Dr. Weiqun (George) Wang did BS in Biochemistry (1983), Nanjing University, China, PhD in Animal Physiology & Biochemistry (1990) Nanjing Agricultural University, China followed by Post-doc in Animal Science (1991-1992) Department of Animal Science, University of Hawaii. Presently he is a Professor in Department of Human Nutrition, Kansas State University.
 

Immunology, Mucosal immunity, Innate immunity, Microbiology, Infectious diseases, and Cancer biology and immunology.

Ewha Womans University B S 1973 Food and Nutrition Seoul National University MPH 1975 Public Health Nutrition University of Iowa MS 1978 Human Nutrition Utah State University Ph.D 1983 Human Nutrition

Nutritional epidemiology; Community nutrition; Food consumption behaviors in relation to chronic diseases; Dietary patterns and health risks at the national and international settings; Biomarkers and predictors for nutritional status in large populations with emphasis on the subgroups at risk; National nutrition surveys and its application in research; Nutrition education – theories and application of technology

Arun K. Bhunia is presently Professor in Department of Food Science, Purdue University. He received his PhD in food microbiology from University of Wyoming followed by Postdoctoral in food microbiology, Immunology from University of Arkansas.

Masayoshi Yamaguchi　is visiting professor in Department of Food and Nutrition, The University of Georgia (Athens, GA, USA, November 2011~), Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine (2007~ October 2011), professor in Laboratory of Endocrinology and Molecular Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Japan (1993 - August 2007). He received a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences (1976, Japan). He received many honor and awards; Prize for Sato Memorial Fundation (1992, Japan/USA), Senji Miyata Foundation Award 2005 (Japan), Japan Society for Biomedical Research on Trace Elements Award 2007, The Lifetime Achievement Award from International Biographical Centre (IBC) (2004, England), The World Lifetime Achievement Award from American Biographical Instritute (2004, USA), The Distinguished Service to Science Award from IBC (2007, England) and others.He is listed in various biographies; Who’sWho in the World (2005-, Marquis Who’sWho, USA), Who’sWho in Sciences and Engineering (2004-, Marquis Who’sWho, USA), International Biographical Dictionary (2006-, IBC, England) and others. He has publications over 500 English original papers, reviews and books.

His research interest is in the fields of endocrinology and metabolism for bone and calcium and osteoporosis prevention by nutritional factors. Currently, he has an interesting for messenchymal stem cell and adipogenesis and obesity and its relation to nutritional factors, diabetic osteoporosis, and intracellular signaling mechanism. He discovered two novel proteins and genes; the named regucalcin, a regulatory protein in intracellular signaling system, and RGPR-p117, a transcription factor. He generated regucalcin transgenic rats, which are known to induce osteoporosis and hyperlipidemia.

Dr. Yuanyuan Li received her Ph.D. in Oncology from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, during the period of 2003 to 2006. She began her postdoctoral training in Dr. Tollefsbol’s lab at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in 2006. Dr. Li was elected as Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Biology at UAB in 2011 due to her extraordinary accomplishments. Her research interests focus primarily on epigenetic regulation of dietary components in cancer prevention and therapy. She also shows interests in bioactive diet regulated-aging control and longevity. She authored several scientific peer-reviewed papers in different prestigious journals and also served as an invited scientific reviewer for many highly respected journals such as Journal of Cellular Biochemistry, Life Science and Cancer Letters. Her research contributions have received international recognition. Especially, one of her papers was selected for press release by the Editors of the FASEB Journal and has been extensively reported by various media presses. This paper was also been awarded best paper by UAB-based investigator(s) in the area of obesity or nutrition. Dr. Li was frequently invited to give oral presentations at different academic occasions and to present her studies at several national and international conferences. She is a member of American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) since 2007. She received several grants such as Junior Faculty Development grant from American Cancer Society (ACS) and UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center and a postdoctoral training grant from American Institute of Cancer Research (AICR).

Her research interests focus primarily on epigenetic regulation of dietary components in cancer prevention and therapy. She also shows interests in bioactive diet regulated-aging control and longevity.

Donald W. Schaffner did his BS (1983) in Food Science from Cornell University. He did MS (1985) in Food Science and Technology from University of Georgia followed by PhD (1989) in Food Science and Technology from University of Georgia.

Food Science and Technology

Dr. Philip Crandall recieved his PhD in Purdue University, Food Science. He completed his MS also in Purdue University, Food Science. BS in Kansas State University, Horticulture.

His research focuses on natural antimicrobial compounds for red meat and poultry, postharvest pathogen control in food animals, genetics and physiology of foodborne pathogens postharvest, and foodborne pathogen interventions and multiple hurdle development in postharvest food production systems.

Ion C. Baianu did his PhD in Biophysics from University of London, Queen Elizabeth College, Department of Physics, London, UK, (with Professor R.E. Burge, DSc, F.Inst.P.). Presently he is Professor of Food Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Food Science and Human Nutrition Department.

