 2017
Chicago, Illinois, USA
IAFNS supported various sessions at the 2017 Experimental Biology Conference.
Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting 2017 & Expo
March 12, 2017 – March 16, 2017
Baltimore, MD, USA
The Food and Chemical Safety Committee will be sponsoring multiple projects being presented at the SOT Annual Meeting.
Read more about Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting 2017 & Expo
Workshop: State of the Science on Alternatives to Animal Testing and Integration of Testing Strategies for Food Safety Assessments
February 28, 2017
College Park, MD, USA
- Harris Lieberman, US Army - Behavior - Video
- Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania - Behavior - Video (See Lieberman for pdf)
- Jennifer Peck, PhD University of Oklahoma - Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity - Video
- Daniele Wikoff on behalf of Jeffrey Goldberger, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine- Cardiovascular - Video
- Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University - Bone & Calcium - Video
- Milton Tenenbein, MD, University of Manitoba - Acute & Pharmacokinetics - Video
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Panel includes: 6 of the 7 Scientific Advisory Board members, Daniele Wikoff of ToxStrategies (Scientific Review Team), Alison Kretser of IAFNS (Oversight Committee) Overall Conclusions - presented by Daniele Wikoff
Full session playlist
See IAFNS's other sessions at Experimental Biology 2017:
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8:30AM - 12:30PM
Ballroom S100BC
Speakers: Dennis Keefe, FDA; Harris Lieberman, USARIEM; Esther Myers, EF Myers Consulting; Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania; Jennifer Peck, University of Oklahoma; Milton Tenenbein, University of Manitoba; Connie Weaver, Purdue University; Daniele Wikoff, ToxStrategies
Supported by the Caffeine Working Group
Session Info & Videos The Changing Brain: How Brain Plasticity, Exercise and Nutrition Affect Function and Cognition
Saturday, 22 April 2017
3:00PM - 5:00PM,
Ballroom S100BC
- Neurogensis and brain plasticity in the adult brain - Henriette van Praag, National Institute on Aging;
- The Relation of Exercise, fitness, & Adiposity to Cognitive and Brain Health - Charles Hillman, University of Illinois - Video
- Neuroinflammatory Processes in Cognitive Disorders - Sophie Laye, Universite Bordeaux - Video
- Exercise, Nutrition and Brain Funciton: What are the steps toward dietary and physical activity Recommendations? - Mary Ann Johnson, University of Georgia - Video
- Panel Discussion - Video
Sunday, 23 April 2017
8:30AM- 10:30AM
S105BCD
Speakers:
- Intro to Predictive Modeling: From Linear Regression Models to Mechanistic Mathematical Modeling - David Allison, University of Alabama at Birmingham - Video;
- Use of Predictive Modeling in the Design of Clinical Studies Kevin Hall, NIDDK - Video;
- Application of Predictive Modeling in Weight Loss Counseling - Corby Martin, Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Video;
- Application of Predictive Modeling in Personalized Nutrition - Ben van Ommen, TNO - Video;
- Utility of PRedictive Modeling for Public Health Obesity Policies - Emily Dhurandhar, Texas Tech University - Video;
- Summary and Wrap-Up - Diana Thomas, West Point - Video
Supported by the Protein Committee - Full session playlist
Tuesday, 25 April 2017
11:00AM - 12:30PM
S105AB
Speakers: Kara Livingston, Tufts University; Caleigh Sawicki, Tufts University
Supported by the Carbohydrate Committee Posters
Sources of dietary folate/folic acid in women of different races in the United States between 2009 and 2012: What is the role of fortified and enriched products?
Abstract Number: 6707
Poster Board Number C88
Presenter: Ray DeVirgiliis, George Washington University
Monday, 24 April
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Co-hosted by U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and the IAFNS Technical Committee on Food & Chemical Safety
This workshop will bring together scientists from government, academia and industry to discuss the advances in testing strategies to reduce animal testing and the need for the development of a standardized approach for use of these alternative methodologies in food safety assessment.
