Biographical Summary For Deborah Abel, Ph.D., R.D.N., L.D.N.

Deborah Abel, Ph.D., R.D.N., L.D.N. is Director of the Graduate Certificate in Pediatric Nutrition Program and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Florida International Universi…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutritional Care in the NICU: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Jenica Abram currently works as the Associate Director for the Dietetic Internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Additionally, she is a manager within the Nutrition Research Network for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics….
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
LGBTQ+ Health: Nutritional Considerations and Providing Inclusive Patient Care
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Lisa V. Adams is the Associate Dean for Global Health, Director of Dartmouth’s Center for Global Health Equity, and an Associate Professor in the Section of Infectious Disease and International Health at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine. In all her roles, she develop…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Helping Without Hurting: Best Practices in Global Nutrition Engagement
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Please note – the moderator is still TBD. Plans are to invite a RDN from outside the Federal Government, possibly from the Research DPG or the Academy’s Public Policy Team in order to gain an outside perspective….
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Valerie Agyeman is a Dietitian and Founder of Flourish Heights, a women’s nutrition and wellness educational platform. Through her brand she’s brought hundreds of women together locally and internationally to inspire change, educate and to build stronger, healthier communities….
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Baby Bites: Communicating the First Ever B-24 Dietary Guidelines
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Julie Aiken, RDN is the Senior Director of Srategic Partnerships for Mom’s Meals (PurFoods LLC), where she manages enterprise relationships between national and state Managed Care Organizations to help promote positive nutrition outcomes with home delivered meals.
Julie has over…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Home Delivered Meals: Evidence, Impact and the Role of the RDN
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Rahaf Al Bochi, RDN, LD is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and owner of Olive Tree Nutrition LLC. She provides holistic nutrition coaching services with a focus on intuitive eating, diabetes, and women’s health. She is passionate about helping women develop a healthy relati…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Stephen Alajajian, RDN is an Academy Foundation fellow who has been working closely with Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance to evaluate the implementation of a gardening intervention for stunted children in rural Guatemala. His interests include global nutrition research, nutriti…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Ann Albright, PhD, RDN, Director of the Division of Diabetes Translation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, leads an expert team that strives to eliminate the preventable burden of diabetes through leadership, research, programs, and policies that translate scienc…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy People 2030: State of the Union on Diabetes
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Katelyn Anderson, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist in the state of California specializing in the treatment of eating disorders among children and adolescents. Dr. Anderson received her doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology from The University of Oregon. She is trained in Co…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Mrs. Sermin Aras is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, licensed in the state of Mississippi and an Academy member since 2014. She is employed as Research Manager for the Mississippi INBRE Telenutriton Center at The University of Southern Mississippi. Mrs. Aras manages multiple …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Native Plant Foods of North America: Using Traditional Culture to Improve Modern Diets of Native Americans
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr. Mary Arnold Long obtained an Enterostomal Therapy certificate from Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, MN. She achieved CETN (now CWOCN) certification in 1994 & advanced practice CWOCN certification in 2009. She is also board-certified as a certified rehabilitat…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Collaborative Management of the Individual with a High Output Ileostomy for Optimal Outcomes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Tiffany Ayuda is a freelance editor and writer based in New York City. She writes about fitness, nutrition, health, and wellness. Most recently, she was a senior editor at Prevention.com, where she expanded their fitness, nutrition, and e-commerce coverage. She held previous edit…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Crossing the Finish Line: Leveraging Your Expertise Across the Diverse Media Spectrum for Winning Results
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr Keith Baar received his Bachelor’s in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan where he also served as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach with the University of Michigan Football team. He then received a Master’s from the University of California, Berkeley whi…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Soft Tissue Health: Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Fallon is an entrepreneur who is passionate about building community, farms, and sharing food. Her business, the Sprouting Kitchen, leads engaging cooking classes outside on local farms, in health clinics, and online virtually. She has partnered with local universities and hospit…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
David J. Baer, Ph.D., is a Supervisory Research Physiologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center located in Beltsville, Maryland. Dr. Baer conducts controlled dietary intervention studies to investigate the relationship between …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Science vs Sound Bite: Grading The Evidence and Guidelines for Communicating and Interpreting Research
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dylan is a Senior Nutrition Specialist at Ketchum and Registered Dietitian. He has presented his research at conferences including The Obesity Society’s Obesity Week, The American Society for Nutrition’s (ASN) Annual Nutrition Science Meeting and the Food and Nutrition Conference…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Dr. Bailey is an associate professor at the Center on Aging and the Life Course with the Department of Foods and Nutrition at Purdue University.
The focus of research in the Bailey lab is to improve the methods of measuring nutritional status to optimize health. We focus our e…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Baker-Smith is a nationally recognized pediatric cardiologist with expertise in cardiovascular disease prevention. As a preventive pediatric cardiologist, she specializes in the care of youth with systemic hypertension, dyslipidemia, and obesity. She is the director of Pediat…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
David W. Ballard, PsyD, MBA, is an organizational consultant with more than 15 years of experience as a non-profit executive. His emphasis is on promoting employee well-being and organizational performance through the integration of psychology and business. He has provided resear…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: How RDNs Can Thrive Amidst the Unknown
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Eliza Barclay oversees Vox.com’s award-wining health, science, energy, and environment coverage. In 2019, she and three Vox colleagues were finalists in the Online category for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Communications award for an entry on “The…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
To Tell the Truth: Lessons from Food and Nutrition Policy Journalists in the Era of Fake News
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Michael Barros is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Boston where he earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He subsequently completed two years of post-graduate residency at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence RI. He joined Tem…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Unique Challenges of Successful Diabetes Management in Older Adults
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tammy has practiced as an RDN specializing in eating disorders (EDs) for over three decades, managing outpatient nutrition programs (Alabama/Florida) and private practice. She joined Alsana Eating Recovery Communities in 2015, serving as VP of Clinical Nutrition Services. Tammy w…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Patricia J Becker MS RDN CSP FAND:
Patricia is a board-certified specialist in pediatric nutrition – Co-Editor of Pediatric Nutrition in Clinical Care. chair of the EAL pediatric nutrition screening project, past chair PNPG DPG, Past President NCAND, NE DPG Public Policy Advoc…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Plan, Do, Study, Act: Pathways to Screen and Assess Children for Malnutrition
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mary Bergeron is a Financial Officer and lead financial manager of the 1917 Clinic community service programs at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She has two decades of experience in program management and financial operations for large-scale academic and community partne…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jordana Bernard, MBA, FATA, Director, Policy and Public Affairs with InTouch Health, has over 30 years of healthcare industry experience. Jordana leads regulatory and legislative initiatives to advance telehealth. She serves as SME to support her team, healthcare providers and ot…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Lets Get Digital: Enhancing Care and Revenue with Technology
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Sarah Berry’s research interests relate to the influence of dietary components on cardiometabolic disease risk; focussing on postprandial metabolism. Since commencing her research career at King’s College London in 2000, she has been the academic leader for > 30 human nutrit…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Lucille Beseler is President& founder of the prominent Family Nutrition Center of South Florida a comprehensive practice providing an array of nutrition services in various locations. Beseler created FNC’s Insurance Navigation program for corporate clients which assists fam…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Home Delivered Meals: Evidence, Impact and the Role of the RDN