Physical chemistry of foods; rapid analysis of soybeans and corn seeds composition by Near Infrared/MidIR and High-resolution NMR for quality improvements; NIR and Fluorescence Microspectroscopy developments for Biotechnology, Plant Genomics, Microbiology and Proteomics investigations; single molecule detection (SMD) and super-resolution fluorescence microspectroscopy and FT-NIR/ IR chemical imaging applications to metabolic studies, oncogenesis, cancers and related biochemistry; hydration of food proteins; microencapsulation; developing value-added soybean and corn products.

Dong Uk Ahn is Professor of Animal Science Department, College of Agriculture, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa and SNU-WCU Professor, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Major in Biomodulation, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. He served as Visiting Professor of the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Society, Seoul National University in 2006. He was Honorary Research Scientist Abroad, Korea Livestock Research Institute, Korea. He served as Lecturer, Animal Science Department, University of Alberta, Canada in 1993. He received PhD in Poultry Science, and Meat & Animal Science from University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI in 1988. He received a MS and a BS in Animal Science from Seoul National University, Korea in 1983 and 1978, respectively. He received American Egg Board Research Award from Poultry Science Association, and Animal Industry Report Award and Award for Achievement by an Organizational Team at Iowa State University. He is serving as an Editorial Board member of Food Science and Biotechnology Journal and Korean Society for Food Science and Animal Resources, and an organizing committee member of 2010 ICoMST conference. He has published 176 referred journal articles and 11 book chapters.
 

Separation, modification and utilization of value-added egg components, Mechanisms and prevention of quality changes in irradiated raw and cooked meat, Use of irradiation to improve the safety of meat products, Pro- and antioxidant mechanisms in meat and meat products, Factors affecting lipids, protein and cholesterol oxidation in meat and egg products, Mechanisms of color changes in uncured cooked poultry meat products.

Dr. Jasminka Z. Ilich-Ernst recieved Ph.D, in University of Zagreb, Croatia and Ohio State University M.S, R.D, University of Utah

Effect of nutrition and other life-style modifiers on bone health and body composition, Bioavailability of calcium, magnesium, and zinc and their competitive interaction during absorptive processes, Biological pathways and identification of new cellular metabolites in adipose and bone tissue.

Dr. Buchanan, Director of the University of Maryland’s Center for Food Safety and Security Systems, received his B.S, M.S. M.Phil, and Ph.D. degrees in Food Science from Rutgers University, and post-doctoral training in mycotoxicology at the University of Georgia. Since then he has 30 years experience teaching, conducting research in food safety, and working at the interface between science and public health policy, first in academia, then in government service in both USDA and FDA, and most recently at the University of Maryland

Research interests are extensive experience in predictive microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, microbial physiology, mycotoxicology, and HACCP systems

Shahla Wunderlich is Professor of Food and Nutrition and director of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), Internship Program at Montclair State University (MSU). She received her Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Nutritional Biochemistry and Metabolism. She received awards: Outstanding Dietetic Educator Award from ADA, 1996, Outstanding Faculty Award, 2003, and College of Education and Human Services, Recognition Award, 2004. She is an active member of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, ADA, and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. She received several grants, most recently from the US Department of Health and Human Services. Her research findings in the area of nutritional biomarkers, and nutrition assessment in young and older adults have been published in highly regarded journals and presented at international and national meetings. She reviews nutrition textbooks, journals articles, and currently servers on the Nutrition Advisory Board for John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Assessment of nutritional biomarkers Nutritional assessment, eating behaviors in older adults Health biomarkers, Food quality.

Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, Ph.D, R.D, F.A.D.A, is Professor of Nutrition/Extension Specialist in the Nutritional Sciences Department at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey where she teaches a wide range of undergraduate and graduate nutrition courses. Dr. Byrd-Bredbenner has authored numerous nutrition books, including the college level textbook Wardlaw’s Perspectives in Nutrition, 8th Edition; middle school textbook Adventures in Food and Nutrition; a cookbook highlighting New Jersey produce, Fresh Tastes from the Garden State; computer software packages, including FoodWorks; and theory-driven, behaviorally focused nutrition curricula. She has published over 100 articles in journals, magazines, and newsletters. In addition, she has presented over 100 research papers at professional meetings

Byrd-Bredbenner’s research interests focus on investigating the impact of environmental factors (e.g., advertising, media, nutrition labeling, portion sizes) on dietary choices and health outcomes and developing recommendations for nutrition communications and health promotion interventions

Rotimi E. Aluko is Professor of Foods and Nutrition at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. Researcher, Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. He received a PhD in Food Science from the University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada in 1996. He completed BSc and MSc degrees in Biochemistry from University of Lagos and Ahmadu Bello University, respectively, both in Nigeria. He is the author of over 60 research publications in peer-review journals and is a reviewer of manuscripts for several reputable journals. He currently serves on the grant evaluation panel of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Food Chemistry, Bioactive Peptides Food Protein Structure-Function, Functional Properties of Food Proteins, Enzymatic Modification of Food Proteins, Enzyme Inhibition Kinetics, Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals Antihypertensive Peptides, Food Protein Hydrolysates  QSAR modeling.

