Welcome to the ILSI 2009 Annual Meeting Page
PDF versions of presentations from the Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions are available here.
Branch Staff Meeting Presentations
16 January 2009
Each year in conjunction with Annual Meeting, ILSI organizes a branch staff meeting. It is designed to foster an exchange of ideas among staff on administrative and programmatic issues important to the organization as a whole. The presentations from this meeting are available here.
ILSI Code of Ethics/Standards of Conduct
ILSI Communications
Discussion on Biotechnology
Discussions on Functional Foods
Discussion on Obesity
Special Presentation by John Ruff
Assembly of Members, Sunday 18 January 2009
30 Years of Making A Difference
Alan Boobis, Imperial College London
30 More Years of Making A Difference: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Catherine Woteki, Mars, Inc.
OPEN DISCUSSIONS
Water Quality, Sunday, 18 January 2009
Project SWAN: Safe Water and Nutrition
Takashi Togami, ILSI Japan Center for Health Promotion
Open Discussion on Water
DH Pai Panandiker, ILSI-India
Nanotechnology, Wednesday, 21 Janaury 2009
Open Discussion: Nanotechnology
Eric Hentges, ILSI North America
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Monday, 19 January 2009
Use of Epidemiology in Making Recommendations Concerning Food Safety and Nutrition
Organized by ILSI North America
Chair: Catherine Field, University of Alberta
Vice Chair: Joseph Scimeca, PhD, Cargill
Overview: Epidemiology in Food Safety and Nutrition
Craig Hedberg, PhD
University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Dietary Recommendations Based on Epidemiological Data
Janet King, PhD
Children’s Hospital Oakland Research and University of California at Berkeley and Davis
Use of Epidemiology in Microbial Food Safety
Ian Williams, PhD, MS
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Using Epidemiology to Make Recommendations: Challenges and Opportunities
(slides for this presentation are not available)
Douglas Weed, MD, MPH, PhD
DLW Consulting Services, LLC
The NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative
Organized by ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
Introduction: Dennis Devlin, PhD, ExxonMobil Biomedical Sciences
Moderator: Jay Goodman, PhD, Michigan State University
NIH Genes, Environment and Health Initiative
Sally Tinkle, PhD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The Pros and Cons of Public Genome Wide Association Studies for Novel Target Discovery
Albert Seymour, PhD
Pfizer, Inc.
Application of Pharmacogenomics in Drug Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Rupert Vessey, MA, BM BCh, MRCP, DPhil
Rosetta Inpharmatics/Merck Research
Use of ‘omics’ to Understand and Predict Chemical Carcinogenesis for Crop Protection Products
Richard Currie, PhD
Syngenta Central Toxicology Laboratory
Impact of the GEHI on the Petrochemical Industry
Myron Harrison, MD
Exxon Mobil Corporation
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
Science Resulting from ILSI North America Project Committees
Organized by ILSI North America
Co-chair: Michael Doyle, PhD, University of Georgia
Co-chair: Juan Navia, PhD, McNeil Nutritionals
The Impact of Virus Survival, Persistence, and Transfer on the Transmission and Risk of Foodborne Disease
Lee-Ann Jaykus, PhD
North Carolina State University
Ecology, Physiology and Genetic Factors Associated with the Survival and Growth of Salmonella on Tomatoes
Keith Warriner, PhD
University of Guelph
Estimated Intakes and Food Sources of Fructose in Diets in the United States
(slides for this presenation are not available)
Bernadette P. Marriott, PhD
Abt Associates
Presentation made by Frances Seligson, PhD
representing The Hershey Company
Early Nutrition and the Development of Adult Diseases: Where are We and What’s Next?
Robert Bertolo, PhD
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Application of Threshold Concepts to Pathogens, Allergens, Nutrients and Chemicals
Organized by ILSI Research Foundation
Chair: Robert Buchanan, PhD, University of Maryland
Introduction
Robert Buchanan, PhD
University of Maryland
ILSI Threshold-related Initiatives
Stephen Olin, PhD
ILSI Research Foundation
Risk-based Food and Water Safety Decisions: The Fundamental Challenge
Robert Buchanan, PhD
University of Maryland
Biology of Thresholds and the Key Events Framework
George Daston, PhD
Procter & Gamble
Using the Key Events Framework Using the Key Events Framework Application to Environmental Chemicals: Chloroform Hepatocarcinogenicity
Alan Boobis, PhD
Imperial College, London
Thresholds in the Dose-response Relationship for Bacterial Pathogens
Richard Whiting, PhD
Exponent
Risk Assessment in the 21st Century: The ILSI Global Threshold Project as a Model for Cross-disciplinary Science
Joe Rodricks, PhD
Environ Corporation
Opportunities and Challenges: Panel Reflections and Discussion
John Doull, Marion Ehrich, Rob Russell & Angelika Tritscher
State-of-the-Science within HESI
Organized by ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
Chair: James S. MacDonald, PhD, Schering-Plough Research Institute
Project Committee on the Development of Methods for a Tiered Approach to Assess Bioaccumulation
Christina Cowan-Ellsberry, PhD
The Procter & Gamble Company
Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology Technical Committee
Robert Chapin, PhD
Pfizer, Inc.
Application of Genomics to Mechanism-based Risk Assessment Technical Committee
Jiri Aubrecht, Pharm.D, PhD
Pfizer, Inc.
Richard S. Paules, PhD
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
SCIENTIFIC SESSIONS
Wednesday, 21 January 2009
Nano- and Microtechnology
Organized by ILSI North America
Co-chair: Joseph Hotchkiss, PhD, Cornell University
Co-Chair: Fred Shinnick, PhD, Senomyx
Risk Assessment and the Products of Nanotechnology
Joseph Rodricks, PhD, DABT
Environ Corporation
Measurement Science Addressing the Environment Health and Safety Aspects of Engineered Nanomaterials “Tiny Threats”
Michael Postek, PhD
National Institute for Standards and Technology
Consumer Perspectives
David Berube, PhD
North Carolina State University
Perspectives on Risk, Scientific Underpinnings and Regulatory Developments
Jo Anne Shatkin, PhD
CLF Ventures, Inc.
Inflammation: A New Player in Achieving and Maintaining Health
Organized by ILSI North America
Co-chair: Michael Lefevre, PhD, Utah State University
Co-chair: Debra Miller, PhD, The Hershey Company
Overview: Inflammation as the Key Interface of the Medical and Nutrition Universes
Gordon Jensen, MD, PhD
Pennsylvania State University
Inflammation & Cancer: Is Inflammation a Potential Target for Nutritional Intervention?
Catherine Field, PhD
University of Alberta
Cancer and Inflammation: Chemoprotective Effects of n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
Robert Chapkin, PhD
Texas A&M University
Impact of Diet and Other Lifestyle Factors on Inflammation
(slides for this presenation are not available)
Kevin Fritsche, PhD
University of Missouri