Workshop Proceedings:
State of the Science on Alternatives to Animal Testing and Integration of Testing Strategies for Food Safety Assessments
Read the Proceedings Registration ExpandThere is no fee to attend the workshop but, registration is required by Tuesday, February 21. Please register for the workshop using this link: Workshop Registration
Webcast RegistrationRegister for webcast here: webcast registration
Webcast participants can submit questions online during the event. These will be answered as time allows. Agenda Expand
8:30-8:40 am: Welcome Suzanne Fitzpatrick, FDA Mansi Krishan, IAFNS
8:40-8:55amIntroductory Remarks
Dennis Keefe, FDA
Heidi Bialk, IAFNS Member Scientist 8:55-9:35am
Integrated Testing Strategies in Food Safety
Alan Boobis, Imperial College London [30 mins + 10 mins Q & A] 9:35-10:15am
State of the Science on High Through-Put Screening (HTS): Food Safety Perspective
Nadine Bewry, FDA 10:30-11:10am
Case Studies to Describe the Limitations of Using HTS data in Food Safety Assessment
Rebecca Clewell, ScitoVation 11:10 -11:50am
Identify and Translate Learnings from On-Going Assay Validation Efforts into Standard HTS Testing Practices
Richard Judson, EPA 12:50- 1:30pm
Read Across Approaches: Chemical Structure and Bioactivity Profiling Applicable to Food Safety
Grace Patlewicz, EPA 1:30-2:10pm
FDA Perspective on Read Across Approaches
Tim Adams, FDA 2:10-2:50 pm
Organ on a Chip Technology
Daniel Levner, Emulate 3:05- 4:30pm
Panel Discussion Moderator: Suzanne Fitzpatrick, FDA Panelists:
All speakers, Thomas Hartung, Johns Hopkins University and Katya Tsaioun, Johns Hopkins University 4:30-4:40pm
Concluding Remarks
Suzanne Fitzpatrick
FDA Mansi Krishan, IAFNS Videos Expand
A video of the workshop can be found on the FDA YouTube channel
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There continues to be interest within the scientific community in what is a safe level of caffeine intake and if certain populations should have modified recommendations. Since the 2003 release of the highly cited and valued review by Nawrot et al., "Effects of caffeine on human health", there have been more than 5,000 articles on the effects of caffeine in humans published, highlighting the need for an update to this body of work.
The Systematic Review of the effects of caffeine on human health took into account the challenges of including nutrition and toxicological evidence. The health endpoints reviewed for caffeine are: acute toxicity, behavior, bone and calcium homeostasis, cardiovascular health, developmental and reproductive toxicity, and pharmacokinetics in three healthy populations. The session will present the lessons learned and will emphasize the efforts taken to ensure transparency and rigor that allow for the achievement of a high level of scientific quality. Specific areas of focus will include challenges with identifying and integrating caffeine intakes by level of adversity (e.g., physiological or clinical endpoints), and difficulties in applying standard risk of bias tools across outcomes and endpoints.
Although this session will focus on the Caffeine Systematic Review as a case study, the process, findings, and lessons are relevant to nutrition researchers and professionals who utilize systematic reviews.
Agenda & Videos Expand WelcomeAlison Kretser, MS, RD, IAFNS The Caffeine Landscape - framing the need for the Systematic Review
Dennis Keefe, PhD, FDA
Video Striving for the Gold Standard in the Systematic Review Process
Esther Myers, PhD, RDN, FAND, EF Myers Consulting
Video The Methodology and Challenges of the Caffeine Systematic Review
Daniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video Q&A
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Video
10:10 - 10:25 Break
General Results of the Systematic ReviewDaniele Wikoff, PhD, ToxStrategies
Video
Results of Specific Health Endpoints- Scientific Advisory Board Members
- Harris Lieberman, US Army - Behavior - Video
- Charles O'Brien, University of Pennsylvania - Behavior - Video (See Lieberman for pdf)
- Jennifer Peck, PhD University of Oklahoma - Reproductive & Developmental Toxicity - Video
- Daniele Wikoff on behalf of Jeffrey Goldberger, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine- Cardiovascular - Video
- Connie Weaver, PhD, Purdue University - Bone & Calcium - Video
- Milton Tenenbein, MD, University of Manitoba - Acute & Pharmacokinetics - Video
Moderated by Dennis Keefe, PhD
Panel includes: 6 of the 7 Scientific Advisory Board members, Daniele Wikoff of ToxStrategies (Scientific Review Team), Alison Kretser of IAFNS (Oversight Committee) Overall Conclusions - presented by Daniele Wikoff
Full session playlist
See IAFNS's other sessions at Experimental Biology 2017:
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