Tatsushi Onaka is a Professor of Division of Brain and Neurophysiology, Department of Physiology, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. He has received a PhD from Jichi Medical University in 1990 and an MD from Tokyo University in 1985. He received Kawakami Prize from Japan Neuroendocrinology Society in 2003.

Neural mechanisms for stress Neural mechanisms for food intake, Neural mechanisms for social behaviour, Actions of vasopressin and oxytocin in the brain.

Dr. Sajid Alavi received his Ph.D. in Food Science with specialization in food engineering from Cornell University in 2002. He has a M.S. degree in Agricultural and Biological Engineering from Penn State University and B.S. degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology. Currently, he is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Grain Science and Industry at Kansas State University. He has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed research articles and book chapters. He is a member of the AACC International (the premier profession association of cereal scientists and processors worldwide), Institute of Food Technologists and American Institute of Chemical Engineering. In 2010, Dr. Alavi was awarded the Young Research Scientist Award by AACC International, a prestious honor bestowed on individuals under the age of 40 years for outstanding contributions to cereal science in basic and applied research.

Food engineering; Value-added processing of agricultural commodities and by-products; Extrusion processing of food and feed materials; Rheology; Food microstructure imaging; Structure - function relationships.

Doctor or Philosophy 1999 Nutrition and Hotel, Restaurant, & Institution Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Master of Science 1995 Hotel, Restaurant, and Institution Management, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Bachelor of Science 1991 Food Science and Human Nutrition, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

Dr. Kwon’s current research interests include food safety education and training for consumers and foodservice employees. In the previous institution (TWU), she was engaged in a variety of nutrition/dietetics related research including school-based nutrition education for preventing overweight among children, school foodservice operation, and clinical nutrition management.
 

Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India B.V.Sc. & amp; amp; A.H.Veterinary science; Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India, M.V.Sc. Veterinary Medicine; University of Saskatchewan, Sask, Canada Ph.D. Veterinary Microbiology; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Immunology, Mucosal immunity, Innate immunity, Microbiology, Infectious diseases, and Cancer biology and immunology.

Mara Z. Vitolins is an Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Nutrition Epidemiology Research and Applications Program (NERA) in the Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Prevention at Wake Forest University Health Sciences. Dr. Vitolins received her DrPH and MPH from Loma Linda University, Loma Linda California. She is also a Registered and Licensed Dietitian. Women’s Health Center of Excellence Faculty Research in Women’s Health –Mid Career Investigator Award -2009. Abbott Nutrition Award in Women’s Health-2010.

Chronic disease prevention through education, lifestyle, and nutrition interventions. Obesity Weight loss Energy Balance Women’s health Cancer prevention Breast Cancer Gene diet interaction.

Dr. D.H. Kang did his Ph.D from Kansas State University, M.S from Seoul National University, Korea and B.S from Kyung Pook National University, Korea.

Food safety, particularly the recovery of injured microorganisms, control of foodborne pathogens, and the application of HACCP plans. Recent research has focused on developing new methods and media to be used in the industry to detect and monitor foodborne pathogens or spoilage microorganisms in food products.

Meena Shah is an Associate Professor at TCU, Forth Worth and Clinical Associate Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas. She has received a Ph.D. in Nutrition from the University of London, London England and a B.Sc. in Nutrition and Dietetics from Robert Gordon·s Institute of Technology, Aberdeen, Scotland. She is the first author of nearly 25 peer reviewed papers, has reviewed for 14 journals, is an editorial team member for one journal, and an associate editor for another journal.

Weight loss and maintenance Prevention and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors

Dr. Kanwar is an immunologist and molecular biochemist with an international reputation in investigating fundamental and applied molecular aspects of cancer and chronic inflammation. He did his PhD from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India. Before joining Deakin University in 2006, he was a Senior Scientist/Senior Research Fellow in the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. During the past decade his research both academic and commercial has centered on understanding the pathophysiological mechanisms and/or finding treatments for a variety of chronic inflammatory diseases and different types of cancer. Dr Kanwar has published 55 research articles, 12 invited reviews and 5 book chapters, in highly ranked, international, peer-reviewed journals. These publications have added to the body of knowledge in the fields of immunology, cancer gene therapy, nanomedicine, cell biology and biotechnology, and have extended these disciplines. He is a key inventor on 9 international patents and has provided consultancy to 5 Biotechnology based companies. He is a member of editorial board for 7 international journals and a nominated member of more than 12 national and international societies including American Society of Nanomedicine. He has extensive and close collaborations with colleagues from New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, India, China and USA.