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Lucille Beseler is President& founder of the prominent Family Nutrition Center of South Florida a comprehensive practice providing an array of nutrition services in various locations. Beseler created FNC’s Insurance Navigation program for corporate clients which assists fam…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Health Coaching and MNT: Opportunity or Threat
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Carter Blakey is the Deputy Director of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP), US Department of Health and Human Services. ODPHP plays a key role in developing and coordinating disease prevention and health promotion policy for the nation. Carter also is t…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy People 2030: State of the Union on Diabetes
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Linda is the Owner of CKD Culinary Consulting, a Professional Cook and graduate of Aguste Escoffier Culinary School, Culinary Consultant for American Kidney Fund, Certified Kidney Health Coach, Certified ServSafe® food handler, Educational instructor, Author, and a caregiver to …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rondee Boe Feltman, has 30 years of experience as a licensed registered dietitian in her rural home town of Grafton, ND (Population 5,000). She is currently employed as a diabetes educator and director of nutrition services at a local critical access hospital. She is a certifie…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Unwinding the Paradox of Food Insecurity and Obesity in the Same Household in Rural Populations
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Leslie J. Bonci,MPH,RD,CSSD, LDN, is the owner of Active Eating Advice- be fit, fed, fearles, and is the co-founder of Performance365- a sports nutrition consulting company. She is a consultant to industry and is the sports dietitian for the Kansas City Chiefs. Leslie is a former…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Going Pro: Turning Your Passion for Writing into Your Next Gig
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Chere Bork, “The Dietitian Energy Igniter,” is a Law of Attraction Coach, and graduate of Coach U and Wellcoaches®. She served on the NE Board for eight years and has been their Abundance Ambassador since 2014, empowering members to succeed in ways they may not have thought …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Prior to retirement, Susan T. Borra, RDN served as Chief Health and Wellness Officer of the Food Industry Associaiton (FMI) and led national initiatives recognizing the unique assets of a grocery store – food, nutrition experts and pharmacy – and food retail’s important role in…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Helena Bottemiller Evich is a senior food and agriculture reporter at POLITICO, where she was recently honored with a James Beard Award for her reporting on climate change. Before joining POLITICO, Helena reported on food politics and policy at Food Safety News. Her work is…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
To Tell the Truth: Lessons from Food and Nutrition Policy Journalists in the Era of Fake News
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Deanne Brandstetter, M.B.A., R.D. has over thirty years of experience in the food and nutrition business. As Vice President of Nutrition & Wellness for Compass Group, North America, she leads a team that coordinates wellness programs for foodservice clients and develops innov…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Nudging Nutrition: Using Behavioral Economics to Make Healthy Choices Easy in Food Service Operations
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Deanne Brandstetter, M.B.A., R.D. has over thirty years of experience in the food and nutrition business. As Vice President of Nutrition & Wellness for Compass Group, North America, she leads a team that coordinates wellness programs for foodservice clients and develops innov…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
William is experienced in researching and engineering to advance the frontier of technology. He has delivered numerous products that have positively affected millions of users’ daily lives. He has seven years of academic research and more than eight years of hand-on research, e…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Dietetics: How AI Is Bringing Nutrition To New Heights
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Jen Brewer received her dietetics degree in 1999 from BYU and has been working as a dietitian in various capacities ever since. She has focused her work in the community setting and completed her master’s degree in school and community gardens in 2015. She helps classrooms set up…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Helping Without Hurting: Best Practices in Global Nutrition Engagement
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Sylvie Brouder’s (PhD, Ecology, University of California-Davis; Professor of Agronomy) research addresses nutrient stewardship in agricultural landscapes and application of emerging digital tools and novel statistical approaches to improve data use for evidence-based recommenda…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Britta Brown, MS, RD, LD, CNSC is a clinical dietitian at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. She completed her undergraduate degree at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and her Master’s degree in clinical nutrition at Rutger’s University. She works in the medi…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Multidisciplinary Approach to Nutrition and Wound Healing
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Britta Brown, MS, RD, LD, CNSC is a clinical dietitian at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, MN. She completed her undergraduate degree at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN and her Master’s degree in clinical nutrition at Rutger’s University. She works in the medi…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lisa S. Brown PhD, RD, LDN is an associate professor of nutrition and the dietetic internship director at Simmons University in Boston, MA. In addition to her duties at Simmons, Dr. Brown provides vacation coverage for long term care facilities in the Boston area, and counsels p…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Treatment of Individuals at the End of Life
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
. Mark Brown, Ph.D. is an Associate Staff member in the Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute. Dr. Brown is also the Director of Research in the Center for Microbiome & Human Health at the Cleveland Clinic. Dr….
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Monday, October 19th 2020
New Insights into Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of the Gut Microbiome
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Shonda received her BS in Nutritional Sciences from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY and completed her dietetic internship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock, AR. She also has credentials in Nutrition Support (CNSC), Pediatric Nutrition (CSP) and Eati…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Harry received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from California State University of Los Angeles, and his Juris Doctor from University of Colorado Law School. As the Executive Director of Asian Pacific Development Center, Harry works with government officials and communit…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Nicholas Burd is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health and is also a faculty member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In addition, he is the director of the Nutrition and Exercise Perf…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Strong Is the New Healthy: Exploring the Evidence for Strength as a Measure of Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Donna Burnett, PhD, RD, has many years of contribution to the nutrition and dietetics profession, with experience in foodservice management, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition education, and research. She is currently the Director of the Auburn University Dietetic Internship, a…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Camp RAD: Nutrition and Life Skills for Adolescents with Disabilities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Christan Bury is a nutrition support dietitian from Cleveland, OH. She went to Purdue University for her undergraduate degree and attended Case Western Reserve University for her Masters and combined clinical internship at the Cleveland VA. She has been at the Cleveland Clinic fo…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Winona Bynum is currently the executive director of the Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) an education, advocacy and policy organization led by Detroiters. Prior to joining DFPC, her work experience includes roles at Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, and Fa…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Winona Bynum is currently the executive director of the Detroit Food Policy Council (DFPC) an education, advocacy and policy organization led by Detroiters. Prior to joining DFPC, her work experience includes roles at Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan, and Fa…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Jo Ann Carson, PhD, RD, FAHA, a retired Professor of Clinical Nutrition, was educated at the University of Texas–Austin and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For four decades at UT Southwestern Medical Center she helped students gain skills to improve their own diets and th…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Saturated Fat: Navigating the Controversies
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Amy Carter is the Director of Clinical Nutrition and Lifestyle Health for Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, Indiana. Amy holds a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from Marian University, master’s degree in Adult and Community Education from Ball State University, and a Spanish Ce…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Basement Office to Integrated Care: Transforming RDN Practice Through Collaborative Group Models
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Jillian S Chaney, MS, RDN Eligible is a graduate of the University of Southern California Master’s of Science in Nutrition, Healthspan and Longevity program. Prior to this Jillian spent nearly 20 years in technology and project management for a multinational professional servic…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Dietetics: How AI Is Bringing Nutrition To New Heights
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Shirley Chao oversees Massachusetts’ $76 million elderly nutrition program, and during her tenure increased the program from 7M to 9.2M meals with little change in government funding. By implementing statewide purchasing and USDA commodity distribution programs, Shirley built t…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr Chey completed a GI fellowship and has remained as faculty at the University of Michigan where he is the Nostrant Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology & Nutrition Sciences.

