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2012 Annual Meeting

2012 ILSI Annual Meeting
20 - 25 January 2012

ILSI and ILSI North America held their 2012 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.  Posted here are presentations from the scientific sessions, branch meetings, and business meetings.

Unless otherwise noted, presentations are being posted as they become available. All files are PDF unless otherwise noted.

Friday, 20 January

Understand the Media, But Deliver Your Message
Sylvia Rowe and Nick Alexander, SR Strategies


Sunday, 22 January

ILSI North America Assembly of Members Keynote Speaker

What Did Humans Evolve to Eat
William R. Leondard, PhD
Northwestern University

ILSI Assembly of Members Keynote Speakers

Food Security: The Challenge
Philip Nelson, PhD
Purdue University (emeritus)

Food Processing, Quality Nutrition, Food Safety, and Food Security 
George Mensah, MD, FACC, FACN, FESC
PepsiCo


Monday, 23 January

ILSI-India Breakfast Meeting

ILSI-India Activites in 2011 

ILSI Focal Point in China Business Meeting

2011 Highlights and Plans for 2012


Carbohydrate Forum

Review of Added Sugars
Marie Latulippe, MS, RD, ILSI North America

Dietary Fiber Definitions and Methods
Julie Jones, PhD, St. Catherine University, St. Paul

 

ILSI Discussion Forum: Biomarkers Critical to Scientific Progress

Biomarkers of Nutrition for Development (BOND): An Overview
Stephanie Atkinson, PhD, McMasters University

The Marker Initiative in Nutrition Research
Mike Gibney, MAgrSC, PhD, University College Dublin

Collaborative Approaches to Genomic Biomarker Evaluation
Raegan O'Lone, PhD, ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

Biomarkers: Dynamic "Tools" for Health and Safety Risk Assessment
Kevin Dreher, PhD, Environmental Protection Agency



ILSI North America Scientific Session: Attributable Risk in Microbial Food Safety

Estimating the Number of Foodborne Illnesses and their Sources in the United States
Dana Cole, DMV, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Presentation Unavailable

Attributing Illness to Food Using Data from Outbreaks and Experts
Michael Batz, University of Florida

Source Attribution to Human Foodborne Illness Using (Molecular) Micobial Subtyping in Europe
Wilfrid van Pelt, PhD, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (The Netherlands)

Recent European Outbreaks: Lessons Learned
Andrea Ammon, PhD, European Center for Disease Control and Prevention


ILSI North America Scientific Session: Standards of Evidence - Lost in Translation

IOM Standards on Systematic Reviews
Christopher Schmid, PhD, Tufts University

European Perspectives on Evidence Reviews for Health Claims
Albert Flynn, PhD, University College Cork and European Food Safety Authority

Using Bayesian Methods to Separate Evidential Wheat from Chaff
Robert Matthews, PhD, Aston University

Standards of Evidence in Development of Health Policy
Sarah Roller, JD, RD, MPH, Kelley, Drye, & Warren LLP

Detecting and Minimizing Biases in the Evidence Base: Steps to Move Forward
David Allison, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham


ILSI North America Scientific Session: Barriers to Progress with Obesity Prevention

Tuesday, 24 January

 
ILSI Latin American Branches Meeting

ILSI Brasil
ILSI Argentina

ILSI North America Scientific Session: Human Gut Microbiome

Overview: Update on NIH Human Microbiome Project
Lita Proctor, PhD, National Institutes of Health

Microbiata and Human Health: Lessons Learned
Fergus Shanahan, MD, University College Cork
Presentation Unavailable

Enterotypes of the Human Gut Microbiome
Jeroen Raes, PhD, Flemish Institute for Biotechnology and University of Brussels

The Study of the Human Microbiome
Karen Nelson, PhD, The J. Craig Venter Institute



ILSI Research Foundation RSIA Session: Solutions for Achieving Sustainable Water Reuse

ILSI Research Foundation: Guidance for Safe Water Reuse in Bottling
Joseph Cotruvo, PhD, Joseph Cotruvo & Associates LLC

Water Sustainability with Overall Sustainability Interests at HESI
Jennifer Young, PhD, ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

ILSI Europe Global Initiative on Water and Sanitation Perspectives
Pratima Jasti, PhD, ILSI Europe

Solutions for Achieving  Sustainable Water Reuse
Alessandro Chiodini, PhD, ILSI Europe​

Introduction to Scientific Panel Discussion
Geoff Thompson, PhD, Danone

Water Scarcity or Safe Water Limitations
John Fawell (independent consultant)

Water Sustainability in Food and Beverage Manufacturing
Liese Dallbauman, PhD, PepsiCo

Perception Issues for Water Reuse - And How to Overcome Them
Linda MacPherson, New Water Resources (USA)
Presentations Unavailable

The Economics of Water Sustainability
Chuck Gerba, PhD, University of Arizona



ILSI IFBiC and RSIA Joint Session: The Consequences of Unexamined Fear as a Driver of Public Health Protection

Risk of Risk Perception Framework
Richard Canady, PhD, ILSI Research Foundation

Lost Opportunities in Plant Biotechnology
Gerard Barry, PhD, International Rice Research Institute

Processed Foods and Health
Fergus Clydesdale, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Presentation Unavailable

The Health Consequences of Unchecked Precaution: A Regulator's Perspective
Andrew Bartholomaeus, PhD, Foods Agency Australia New Zealand

Needs for Better Understanding on Risk Perception in Developing Countries
Aman Wirakartakusumah, Institute Pertanian Bogor

​The ILSI Poster Session at Annual Meeting gives entities from throughout the ILSI network the opportunity to highlight recent activities and future plans. Posters will be added as they become available.

ILSI Brasil

ILSI Europe

ILSI Focal Point in China (large PDF, over 2.5 MB)

ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute

ILSI-India

ILSI Japan

ILSI Korea

ILSI Mexico (JPG)

ILSI North America

ILSI North Andean

ILSI South Andean

ILSI Southeast Asia Region

ILSI Research Foundation

ILSI International Food Biotechnology Committee

ILSI Platform for International Partnership

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