Nanotechnology based drug delivery of proteins/peptides, siRNA and miRNA to target cancer and chronic inflammation drug discovery for novel anticancer targets for cancer cell survival, death, arrest, and repair development of immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory bioactives, proteins and peptides for neuroprotection development of complementary alternative medicine from the milk derived proteins including metal binding protein (Lactoferrin), and herbal preparation derived active components with a special focus on the treatment of solid tumours (colon and breast cancers).

Ph.D (1998) at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ in Nutritional Sciences; Fellow  FADA in 1996 at American Dietetic Association; M.S (1987) at University of Arizona Tucson, AZ in Nutritional Sciences

Diet and Cancer Prevention (breast, ovarian, colon), Dietary Methodology, Biomarkers (cancer and diet).
 

Dr. Carpenter received her PhD in Epidemiology from UCLA (1996), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Preventive Medicine from University of Southern California School of Medicine (2000). Dr. Carpenter’s MPH in Epidemiology/Biostatistics (1987) and BA in Zoology (1975) were received from UC Berkeley.

Dr. Carpenter is conducting several lines of research in obesity, nutrition and cancer risk including examination of diet and exercise effects on the breast microenvironment in obese postmenopausal women, and the role of food addiction and genetic polymorphisms in determining the association between food addiction and obesity. Additional research interests include the modification of dietary effects by genomics in relationship to lung cancer.

Ahmed El-Sohemy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, and currently holds a Canada Research Chair in Nutrigenomics. Dr. El-Sohemy earned a PhD in nutritional sciences with a major in molecular biology (University of Toronto, 1999). After completing his doctoral research in the area of diet and cancer Dr. El-Sohemy received a postdoctoral fellowship to study nutritional epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Identification of molecular targets of nutrients and investigation of the genetic basis for individual responses to diet.

Dr. Chaodong Wu did his MD from Hubei College of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, MS from Beijing Medical University, Beijing and PhD from Tongji Medical University, Wuhan.

George L. Baker did his pharmacy from 1991 to 1994 in Florida A & M University followed by  Bachelor of Science, Agriculture from 1994 to 1997 and Doctor of Philosophy, Food Science & Human Nutrition from 1997 to 2002.

Jairam Vanamala, Ph.D, is an Assistant Professor and Director of Bioactives and Probiotics for the Health Laboratory in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University, in Fort Collins. He is also on the faculty of the University of Colorado Cancer Center (UCCC) at Aurora, Colorado.

Dr. Vanamala is an expert in the extraction and analysis of phytonutrients from a variety of foods for the purpose of preventing cancer, obesity and other chronic, life-threatening diseases. As a recognized leader in the field of functional foods, he is the principal investigator on several research projects funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the health benefits of whole foods, particularly after processing. He has also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles on the topics of phytonutrient extraction, analysis and chemoprevention/protection. Dr. Vanamala received his doctorate from Texas A&M University and completed his post-doctorate fellowship in cancer prevention/nutritional biochemistry at the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI; NASA), Texas A&M. Dr. Vanamala says, "the long-term goal of my research is to optimize the health profiles of food products and provide modern evidence for ancient wisdom on diet and disease."

He did his PhD from Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, M.S from  Department of Physics, Regional College of Education (NCERT) Mysore University, India. He did his B.S in  Electronics (ancillaries) Nagarjuna University, India.
 

Biopolymers for improved food, pharmaceutical and medicinal applications Understanding the fundamental relationship between the molecular structure and macroscopic behavior of biopolymers leading to the design of novel materials  Developing novel and cost effective delivery systems using food hydrocolloids Tailoring polysaccharide structures for improved functionality Biotexture of plant tissue derivatives Molecular dynamics simulations

Dr. Sun-Ok Lee did her B.S. from Dongduk Women’s University. She did her M.S. from Dongduk Women’s University and Ph.D. from Iowa State University Nutrition (minor: Toxicology).

Presently Dr. Loredana Quadro is working in Department of Food Science at Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rutgers, she worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. She has a long lasting research interest in retinoid (vitamin A) and carotenoid metabolism. Dr. Quadro has published the results of her work in numerous prestigious peer-reviewed journals like EMBO J, Journal of Biological Science, American Journal of Physiology, Endocrinology and Nature. She is a member of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.

Retinoid/vitamin A and carotenoid metabolism Maternal-fetal nutrition and metabolism

BS, Animal Science National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan. MS, Animal Science Colorado State University, Ft.Collin, CO. PhD, Human Nutrition and Exercise, Post-Doctoral Associate

Ock K. Chun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut. She received postdoctoral training in Cornell University (2002-2003) and Michigan State University (2003-2006). She received a PhD in Public health from the Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea in 1999. She completed her B.A in Food and Nutrition in Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea in 1988. She is serving as an editorial board member of reputed journals and reviewer of 10 journals.