His research interests focus on the diagnosis & treatment of disorders of brain-gut inte…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Novel Food Intolerance Testing and Personalizing Diet Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Mary Lee Chin MS., RD, provides food and nutrition consultation, working with commodity food groups and food industry on nutrition education initiatives. She speaks health professional audiences on some of the most provocative food topics of today, including genetically modified …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Lenna Frances Coopers Memorial Lecture- Good Nutrition Speak in a Polarized World: May We Have a Courteous Discourse?
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Conrad Choiniere, PhD, is the Director of the Office of Analytics and Outreach (OAO) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). Dr. Choiniere provides executive leadership for a broad portfolio of scientific and regulatory func…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dawn Clifford, PhD, RD, is a Professor and Director of the Master’s in Public Health at Northern Arizona University (NAU), Flagstaff, AZ. She teaches courses in nutrition education and counseling and has experience implementing and directing university-based health coaching progr…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptors Guide to Competency-Based Education
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Carolyn Cochran received her BS at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX. After her dietetic internship at The Brigham Hospital (PBBH) in Boston, MA, she returned for an MS in Food and Nutrition. In 1978 she covered acute care and post-transplant follow-up at Parkland Hospital i…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Facilitating MNT Access for Patients with Non-Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Gavin Colquitt, EdD, is a Professor in the Department of Health Sciences & Kinesiology, Waters College of Health Professions at Georgia Southern University. He is the founder and director of Camp RAD and has successfully run the program for the past 9 years. As a Certified A…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Camp RAD: Nutrition and Life Skills for Adolescents with Disabilities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Professor Clare Corish leads a graduate programme in clinical nutrition and dietetics in University College Dublin, Ireland. Research activities focus on malnutrition in older adults, including the European Union Malnutrition in the Elderly (MaNuEL) project, nutrition in early c…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
I have held my RDN credential for over 35years working in clinical nutrition , primarily nutrition support. I received my Master of Science degree with thesis research in 1987 from the Medical Dietetics Division of the The Ohio State University. The earlier years of my career w…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Pre-Rehabilitative Nutrition, Immunonutrition and Micronutrient Sufficiency in Harm Events and Patient Care Outcomes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Wendy Cruse, MMSc, RDN, CSPCC, CLS has 30 years of experience as a Neonatal/Pediatric Dietitian at Riley Hospital for Children, IU Health, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, IN. She provides nutrition support for Level 4 newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutritional Care in the NICU: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Amy Cuddy is an expert on the behavioral science of power, presence, and prejudice. Cuddy earned her PhD from Princeton University and has served on the faculties of Harvard Business School and Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Cuddy’s book Presence:…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Opening Session- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Joanna Cummings is the Associate Dietetic Internship Director and Instructor in the Graduate Programs in Human Nutrition at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She is also the Director of the OHSU-Lao Nutrition Education and Research Partnership. Ms. Cummings also te…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Helping Without Hurting: Best Practices in Global Nutrition Engagement
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Kelly Danis is the Director of Clinical Nutrition for the UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Campuses and the System Computrition Team. Kelly also serves as the Chair of the Clinical Nutrition System Integration Committee, leading and supporting system programs and initiatives for the U…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Elizabeth Davenport, MPH, RDN, LD is the co-founder of Pinney Davenport Nutrition and Sunny Side Up Nutrition.
She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) who specializes in working with clients with eating disorders and family feeding concerns. After graduating from The Oh…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Picky, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Alana Davidson is the Acting Director of Communications at the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance. Davidson works to increase SNAP participation through committed engagement with external agencies, including working with the Massachusetts Department of Higher Edu…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Failing to Make the Grade: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Dr. Patricia Davidson is a registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and Associate Professor, in the Nutrition Department, at West Chester University-PA. Clinical positions include in and out-patient diabetes education. She is active in the Academy of Nutriti…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Unique Challenges of Successful Diabetes Management in Older Adults
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Emily Dawkins is an outpatient registered dietitian nutritionist, diabetes care and education specialist and certified lifestyle medicine practitioner in Indianapolis. Since joining Eskenazi, she has assisted with the development of Eskenazi’ s DSMES program and novel Hypertens…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Basement Office to Integrated Care: Transforming RDN Practice Through Collaborative Group Models
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Kory DeAngelo, MS RDN
Kory is an Integrative Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Assistant Professor in the Nutrition and Exercise Science Department at Bastyr University where she teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in clinical nutrition assessment and therapy, t…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Evidence and Practice for Building Nutrigenomic Dietitians
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Linda Delahanty is Director of Nutrition and Behavioral Research at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Diabetes Center and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is a nationally recognized authority on nutrition and lifestyle interventions for the treatmen…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Looking AHEAD: Lessons Learned from the Action for Health in Diabetes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Dewey is a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis. She served as Chair of the Birth to 24 Months Subcommittee of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Her research focuses on maternal and child nutrition in th…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Stephanie is a clinical dietitian at Jefferson Weinberg ALS Center in Philadelphia, PA where she manages the nutrition regimens of ALS patients. Prior to this, Stephanie worked at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where she assessed patients following ERAS protocols. She recei…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What Is the Role of Nutrition?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Kara Douglas, a Helene Fuld Fellow recipient from Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, has been a registered nurse for 11 years. After working in the Johns Hopkins MICU, Kara attended the University of Maryland where she earned her Masters in Nurse Anesthesia. Kara began as a Nurse A…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What Is the Role of Nutrition?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Michelle Elkadi MS, RDN, LDN is a registered, licensed clinical dietitian at Cleveland Clinic. Her clinical experience has been in the areas of colorectal and general surgery specialties. She completed her dietetic internship program at Cleveland Clinic and her MS from Case Weste…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
When Food Hurts: The Crossroads of Gastrointestinal and Eating Disorders
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Ellis is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Associate Professor at the University of Alabama where she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in medical nutrition therapy, nutritional biochemistry, and translational nutrition science. Her research interests include g…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Evidence and Practice for Building Nutrigenomic Dietitians
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Nancy Emenaker is a Program Director in Nutrition Sciences Research Group at the National Cancer Institute, NIH. As a RDN clinician-scientist, her research interests are the role of diet in cancer prevention, genetics/nutrigenetics, GI oncology, and wound repair. She serves a…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr. Audrey Ervin is a psychologist and the academic director of graduate counseling psychology at Delaware Valley University where she developed the social-justice focused curriculum. Her research focuses on multicultural competence with an emphasis on sexual orientation, racial …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Holly has over 8 years of clinical experience and has served as faculty member in Medical Dietetics at The Ohio State University for the past 7 years. In conjunction with other educators and hospital dietitians, her poster, “Dietetic Education: The Value of an Experiential Work…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Assessment, Treatment and Monitoring of Micronutrients in Gastroenterology and Pancreatology
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Stephanie Faroh is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and the Training Specialist for Purdue Extension’s Nutrition Education Program. Through direct education and policy, system, and environmental work, the Nutrition Education Program serves limited income populations througho…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Linda is the owner of Nutrition Associates of San Antonio, dba Nutritious Table, which she founded in 1995. As an entrepreneur and Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management (CSOWM), Linda provides personalized medical nutrition therapy to teens and adults, media inter…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Opening Session- Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Linda is the owner of Nutrition Associates of San Antonio, dba Nutritious Table, which she founded in 1995. As an entrepreneur and Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management (CSOWM), Linda provides personalized medical nutrition therapy to teens and adults, media inter…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Member Showcase: Building Trust in Distrustful Times
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Linda is the owner of Nutrition Associates of San Antonio, dba Nutritious Table, which she founded in 1995. As an entrepreneur and Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management (CSOWM), Linda provides personalized medical nutrition therapy to teens and adults, media inter…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Closing Session: The Puzzle of Motivation
