Agenda

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
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 TechnologyEnhancing 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 NutritionThe 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
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