Impact of dietary antioxidants on improving oxidative stress and inflammatory process  Estimation of antioxidant intake of U.S. population from diet and supplements by utilizing national databases, Dietary behaviors and nutritional status in health and disease, Nutritional epidemiology.

MS in Applied physics in Shanghai Jiao Tong University. BS , Physics in Peking University

Chemistry and antioxidant capacities of phytochemicals in foods

Mauricio Rojas is an Assistant Professor at the Division of Pulmonary, Associate Director Center for Translational Research in the Lung and Scholar McKelvey Lung Transplant Center at Emory University. He obtained his MD degree from the National University of Colombia in 1987. He received his training in Clinical Immunology in the National Institute of Immunology in Colombia, where he was named Coordinator of the Division of Cellular Immunology. In 1994 Dr Rojas joined Vanderbilt University as a Visiting Professor, were he completed two postdoctoral trainings in molecular Immunology. In 2001 he was named Instructor in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Vanderbilt University until 2002 when he moved to Emory University. He had received several Scientist Travel Awards. In 2007 he received the Pulmonary Start Award. For significant contributions to the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care at Emory University. In 2009 he was distinguish with the Early Career Faculty Basic Research Award in the Department of Medicine at Emory University in recognition of the most outstanding publication by faculty member. Same year he was honor with the Dorothy Dillon Eweson Lecture by the American Federation for Aging Research. He is currently editor of PLoS ONE and the Journal of Clinical Rehabilitative Tissue Engineering Research. He is reviewer for more than 30 journals.

Lung Injury, Mechanism of lung Repair, Oxidative Stress, Stem Cells, Aging, Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Jeong-Su Kim is Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at The Florida State University. He is also an affiliate faculty member of ‘Center for Advancing Exercise and Nutrition Research on Aging’ and ‘the Pepper Institute’ at The Florida State University. He has completed four years of training as a postdoctoral fellow and a research associate in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), AL. He has received a Ph.D. in Exercise Physiology from The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (2002) after completed his M.S. from Ball State University, Muncie, IN (1998)  He received a number of awards including COFRS Award and First Year Assistant Professor Award from The Florida State University and two Career Enhancement Awards from UAB. He is serving as an editorial board member of two journals and reviewer of eight journals.

Neuromuscular changes related to aging, exercise, and physical function Cellular and molecular adaptations of ‘sarcopenic obesity’ and its intervention methods  Regenerative capacity in association with muscle stem cell (satellite cell) activity  Nutritional and exercise interventions for muscle wasting e.g., age-related loss of muscle mass and strength (sarcopenia) and loss of lean body mass and functionality under catabolic conditions   Dietary supplements to improve whole body and neuromuscular adaptations.

Doctor of Philosophy (Microbiology),Bachelor of Technology (equivalent to Bachelor of Science), Gujarat Agricultural University, Sardar Krushi Nagar, India, 1998 Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2005.

Western Dairy Center, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2009-present o The position is hosted by the Dairy Technology and Innovation laboratory. My primary roles as a research scientist are to arrange for funding for projects, publish manuscripts, and analyze data related to a variety of projects. Primary areas of interest are omega-3 fatty acid functions and inclusion into foods and food safety.

University of Alabama at BirminghamDepartment of Nutrition Sciences1675 University Blvd

Folate metabolismTrace element nutrition

Biography of Charles R. Santerre - Ph.D, Environmental Toxicology & Food Science - 1989 B.S, Human Nutrition - 1983 Department of Food Science & amp; Human Nutrition Michigan State University

Dr. Valentina Trinetta received her PhD in Food Science and Technology at the University of Milano (Italy) after several international research experiences (National Institute of Agronomic Research - Nantes, France and Food Science Department at Pennsylvania State University- State College, PA, USA). She is author of 20 publications in peer reviewed journals, national and international conferences

Food Microbiology and Safety of Produce and Meat Products Active Packaging Innovative techniques for shelf extension and Microbial identification

Robert T. Davidson did his B.S. Chemistry followed by M.S. Nutrition from Utah State University. He did his PhD in Nutritional Sciences from University of Wisconsin-Madison. He did his post doctoral from University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1999-2001. He also did his post doctoral from Center for Environmental Toxicology and Technology, Colorado State University from 2002-2003.

Rod A. Herman is Science Advisor within the Biotechnology Regulatory Science Group at Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, Indiana, where he has been a scientist for over 20 years. He received a M.S. in Entomology from Rutgers University (1988). He currently participates on (and/or leads) cross disciplinary task forces focused on the safety of transgenic crops. He serves as a peer reviewer for journal articles in diverse areas of safety assessment including, crop composition, digestive stability of proteins, ecotoxicology, environmental persistence, bioinformatics, and immunochemistry. He has authored 30 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in these areas since 2001.