 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Nancy received her BS degree from the University of Illinois; interned at University of Iowa Hospitals; and completed her MS degree at Rosalind Franklin University. A long-time Academy member, Nancy served as Virginia State Policy and Media Representatives. In March 2014, Nancy r…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
I am a professor emeritus with the University of Pennsylvania. I teach Dairy Production Medicine, Ration Formulation, Animal Production Systems, Dairy Nutrition, and Global Food Security. I have board specialty training in nutrition and reproduction. My clinical duties involve nu…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Renee Fitton, MS, RD, is the Lead Dietitian at Heali AI. She manages a team of 50+ RDs and nutritionists working to make personalized nutrition easy and accessible through the use of technology. Prior to her work at Heali, Renee received her MS in Nutrition at USC. Renee also has…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Artificial Intelligence and Dietetics: How AI Is Bringing Nutrition To New Heights
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Kristen Fitzgerald is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and graduate of Purdue University. She is currently employed as a Community Wellness Coordinator with the Purdue Extension Nutrition Education Program where she works to make the healthy choice the easy choice for the resi…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Emma Fogt MBA, MS, RDN, LDN, FAND is owner of The Biome Kitchen, a company that provides virtual one-on-one counseling for digestive health from IBS and IBD to Celiac Disease and Food Sensitivities. The Biome Kitchen also shares “good for your gut” recipe demonstrations and suppo…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Midlife and Menopause: Finding Appropriate Nutritional and Behavioral Health Interventions
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
David is Senior Knowledge Expert in the Health and Life Sciences Practice at Oliver Wyman. He has over 19 years experience as a management consultant, across Financial Services and Healthcare. David’s primary consulting focus is growth strategy and development of analytical d…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Jillian Fry, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Towson University, utilizes qualitative and quantitative methods to conduct research at the intersection of public health, the food system, and environmental sustainability. She has led interdisciplin…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Joshua Glenn is the Case Manager and Education Specialist for the Birmingham AID Outreach (BAO) Food and Education Delivery program, known as B-FED. Prior to his work with BAO, Joshua was a Corporate Trainer for restaurants in the American South with Valenti Southeast Restaurant …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Nana Gletsu Miller, is currently an Associate Professor of Nutrition Science at Indiana University Bloomington, School of Public Health. She obtained a PhD in Nutrition and Metabolism from University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. She served as an Assistant/Associate Professo…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Neil Goldfarb is President and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Business Coalition on Health, which brings together employers in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey who are committed to improving the health of their employees and the safety, quality and value delivered by the h…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Getting Paid: Developing a Competitive Value Proposition
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Barbara Gower is Professor in the Department of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. Her research focus is on the interplay between diet, endocrinology, and metabolism and their relation to chronic metabolic disease, with expertise in evaluation of body c…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Impact of Obesity-Related Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr. Greer has worked with tribes around the Southeast as Director of the Center for American Indian Research and Studies (CAIRS) at Southern Miss. Collaborations continually occur through the Medicine Wheel Garden on campus, the Powwow, native plant events, and health-related re…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Native Plant Foods of North America: Using Traditional Culture to Improve Modern Diets of Native Americans
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Andrea Guzmán is a Guatemalan dietitian graduated from Del Valle University of Guatemala. Her work has focused on the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutritional interventions to prevent and treat stunting at the community level. She is currently working with Wuqu…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
April N. Hackert, MS, RDN, LD, CEDRD-S is a Psychiatric Culinary Medicine Research Dietitian, Scientist, International Clinical Eating Disorder Supervisor, and the founder of Choose to Change Nutrition Services. As a global expert on Nutritional Neuropsychology, this visionary or…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Emily Haller is a registered dietitian working at Michigan Medicine in their department of Gastroenterology where she provides nutrition consultation to patients with a wide range of gastrointestinal conditions. Ms. Haller received a BS in Nutrition from Indiana University, a MS …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Novel Food Intolerance Testing and Personalizing Diet Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Carrie Hamady has an MS in Health Promotion and an EdD in Leadership Studies. She is an associate clinical professor in the department of Public and Allied Health at Bowling Green State University. Her interests are in clinical nutrition, sustainability, food insecurity, innovati…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Expanding the Horizon of the Nutrition Profession Through Informatics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Chavanne is Google’s Food Choice Architect and Nutrition Manager on the Global Food Team in Sunnyvale, California. She joined Google in December 2018. The Google Food Team is responsible for creating food experiences that promote collaboration and engage and energize Googlers eac…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Hart is clinically trained in gastroenterology and pancreatology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. He has been awarded numerous fellowships from various institutions including the Mayo Clinic and The National Pancreas Foundation. He is the Associate Editor…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Assessment, Treatment and Monitoring of Micronutrients in Gastroenterology and Pancreatology
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Jackie Haven

Jackie Haven is the Deputy Administrator for USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. She oversees USDA’s programs to set national nutrition policy, and design and implement innovative science-based national nutrition promotion programs to improve the h…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Baby Bites: Communicating the First Ever B-24 Dietary Guidelines
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Katie Hayes, RDN is the Director of Nutrition Communications at the Egg Nutrition Center. As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with 10+ years of marketing and communications experience, Katie has developed and implemented food and nutrition communications programs for companies…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Baby Bites: Communicating the First Ever B-24 Dietary Guidelines
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Amanda Hege serves as the Project Manager for the Sustainable, Resilient, and Healthy Food and Water Systems Curriculum for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. She has experience in curricula development and experiential learning in the areas of hunger, food waste,…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Catalyzing Systems Change: Career Pathways in Sustainable Food Systems
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Amy Hess Fischl is an advanced practice dietitian, diabetes educator and coordinator for
the University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center. She is actively involved in the American Diabetes Association, the American
Association of Diabetes Educators and the Academy of Nutrition…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Empowering People with Diabetes: Putting Diabetes Self-Management Consensus Principles to Work
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Mitchel K. Holliday is a Commissioned Officer with the United States Public Health Service and currently serves as the Chief of Nutrition and Dietetics for the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Central Office. Dr. Holliday’s major responsibilities include nutritional managem…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Barbara Hopkins received her Master of Medical Science and completed her dietetic internship at Emory University and received her Bachelor of Science from Wayne State University. Since 1993, she served as Instructor, Academic Professional Director, and Assistant Professor at Geor…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
ACEND Forum: Demonstration Program Innovations in Educating Future Practitioners
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Jennifer Howard is a nurse practitioner who specializes in palliative care. Jenn has worked in variety of Hospice and Palliative Care settings for over two decades including inpatient hospital programs and community-based programs. She currently works in a home-based palliative c…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Treatment of Individuals at the End of Life
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Ginger Hultin MS RDN CSO owns Seattle-based concierge nutrition practice, Champagne Nutrition® LLC where she helps clients optimize their health with an integrative approach. She specializes in plant-based diets, integrative/holistic nutrition, oncology nutrition, supplements, a…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Kellene specializes in weight management and bariatric surgery nutrition. She was honored to be awarded the Massachusetts Outstanding Dietitian of the Year in 2018. She has held multiple roles on the EC for the WM DPG, and currently serves as Chair of the Commission on Dietetic R…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Michelle Jaelin is the founder and Creative Director at NutritionArtist.com. Her mission is to help people make more informed food decisions through media and communications. She’s a regular TV guest expert on the national show, The Social CTV, CP24, Breakfast Television Toronto,…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Meghan Jardine, MS, MBA, RDN, LD, CDE, is the associate director of diabetes nutrition education for the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting better nutrition and higher standards in research. Mrs. J…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Diabetes Reversal from Plant-Based Eating: Reality or Fallacy?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr Yael Joffe is acknowledged as a global expert in Nutrigenomics. From her background as a dietitian, she obtained her PhD from the University of Cape Town, exploring the genetics and nutrition of obesity. She is highly sought-after as a speaker for conferences and workshops. S…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Evidence and Practice for Building Nutrigenomic Dietitians
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Janet Johnson is a Senior Clinician with Iowa State University and works with their Nutrition and Dietetics Internship program. She is the current Chair of the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics Board….
