| Time |
Activity |
| 8:30 am |
Meeting check-in
Coffee/tea available |
| 9:00 am |
Meeting kickoff |
| 9:15 am |
Keynote presentation with Q&A
Ruth Barrientos, PhD, Behavioral Medicine – The Impact of Refined Diets on Brain Function and Cognition in Aging |
| 10:15 am |
Morning Flash Talk Series – Abstract Submissions Oral Presentations
This session will feature abstracts submitted by research staff and trainees
- Nana Boateng (Human Sciences) Lipidomic Profiling by UHPLC-HRMS to Elucidate the Association Between Cognitive Decline and Retinoid Metabolism
- Isabel Gugger (FST) Sweetness Enhancers from Honey
- Brook Johnston (IMBR) Mediterranean diet adherence and neural reward sensitivity in youth: linking diet and the brain
- Berenice Montano (FST) Do picky eaters perceive food differently?
- Xinru Pang (Human Sciences) Gut microbiome and fecal metabolome signatures underlying behavioral improvement in children with ADHD following micronutrient supplementation: A multi-omics analysis
- Hannah Sanders (Phys & Cell Biol) Voluntary exercise does not prevent high phosphate diet-induced mitochondrial dysfunction
- Sakura Sugiyama (FST) Extraction and physicochemical characterization of fiber from oat bran using enzymatic and alkaline methods
- Aaron Wiedemer (FST) Arugula grown with elevated environmental sulfur produces more glucosinolates and isothiocyanates
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| 11:30 am |
Lunch
Boxed lunches available
Join thematic lunch tables to network around FFH mission-driven topics |
| 12:00 pm |
Poster Viewing Session |
| 1:00 pm |
Afternoon Flash Talk Series – FFH Facilitated Research
This session will feature projects initiated by FFH through the seed grant program and other collaborations
- 1:05 – 1:15 pm: Jessica Cooperstone, PhD, Horticulture and Crop Science – An apple a day: developing a crop nutritional improvement strategy for America’s favorite fruit
- 1:15 – 1:25 pm: Emmanuel Hatzakis, PhD, Food Science and Technology – Enhancing the nutritional and processing potential of cereal fibers: Refining physicochemical properties and unravelling structure-function relationships to promote gut health
- 1:25 – 1:35 pm: Rachel Kopec, PhD, Human Nutrition – Smarter Lipidomics: AI Automation for Reproducible Results
- 1:35 – 1:45 pm: Tom Mace, PhD, Internal Medicine – Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition – A soy-tomato dietary intervention to reduce inflammation in chronic pancreatitis
- 1:45 – 1:55 pm: Maria Mihaylova, PhD, School of Biomedical Sciences Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology – Impact of Dietary Lipids on Lynch Syndrome Associated Colorectal Cancer
- 1:55 – 2:05 pm: Tonya Orchard, PhD, Human Nutrition – The MIND eating pattern and cognitive function after chemotherapy
- 2:05 – 2:15 pm: Devin Peterson, PhD, Food Science and Technology – Advancement of strawberries for indoor environments: Mapping chemical compositions, genetics, and growing conditions for premium flavor
- 2:15 – 2:25 pm: Lihua Ye, PhD, Neuroscience – Nutritional and microbial regulation of the gut-brain axis
- 2:25 – 2:40 pm: 15 minute Panel Q&A
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| 2:45 pm |
Keynote presentation with Q&A
Kyle Burger, PhD, MPH, RD, Monell Chemical Senses Center |
| 3:35 pm |
Awards and closing comments |
| 4:00 pm |
Meeting ends
Off site networking event – location TBD |