Safety of Transgenic Crops, Regulatory Policy, Science Communication, Cross-Disciplinary Research Approaches, Experimental Design and Data Interpretation, Risk Assessment.

Eric A.E. Garber senior research scientist with U.S. Food and Drug Admin-istration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD Sr. Scientist Sci Con, Fargo, ND Research Biologist, ARS, USDA, Fargo, ND Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, West Virginia State University, Institute, WV Associate, Henry M. Jackson Foundation for Military Medical Research, BDRP, NMRI, Bethesda, MD. Visiting Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Asst. Director, Center for Biotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston IL Research Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham MA (1983). B.S. in Biochemistry from The City College of New York, New York, NY (1978). He is co-PI on a NATO Science for Peace Grant and recipient of an American Cancer Society Fellowship, NRSA Post-Doctoral Fellowship, in addition to several grants from foundations and institutions. He has served as a reviewer for 15 journals and granting agencies.

Detection of Proteins (i.e., Toxins and Allergens) in Food Multiplex Detection of Analytes in Food Immunodiagnostics Biosensors Protein Biochemistry Redox Biochemistry and Bioenergetics Kinetics Application of Nucleic Acid-based Analytical Methods to Food

Research Associate, Molecular Nutrition, University of FloridaPhD, Dept of Medicine, University of Chicago, 1993MS, Dept of Nutrition, Florida State University, 1988BA, Neurobiology, University of Virginia, 1984

Molecular mechanisms of adult neurogenesis: stem cell proliferation, neuronal precursor survival and apoptosis, neuronal differentiation and migration.

Dr. Kevin Glenn is a Monsanto Senior Science Fellow and Lead of Monsanto Regulatory’s Product Safety Center. Dr. Glenn is the Vice-Chair of the International Food Biotechnology Committee of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI). Dr. Glenn has also previously chaired the ILSI Task Force on Nutritional and Safety Assessments of GM Crops and the Subcommittee on DNA/Protein Detection within the industry-wide Agricultural Biotechnology Stewardship Technical Committee (ABSTC). Dr. Glenn is author of more than 50 scientific publications and 21 patents. Dr. Glenn obtained his B.S. degree in microbiology from the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and his Ph.D. in cell biology from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Glenn joined Monsanto in 1983 after completing an American Heart Association postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle. At Monsanto, he has held several leadership roles, including Acting Director of Cardiovascular Research for G.D. Searle. Dr. Glenn was the product development team lead and co-inventor of two cholesterol improving therapeutics, and also the co-inventor of a wound-healing agent.

Sara Chelland Campbell  was recently hired as an Assistant Professor of Exercise Science at Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rutgers she was a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences at Florida State University. Dr. Campbell’s postdoctoral research was supported by a USDA postdoctoral fellowship and focused on examining the anti-atherogenicity of flaxseed. She received her PhD from Florida State University in which she researched the acute effects of isocaloric energy expenditure on lipids, lipoproteins, and enzymes related to lipid transport including cholesterol ester transfer protein and lecithin cholesterol acyl transferase. She received both her MS and BS from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Dr. Campbell has publications in several journals including Atherosclerosis, Preventive Medicine, European Journal of Applied Physiology, Menopause, and Research Quarterly in Sports Sciences. She is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and American Society of Nutrition.

Exercise, Cholesterol metabolism, Functional foods/nutritional supplements, Chronic disease states.

Dr. James J. Chen received a Ph.D. degree in Statistics from Iowa State University in 1978. In August 1983 Dr. Chen joined the National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), as a Senior Staff Fellow. Currently, Dr. Chen is a Senior Biomedical Researcher in the Division of Personalized Nutrition and Medicine and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Biostatistics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taiwan.

Dr. Chen’s main research interests are 1) statistical modeling for quantitative risk assessment, and 2) statistical methodology development for the analysis of carcinogenesis, mutagenesis, developmental toxicological experiments and environmental mixtures. Since 2000, Dr. Chen has been involved in developing statistical methods for microarray gene expression research.

Laurent Blond, is an Assistant Professor in Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec Canada since 2007. He is Board Certified of the American College of Veterinary Radiology since 2008 after completing his Radiology Residency at the College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University (2004-2007). He has completed an Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery and a Master’s in Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec Canada (2000-2004). He graduated (DV) from the National School of Veterinary Medicine of Toulouse, France (1999) where he obtained the title of Laureate of the Université Paul-Sabatier. He is a reviewer for 3 journals treating of veterinary sciences.

Neuroimaging, Musculoskeletal imaging, Ultrasound.