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptors Guide to Competency-Based Education
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Libby Johnson is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified diabetes care and education specialist (CDCES). She currently provides outpatient diabetes self-management education and medical nutrition therapy for adults with gestational, type 1 and type 2 diabetes at the Int…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Empowering Persons with Diabetes to Make Positive Lifestyle Changes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Johnson is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University. Her research examines the impact of dietary factors (e.g. phytochemical-rich foods, high-fat meals/diets) on cardiometabolic health. She has published >27 …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Saturated Fat: Navigating the Controversies
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Wendy Johnson is Director of Public Policy and Public Affairs with Nestlé Corporate Affairs. Wendy is an active member of the American Public Health Association where she is a Past Chair of the Food and Nutrition Section, was a member of the Inter-Sectional Council Steering Co…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Prof Kam Kalantar-Zadeh, a triple board-certified nephrologist, studied medicine in Germany (MD) and received MPH and PhD from UC Berkeley. Dr. Kalantar’s postgraduate training includes State University of New York and Univ Calif San Francisco. he is a tenured Professor and HEA…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Emerging Benefits of a Plant-Forward Approach to the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Manju has a private practice offering personalized nutritional coaching focused on integrative and functional nutrition and weight management. Her cultural competency is a key part of her individualized service and draws from years of experience in a variety of dietetics fields.
…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Karpinski is an exercise physiologist and registered dietitian and is Professor and Chair of the department of Nutrition at West Chester University. She is a board-certified specialist in Sports Dietetics (CSSD). Chris earned her BS at West Chester University in exercise sci…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Soft Tissue Health: Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Debby has worked in the field of clinical nutrition for over 30 years.
During her 20 years as a dietitian in healthcare she
• Developed protocols for a protein-sparing modified fasting weight reduction program, a wound care clinic and a transitional care center.
• Was a fo…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Mary Beth is Program Coordinator for the BSDN Coordinated Program at Keiser University in Lakeland FL. She was faculty in the Department of Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland OH for 17 years.She was employed at University Hospitals of Cleveland and in her o…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
A New Approach to Helping Clients Change Food Choices: Internal Family Systems Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Sarah received her BS in Dietetics from Point Loma University in San Diego, and completed her dietetic internship from Cal Poly Pomona. She has been a pediatric dietitian for 9 years and has experience working with a variety of patients. Most recently she has specialized in worki…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Heather Keller RD PhD is the Schlegel Research Chair in Nutrition & Aging at the University of Waterloo. She is an internationally recognized expert in geriatric nutrition, assessment, and treatment. Research areas are focused on nutrition risk and malnutrition identificatio…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Molly Kellogg, CEDRD, LCSW, is the author of Counseling Tips for Nutrition Therapists: Practice Workbook series and a nationally recognized trainer on health behavior change based in Philadelphia, PA. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and is a C…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
A New Approach to Helping Clients Change Food Choices: Internal Family Systems Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Rebecca Kelly is an educator, administrator, leader, and consultant on building and sustaining healthy workforces. Since 1991, Rebecca has served as founder and president of Element Health, Inc., a nutrition and wellness consulting firm based in Birmingham, Alabama. Between 2006…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: How RDNs Can Thrive Amidst the Unknown
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Breana Killeen, M.P.H., R.D. is the test kitchen manager for EatingWell Magazine where she edits and develops 500+ recipes per year. Breana contributes all wine content for the brand, stars in Facebook Live and IGTV instructional videos, and has served as the Communications Chair…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Megan is the owner of MAK Nutrition Services, Senior Clinical Nutrition Advisor at ViaMar Health and a Lecturer at Arizona State University; teaching graduate and undergraduate nutrition, eating disorder and leadership courses. Megan is a Certified Eating Disorder Dietitian (CED…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Sue Konek has been a leader in Clinical Nutrition Management in pediatric acute care settings for over 25 years. In 2015, she retired from her position as Director of Clinical Nutrition at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where she led a group of over 60 pediatric RDNs a…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Plan, Do, Study, Act: Pathways to Screen and Assess Children for Malnutrition
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Holly Kramer is a Professor of Public Health Sciences and Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension at Loyola University Chicago. After completing her residency and chief residency at Emory University, she then completed a four year nephrology fellowship at the Mas…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Facilitating MNT Access for Patients with Non-Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton is Evan Pugh University Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University.

Her research expertise is cardiovascular nutrition. She conducts controll…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
South Asians and Heart Disease: Calling RDNs for Their Expertise!
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ted Kyle, RPh, MBA, founded ConscienHealth in 2009. Ted is a pharmacist and healthcare innovation professional who works with health and obesity experts for sound policy and innovation to address obesity. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Obesity Action Coalition, advis…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Matthew Landry is a postdoctoral fellow in the Stanford Prevention Research Center in the School of Medicine at Stanford University. He has a BS in nutrition and food sciences from Louisiana State University and a PhD in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Texas at Au…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Susan H. Laramee, MS, RDN, FADA, FAND is currently a Chair of the Ethics Committee of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics/Commision on Dietetic Regittration. She was also a member of the 2018 Code of Ethics Task Force. As a past president of the Academy, she has served as a m…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Implications for Social Responsibility and Fairness
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Becky Larson, DrPH, MS, RD, is an Assistant Professor of Health Science at The University of Alabama. Becky has 22 years of professional experience as a Registered Dietitian and has many years of providing health and nutrition education in K-12 and college classrooms, in after-sc…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Camp RAD: Nutrition and Life Skills for Adolescents with Disabilities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Erica’s career is driven by her belief that healthful food and nutrition education is a right. Driven by her belief, Erica obtained her BS in Nutrition Sciences from Howard University, where she also completed her internship in 2011. After receiving her BS, she became a Peace Cor…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Paula Kellogg Leibovitz, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES is the owner of PKL Consulting, focusing on grant management and community education programs. She serves as Consultant for the CT Department on Aging and Department of Public Health.
Paula is chair for the Diabetes Dietetic Practice…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Unique Challenges of Successful Diabetes Management in Older Adults
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Heather J. Leidy, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Leidy received her PhD in Physiology at Penn State University and went on to complete a Post-doctoral fellowship in the De…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Strong Is the New Healthy: Exploring the Evidence for Strength as a Measure of Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Lemacks is a health disparities expert with experience in community engagement and culturally-tailored interventions to promote healthier behaviors. She has managed over $2 million dollars in funded projects over the past five years. She is the director of the Mississippi INB…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Native Plant Foods of North America: Using Traditional Culture to Improve Modern Diets of Native Americans
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
One foot in leading edge-research and the other in high performance sport Dana plays a unique simultaneous role of researcher and practitioner. In the role of Project Scientist in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior at University California Davis she leads human studies in the …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Soft Tissue Health: Nutritional Strategies for Injury Prevention and Recovery
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Heidi Lochen received both her B.S in Dietetics and M.S degree in Human Nutritional Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. She completed her internship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, where she subsequently worked as an adult clinical die…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
LGBTQ+ Health: Nutritional Considerations and Providing Inclusive Patient Care
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Brett Loman is a postdoctoral scientist at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, and a fellow of the Comprehensive Training in Oral and Craniofacial sciences program administered through The Ohio State University. Brett rece…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
The Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Cancer Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Lusk is a food and agricultural economist who studies what we eat and why we eat it. He has published more than 240 peer-reviewed and has been listed as one of the most prolific and cited food and agricultural economists of the past two decades. He has been interviewed for o…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Anna Lutz is a nutrition therapist in Raleigh, NC, specializing in eating disorders. She is the co-owner of Sunny Side Up Nutrition, a nutrition and family feeding online resource. Anna received her BS in Psychology from Duke University and MPH from The University of North Caroli…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Picky, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Catherine is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and leader in healthcare innovation. She is the Vice President of Product Strategy and Development and Chief Nutrition Officer for Mom’s Meals (PurFoods LLC). She also served as Vice President of Medication Adherence and Immuni…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Home Delivered Meals: Evidence, Impact and the Role of the RDN
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Della M. Major has been an ESRD patient since November 2011 and Transplant recipient since 2019. She is a certified Kidney Health Coach for the American Kidney Fund, a member of the Patient Advisory Council (PAC), a Subject Matter Expert (SME), and a member of the Medical Revie…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Malkani Malkani is the owner of Malina Malkani, LLC (malinamalkani.com), a private practice and nutrition consulting company that helps moms end food drama, raise healthy, intuitive eaters, and serve more nutrient-dense, minimally processed foods at home — a lifestyle she create…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ainsley Malone is a Dietitian member of the Nutrition Support Team with Mt. Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio where she is involved in managing nutrition care in critically ill patients who require enteral and parenteral nutrition. In addition, Ms. Malone serves as a Clinic…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Hannah Martin, MPH, RD serves as director, legislative and government affairs with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ Policy Initiatives and Advocacy team in Washington, DC. Her portolio includes federal legislative and regulatory issues related to health care and public h…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy People 2030: State of the Union on Diabetes
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
After spending 30 years with Joslin Diabetes Center directing clinical and education outreach projects in the Innovation division, Melinda started her own consulting business. She has has lectured and published extensively for both patient and professional audiences around the …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Empowering People with Diabetes: Putting Diabetes Self-Management Consensus Principles to Work
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Mattes is a Distinguished Professor of Nutrition Science at Purdue University. His research focuses on the areas of hunger and satiety, food preferences, regulation of food intake in humans, human cephalic phase responses and taste and smell. At Purdue, Dr. Mattes is the Head…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Jenny is a Speech-Language Pathologist and Certified Lactation Counselor specializing in feeding for newborns through adolescents. She works with caregivers to give them the confidence and competence to be their child’s best feeding partner. Jenny developed the STEPS feeding pro…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Picky, Selective, ARFID? Assessment and Treatment of Pediatric Feeding Difficulties
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Laura McLain PsyD is the Site Director at The Renfrew Center of Georgia with oversight of both the clinical program and operations. Dr. McLain has extensive experience working with eating disorders as well as diverse populations and believes that change is possible for all indiv…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Midlife and Menopause: Finding Appropriate Nutritional and Behavioral Health Interventions
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Tamara is the co-founder of Diversify Dietetics, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the field of nutrition by empowering students and young professionals from underrepresented minority groups to join the next generation of nutrition ex…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Beyond the World Foods Course: Diversifying Educational Spaces in Dietetics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Yodit (she/her) has been working at the intersections of racial and gender justice with women and BIPOC for nearly two decades. She is President and CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work and founder of Black Men Read; a reading program that uplifts Black men, all children and stori…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
As a Community Wellness Coordinator for Purdue Extension, Erin has been instrumental in addressing food insecurity in rural areas of Southwest Indiana. She has partnered with schools, local government, non-profits, health care agencies, correctional facilities and religious orga…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Jane Myers is currently a Public Health Consultant with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD). Her expertise is in development and promotion of Accredited or Recognized Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) programs and National Diabetes P…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Unwinding the Paradox of Food Insecurity and Obesity in the Same Household in Rural Populations
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Lisa Moloney is a Nutrition Researcher with Evidence Analysis Center at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Lisa has extensive experience in conducting systematic reviews and developing evidence-based nutrition practice guidelines. She is currently the project manager for t…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Saturated Fat: Navigating the Controversies
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Gabriela Montenegro-Bethancourt is a Guatemalan nutritionist. Her research focuses on dietary factors affecting children´s health, application of nutritional urinary biomarkers, nutrient intake, and application of non-invasive methods.
Dr. Montenegro is an Academy of Nutrition…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Maggie Moon, MS, RD, is the best-selling author of The MIND Diet, and lead author of the neurologic disorders chapter in the 2020 edition of Krause and Mahan’s Food and the Nutrition Care Process. In addition to three consumer books and two textbook chapters, Moon writes for an…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Going Pro: Turning Your Passion for Writing into Your Next Gig
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Amanda Moreland is a Public Health Analyst and contractor in the Public Health Law Program (PHLP) within the Center for State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Support at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In her role, Amanda provides technical assistance to stat…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Meagan Moyer, MPH, RDN, is the Director of Clinical Nutrition at Stanford Health Care. Prior to joining Stanford, Meagan was the Coordinator of Nutrition Services at the Emory Bariatric Center in Atlanta, GA. Meagan then became the program manager for Emory’s Telehealth Team wher…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Lets Get Digital: Enhancing Care and Revenue with Technology
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Eileen is a nutrition and healthcare consultant and adjunct instructor at The University of North Florida. She has been a trailblazer for the RDN throughout her career. In the 1980s she proposed and started RD services in grocery stores, decades before having access to dietiti…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Nahikian-Nelms is currently a professor of clinical health and rehabilitation sciences and the Director of Academic Affairs in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences-College of Medicine at The Ohio State University. She has practiced as a dietitian and public health…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Assessment, Treatment and Monitoring of Micronutrients in Gastroenterology and Pancreatology
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Tom Neltner is Environmental Defense Fund’s Chemicals Policy Director. He leads efforts to remove or minimize hazardous chemicals from products and the marketplace through cross-cutting policy initiatives. His primary focus is on food additive safety and reducing exposure to le…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Tessa Nguyen, RD, LDN, is the founder and principal of Taste Nutrition Consulting. She is an acclaimed professionally trained Chef and Registered Dietitian with her work featured in multiple international publications.