Andrew wells a postdoctoral research associate with academic knowledge and practical experience gained from both PhD studies and postdoctoral research contracts. I have experience in both lab research and human intervention studies

Tissue culture (in vitro and ex vivo assays). Analytical techniques (GC, HPLC, iLAB clinical chemistry analysis. Microbiology (general, anaerobic and fermentation specific). Biochemical assays. Microscopy (light and fluorescent). Ultracentrifugation

Researcher in the department of animal science, National Center for Agricultural Research NCAR, Jordan. Dairy Researcher, IFCN Dairy Research Center and the institute of Animal nutrition and Physiology, University of Kiel, Germany. BSc in Agricultural Science, Mutah University, Jordan (1996-2000) MSc in Agricultural Science and Food Security, University of Hohnheim, Stuttgart, Germany (2005-2007) PhD in Animal Nutrition and Physiology, department of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, University of Kiel, Germany (2008-2011). 13 publications in: peer reviewed journals, international conferences, dairy reports. Reviewer in one peer reviewed journal ( International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition).

Developments of functional dairy foods in different countries 2.Evaluation the feed to food chain in dairy using in vitro techniques 3.Evaluation the use of food industry by-products in animal nutrition 4.Physiology and the metabolism of different nutrients in dairy animals 5.Environmental quality and the dairy industry 6.Traditional dairy foods and food security

Division of Preventive Dentistry & Department of Oral Health ScienceGraduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences

Medical and Dental Sciences

Margaret R. Ritchie is a National Adviser and Inspector for Science and Head of Faculty of Science, Aberdeen, Scotland, Director of Clinical Trials, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, Honorary Research Fellow, Herbal Medicine Research Unit, Edinburgh Napier University, Scotland. Teaching Fellow and Research Fellow, Bute Medical School, University of St. Andrews. Editor, Scottish Section of the Nutrition Society, UK. Member of expert panel for Higher Education and Training Awards Council, Ireland. Programme adviser on Hepatitis C to the Department of Health, Ireland. Member of the International Prediction to Prevention Cancer Research Group, University of St. Andrews. External Lecturer for Institute of Optimum Nutrition, University of London. Regional Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London. Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. Professionally Registered Nutritionist. She has received a PhD in Philosophy from the University of St. Andrews in 2003. She has completed her B.Sc in Pure Chemistry in St. Andrews University, Scotland, (1980). She is serving as an editorial board member of Pharmacognosy Research and reviewer of 12 journals.

Nutrition Cancer prevention and treatment Phytotherapy Complementary Medicine Clinical Trials Plant based chemicals and their actions Herb/drug interactions Intervention studies Education.

Associate General Manager & Principal Researcher Institute of Life Sciences

Nutrition Science

Centre for Economics and Policy in HealthInstitute of Medical and Social Care ResearchBangor University

Food Science Research

Hanrui Zhang obtained her MD/MSc in Chinese Medicine from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, and PhD in pharmacology from University of Missouri-Columbia. She is author of over 20 papers in the field of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases on international peer reviewed journals, including ATVB, BRC, JMCC, AJP-Heart, Clinical Science, and Obesity, etc. She published 11 abstracts, co-authored 1 book chapter, and is serving as reviewer for 10 journals.

Dr. Zhang’s research interests include vascular biology, atherosclerosis, ischemia/reperfusion injury, coronary artery diseases, adipose inflammation, insulin resistance, obesity, diabetes and its cardiovascular complications and herbal pharmacology.

Sushil Dhital is undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy at the Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Sushil’s research was titled “Effect of cryo-milling on starches: Functionality and digestibility” and was presented at the 19th International Congress of Nutrition, Bangkok.

Dr. Guoxun Chen obtained his BS and MS degrees in the Department of Virology and Molecular Biology at Wuhan University, Wuhan, China. He completed his Ph.D degree in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 2001. After that, Dr. Chen entered the lab of Nobel Laureates, Drs. Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein in the Department of Molecular Genetics for the postdoctoral training. In 2006, he left Dallas and joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Dr. Chen has been conducting research projects related to obesity and diabetes since 1995. Since the establishment of his independent research lab in 2006, Dr. Chen has focused on the roles of vitamin A in the development of metabolic diseases, and the regulation of glucose and lipid homeostasis.


 

Dr. Guoxun Chen’s long-term research interest is to understand the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of metabolic changes associated with metabolic diseases, such as obesity and type II diabetes. Dr. Chen’s research has been focused on how endogenous lipids regulate the expression of genes involved in glucose and lipid metabolism. Since Dr. Chen established his independent research laboratory in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2006, he have found that vitamin A, an essential micronutrient for human health and development, plays a role in glucose and lipid metabolism. This has led him to investigate the roles of vitamin A in the development of metabolism diseases, such as obesity and type II diabetes.

Massimo Bionaz is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at the Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received is Italian Laurea in Animal Science (major) and Economics (minor) and is PhD in ruminant physiopathology both at the UniversitàCattolica del SacroCuore, Piacenza, Italy. He has done one year post-doctorate at the Pennsylvania State University, State Park (PA), with Prof. Gabriella A. Varga working on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors in dairy cows. He moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL) in 2006 for a post-doctorate on functional nutriphysiogenomics in livestock with Prof. Juan J Loor. Since 2009 he is performing research in porcine mesenchymal stem cells with the main purpose to evaluate the feasibility of using adipose-derived stem cells for maxillofacial bone repair. He is a member of American Dairy Science Association, The American Society for Nutrition, and the International Society for Stem Cell Research.