Tessa is proudly multi-ethnic and serves on the Board of D…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Asian Cuisine: Beyond the Soy Sauce
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jacque Nyenhuis, PhD RDN LDN is Director of the Culinary Medicine Lab and Assistant Professor, UCF College of Medicine. She has presented over 100 television, radio and in person talks. She co-authored Nutrition and Diet Therapy and is working on a cookbook called “Thyme for Ever…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Unwinding the Paradox of Food Insecurity and Obesity in the Same Household in Rural Populations
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Patti is the Director of Nutrition Services for UCLA Health. She has a Masters degree in Nutrition and and an MBA and is a Registered Dietitian. At UCLA Patti oversees patient, staff and visitor feeding as well as Clinical Nutrition and serves approximately 10,000 meals a day, …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Ms. Olson is a research dietitian at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from South Dakota State University, along with a minor in speech communications and French studies. After graduation, she completed her…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Impact of Obesity-Related Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Susan Pac has over 20 years experience in nutrition science and regulatory affairs with an expert knowledge of FDA and USDA food labeling regulations. Her responsibilities include nutrition and ingredient labeling, food product claims and consumer communications about food produc…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Ground Up: Expert Update on Heavy Metals in Childrens Foods
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Rory Pace is a leader, educator, and advocate in Nephrology Nutrition. She is a graduate of UC Davis, the West LA VA Medical Center dietetic internship, and the UCLA school of Public Health. Rory serves as Director of Nutrition Services at Satellite Healthcare, a not-for-profit d…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity: How RDNs Can Thrive Amidst the Unknown
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
After graduating from Harvard Business School, Neil Pasricha spent a decade as Director of Leadership at Walmart, the world’s largest company. While there he wrote the 50-million-hit, award-winning blog 1000 Awesome Things and the New York Times bestsellers The Book of Awesome …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Member Showcase: Building Trust in Distrustful Times
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Caroline Passerrello is a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Passerrello coordinates Supervised Practice in the Community for the graduate students in an accelerated Future Education Model program and teaches Profe…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Jay is a registered dietitian and certified personal trainer who completed his DPD at Boston University followed by his dietitian internship at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where he previously worked as a clinical dietitian. Jay now works at Walden Behavioral Care as a dietitian…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
LGBTQ+ Health: Nutritional Considerations and Providing Inclusive Patient Care
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Gina Pazzaglia has been teaching for 30 years in higher education and is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Her interests include effective pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning (UDL); diversity, inclusion and equity; and nutrition education. She is an Associate …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Put Me in Coach! A Preceptors Guide to Competency-Based Education
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Rebecca L. Pearl, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of Research at the Penn Center for Weight and Eating Disorders. Dr. Pearl’s research investigates weight stigma and its…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Melissa Pflugh Prescott is the Assistant Professor of School/Childhood Foods and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She completed her PhD in Public Health at NYU. Her research focuses on the use of policy, systems, and environmental approaches to promote…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Nudging Nutrition: Using Behavioral Economics to Make Healthy Choices Easy in Food Service Operations
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Daniel Pink is one of the best-selling nonfiction authors of the last decade. His books on work, business, and behavior have won multiple awards, been translated into 39 languages, and have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide.

He has been a contributing editor at Fast Co…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Closing Session: The Puzzle of Motivation
 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Dr. Dan Pino is a highly-motivated, team-oriented and compassionate physician with a specific interest in preventative health and community-based care. He holds a doctor of medicine degree from University of Texas Medical Branch. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine an…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
From the Basement Office to Integrated Care: Transforming RDN Practice Through Collaborative Group Models
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Maggie Powers, PhD, RD, CDCES worked at International Diabetes Center for 15 years where she had a clinical practice and conducted research. She currently is Sr Consultant with Nutrition Practice and Evaluation services at HealthPartners. She is a published researcher, an interna…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Empowering People with Diabetes: Putting Diabetes Self-Management Consensus Principles to Work
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Fileti is the president of C.P. Fileti Associates Inc., a health communications and regulatory response firm serving the food, nutrition and health care sectors. Previously she served as nutrition division director for leading hospital systems in the East and Midwest. Current app…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Communities from the Ground Up: Empowerment, Sovereignty and Equity in Our Food System
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Josh Protas is the Vice President of Public Policy for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. He coordinates and implements MAZON’s advocacy agenda to protect and strengthen the federal nutrition safety net, with particular emphasis on food security needs for seniors, veterans, and …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
The Opportunities and Threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Director of Human Nutrition Initiatives at Alltech, helping farmers across the globe apply the lens of human nutrition to agricultural practices for improved nutrition of plants, animals and consumers. Director of Acutia dietary supplements, overseeing business strategy and manag…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Disrupt, Innovate, and Create Value as an Intrapreneur
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Quigley’s primary research interests relate to clinical gastroenterology and, specifically, to common functional and motility disorders, such as GERD, gastroparesis, constipation and irritable bowel syndrome. In translational research, his focus has been on the gut microbio…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
The Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Cancer Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Cassandra (Cassie) Ramos is a Policy Associate at Center for Science in the Public Interest. Her role includes identifying and implementing strategies to support healthy eating for low-resourced families, including through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Bef…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
The Opportunities and Threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Helen Rasmussen PhD, RD, LDN, FADA, FAND, is a research dietitian currently practicing at the Jean Mayer USDA-Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. She holds an appointment at the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Sciences and Policy a…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Are You Prepared for the Decade of Healthy Aging?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, LDN, is a Professor in the Department of Nutrition and the Associate Dean of Research in the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee. She holds a MS in Public Health Nutrition and a PhD in Clinical Psychology. She c…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Moving Beyond Effectiveness: Addressing Childhood Obesity Disparities with Translational Research
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Meaghan Reardon, MS RD is a Research Dietician and Nutritionist at the USDA’s Dietary Assessment Unit. The Dietary Assessment Unit (DAU) provides services and expertise in all steps of dietary data assessment including data collection, coding, cleaning, management and analysis. T…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Carol Rees Parrish, MS, RDN, has 39 years of clinical experience, 30 of which have been specializing in nutrition support and GI disorders at the University of Virginia Health System. Carol founded the Medicine Nutrition Support Team in 1991, developed the GI Nutrition Clinic, an…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Collaborative Management of the Individual with a High Output Ileostomy for Optimal Outcomes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Rebecca Reeves graduated from Baldwin-Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. She later completed her MPH and DrPH degrees from the University of Texas School of Public Health in Houston, Texas. Prior to her retirement from Baylor College of Medicine, she was the project director …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Looking AHEAD: Lessons Learned from the Action for Health in Diabetes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, is the President and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH). At PBH, she guides the Foundation’s efforts with hundreds of public and private partners to advance fruit and vegetable consumption for happier, healthier lives through …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Baby Bites: Communicating the First Ever B-24 Dietary Guidelines
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Shamera is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) and Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) dedicated to empowering individuals to prioritize wellness. As an outpatient dietitian, Shamera used a patient-centered approach to counsel, educate, and deliver medical nutrition therapy n…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr. Sally Rockey is the inaugural FFAR Executive Director, a position she has held since September 2015. Dr. Rockey brings thirty years of experience in foundational work, government, and Federal research. Dr. Rockey held several positions at the US Department of Agriculture with…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Danita is a Farmer and serves on the Board of Advisors for FLM Harvest. She serves on the Board of the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research. Danita is a Past Chairman of the U.S. Meat Export Federation and Past President of the National Pork Board. She has had leadersh…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
AnnaMarie has worked as a renal dietitian for over 20 years from clinical to pharmaceutical including sales, education and renal medical affairs. She has chaired a number of boards including the South and Central Texas NKF Medical Advisory Board, San Antonio CRN, Renal Practice G…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Emerging Benefits of a Plant-Forward Approach to the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Nicole Rodriguez, RDN, NASM-CPT, resides in Long Beach, NY, where she offers in-home meal prep, small group training, and one-on-one fitness coaching. She serves as the in-house dietitian for NavaFit (an app that connects workout buddies across the country) and as the chair-elec…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Crossing the Finish Line: Leveraging Your Expertise Across the Diverse Media Spectrum for Winning Results
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Melainie Rogers, MS, RDN, CDN, CEDRD-S is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and accredited supervisor in the treatment of eating disorders. She is the Founder and Executive Director of BALANCE eating disorder treatment center™ and melainie rogers nutrition, llc i…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
A Comprehensive Approach to Eating Disorders: The Future of Practice
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Stephanie Rogus is an Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition and Dietetic Science in the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at New Mexico State University. She studies the economic, social, and environmental influences on food choice and impacts of food programs and polic…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Failing to Make the Grade: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Peter is a pediatrician and internist, cofounder and Chief Medical Officer of Wuqu’ Kawoq | Maya Health Alliance….