His main interests are nutrigenomics and stem cells. He is highly interested in pursuing research using omics technologies and analyzing the data from those technologies using a system biology approach. Due to his background he is interested in using such approach in the study of bovine nutrition, particularly dairy cows, and stem cells in pigs (as model for human).

Dr. Lu Qi obtained a medical degree in China and PhD at Tufts University in the United States. He is now an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Qi’s major research interests have focused on genetic and nutritional epidemiology of obesity, type 2 diabetes and related cardiovascular diseases. His recent research topics also include epigenetics and metabolomics, and the complex interactions between genetic variations, omic events and lifestyle/diet factors in relation to metabolic disorder. He has extensive experience in leading epidemiology and genetic studies in large cohorts, randomized clinical trials, and international collaborations. He has been leading several projects funded by NIH and American Heart Association, and European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes.

Genetic/nutrition Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular complications, and obesity, Gene-environment interactions in relation to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular complications, Lifestyle/diet intervention in prevention of obesity and metabolic disorders, Application of metabolomics and epigenetics in epidemiology research

Sun Xiulan 11994 –1998, Bachelor Study, Department of Agriculture Products Process and Storage, Northwest Agriculture University, 1998 – 2001, Master Study, School of Food Science & Technology, Northwest Agriculture University , 2001–2004, Ph.D study, Food Safety, School of Food Science & amp; Technology, JiangNan University (Formerly Wuxi University of Light Industry)

Food safety and nutrition, Food-borne pathogens immunology analysis, Biosensor technology for food analysis, Toxin Immunology analysis, Development of rapid and quantitative detection instrument

Dr. Reka Haraszi has received her PhD in chemistry in the Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Hungary) during the period of 1998-2002.  Currently, she is working as a researcher at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute of Reference Materials and Measurements in Geel, Belgium. She has two MSc diplomas in Bioengineering and Specialized Engineer in the Food Products Qualification. She has experience working in universities (Hungary), food industry (Hungary) and research institutes (Australia, Belgium). She is doing peer reviews for several journals and has 10 publications in peer reviewed journals and 25 in proceedings, in the field of cereal quality and nutrition, rheology, food proteomics and allergy.

Food allergy, proteomics, chromatography and mass spectrometry, food analytics, bioinformatics, wheat quality, dough rheology, grain hardness, food flavours, food quality

Dr. Giovanna Turconi  is a Nutrition Researcher at the Department of Applied Health Sciences, Section of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine, University of Pavia , Italy. Professor of Human Nutrition, School of Medicine and  Degree Course of Dietetics, University of Pavia, Italy. Professor of Human Nutrition, Specialization Courses in Human Nutrition, as well as in  Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Pavia, Italy. She graduated  cum laude in Biological Sciences,   University of Pavia, Italy (1976). She completed  cum laude  her post-degree Specialization Course in Human Nutrition and Food Science, University of Pavia, Italy (1981). She teaches in first and second degree masters in Human Nutrition and Dietetics. She is serving as reviewer of 6 journals (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition; Journal of the American College of Nutrition; Public Health Nutrition; Food and Nutrition Bulletin; Environmental Science and Technology; Journal of Adolescent Health). She is author of 144 papers.

Methodology for food consumption surveys and development of food questionnaires; survey on xenobiotics intake and total diet studies; nutrition surveillance and education; nutrition epidemiology.

Dr. Christopher Papandreou is a researcher  in Pulic Health Sciences division at University of Crete, Greece.

His research interests include: intervention studies promoting the Mediterranean diet and other health-promoting eating patterns as well as physical activity, investigation of consumers’ nutrition information needs for the design of appropriate interventions for the modification of dietary behavior, investigation of the effect of nutrition intervention studies on risk factors for chronic disease, nutrition of specific population groups, as children and aged people

Kazim Sahin, nutritionist, graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University in 1990. He is working for Firat University. His research focuses mainly on vitamin and mineral metabolism, cancer prevention, stress and obesity. He has been very active internationally with collaborative research projects and international conferences conducted with scientists in USA, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Poland. He organized the First International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer in Antalya, Turkey in May 2008. He was also the first to report that dietary lycopene intake prevents leiomyoma and renal cancer in the Eker rats and Japanese quail in collaboration with medical researchers at Emory University, Atlanta and Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. He has approximately 120 original papers in peer-reviewed international journals (Web of Science) and review articles.

Mineral metabolism (Cr,Zn, Se), Cancer prevention, Stress, Animal feed particularly antioxidant vitamins and minerals and improving food quality