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Nutrition Interventions Go Global: Collaborations for Community Health
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
With her unique perspective as a dietitian with a lifetime on a family farm, Charlotte Rommereim has been a resource for agriculture organizations in communication to consumers and health professionals. Charlotte shares her expertise in agriculture and its impact on food choices …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Christine Rosenbloom, PhD, RDN, FAND, is a nutrition professor emerita at Georgia State University. She taught nutrition and mentored students for 30 years and had administrative roles as department chair and associate dean for academic affairs. An active member in the Academy of…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Strong Is the New Healthy: Exploring the Evidence for Strength as a Measure of Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Kelli Rugless, PsyD is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and owner of Flourish Psychology, a private practice that focuses on the treatment of eating disorders and women’s mental health. She received her Bachelor’s in Biopsychology from UCSB and her Master’s and Doctorate in Hea…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
When Food Hurts: The Crossroads of Gastrointestinal and Eating Disorders
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mary Russell is a Medical Science Liaison at Baxter Healthcare and a lecturer at the Chicago Medical School. Her past professional roles include director of two clinical nutrition departments and various clinical RDN roles.
She is a past president and past treasurer of the Acade…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Implications for Social Responsibility and Fairness
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Ruth MacDonald is Professor and Chair, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, at Iowa State University, and Assistant Dean for Graduate Programs for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She holds a PhD in Nutrition from the University of Minnesota, and is a …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Kate Scarlata, MPH, RDN, LDN is a Boston-based dietitian with 30 years of experience. Kate’s expertise is in gastrointestinal disorders and food intolerance, with a particular focus on the low FODMAP diet for functional gut disorders. She was awarded the Outstanding Massachuset…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Novel Food Intolerance Testing and Personalizing Diet Interventions in Irritable Bowel Syndrome
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Schafer is Associate Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF and Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinol…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Rebecca Schlueter, RD, LD is the Assistant Chief of Nutrition and Food Services at the Lexington Kentucky VA Health Care System. Her background is in behavior change counseling and motivational interviewing. She holds a certificate of training in Adult Weight Management from the …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Disrupt, Innovate, and Create Value as an Intrapreneur
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Schneeman is recognized for her work on dietary fiber, gastro-intestinal function, and development and use of food-based dietary guidelines. She served as Director of the Office of Nutrition, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements at the Food and Drug Administration. At the Unive…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Shey Schnell has over 20 years of food service experience in culinary, clinical, and management roles. Most recently, Shey served as the Director of Food and Nutrition Services at the University of Vermont Health Network CVPH in Plattsburgh, NY. He helped to lead a variety of p…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Promoting the Collaboration Between Food Service and Clinical Nutrition: Stories of Success
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Marsha Schofield, MS, RD, LD, FAND is Senior Director, Governance and Nutrition Services Coverage at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. In this role, she provides leadership and oversight for the association’s efforts to position members for success in changing health car…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Facilitating MNT Access for Patients with Non-Dialysis Dependent Chronic Kidney Disease
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Val Schonberg MS, RDN, CSSD, LD, NCMP is the owner of EnlightenU Nutrition Consulting in Atlanta Georgia. She is a Registered and Licensed Dietitian with a master’s degree in nutrition science. She is Board Certified as a Specialist in Sports Dietetics and a Certified Menopause…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Healthy Midlife and Menopause: Finding Appropriate Nutritional and Behavioral Health Interventions
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Always wearing two hats as a registered dietitian and seasoned communications professional, Jaime has nearly 20 years of experience combining knowledge and expertise in food, nutrition, health and public relations to create innovative media and HCP relations strategies for compan…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Power In Your Presence: Taming Feelings Of Insecurity And Imposter Syndrome
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Founder of Balanced Nutrition Coach™, Julie Schwartz has over 25 years of experience as a consultant dietitian nutritionist and certified health & wellness coach. Julie holds a Master of Science in Sports Nutrition from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science Hea…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Health Coaching and MNT: Opportunity or Threat
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
As a food & beverage industry analyst at The NPD Group, a leading market research company, Darren Seifer provides insights based on NPD’s food-related research to organizations and companies across the country. Prior to joining NPD in March 2007, he was an analyst with Info…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Plant Protein in the Kitchen: Evolution on the Bun
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jessie Shafer is a registered dietitian and the Director of Influence & Health Education at New Hope Network in Boulder, Colorado. For the last 17 years, Jessie has worked in food and health publishing, holding the roles of editor-in-chief of Delicious Living magazine and sen…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Plant Protein in the Kitchen: Evolution on the Bun
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jennifer Shelton currently works at Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield (ABCBS) as a Network Development Representative serving as a liaison between the company and the provider community. She is responsible for maintaining provider agreements and educating providers on enterpris…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Getting Paid: Developing a Competitive Value Proposition
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Vandana Sheth is an award winning registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and owner of a successful private practice in the Los Angeles area. She has over two decades experience and specializes in intuitive eating, food allergies, vegetarian nutrition, diab…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Diabetes Reversal from Plant-Based Eating: Reality or Fallacy?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Vandana Sheth is an award winning registered dietitian nutritionist, certified diabetes educator and owner of a successful private practice in the Los Angeles area. She has over two decades experience and specializes in intuitive eating, food allergies, vegetarian nutrition, diab…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Mastering Mastermind Meetings
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Valerie Shurley, MBA, MS, RDN, CD is a Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager with Touchpoint Support Services in Wisconsin. As an organized and systems level thinker with a strong operational and business mindset, she has implemented state-wide standardization initiatives, includin…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Lets Get Digital: Enhancing Care and Revenue with Technology
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Shusterman is President and Physician Partner at Carolina Nephrology, a large nephrology practice in Greenville, SC. He is also the creator of The Cooking Doc, an online cooking show and health information website (www.thecookingdoc.co) dedicated to helping viewers create del…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Dr. Sievenpiper is a Clinician Scientist who holds appointments as an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto and Staff Physician and Scientist and St. Michael’s Hospital. He has established an internationally recognized research program focused on using randomized con…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Low-Calorie Sweeteners: Harmonizing Authoritative Statements for Practitioners
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Geeta Sikand is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Clinical Lipid Specialist, Certified Diabetes Educator, Fellow of the National Lipid Association and Fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Ms Sikand is Director of Nutrition at University of California Irvine Preven…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
South Asians and Heart Disease: Calling RDNs for Their Expertise!
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Heidi J. Silver is a Research Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and a Health Scientist with the Tennessee Valley VA. She established the Vanderbilt Diet, Body Composition and Human Metabolism Core …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Impact of Obesity-Related Sarcopenia and Myosteatosis
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Jessi Silverman is a Policy Associate and the Mark & Sushma Palmer Public Health Advocacy Fellow at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. She works to strengthen the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and increase access to healthier food in public places, worksites, a…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
The Opportunities and Threats to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Joanne Slavin, PhD, RDN is a professor in the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. She has conducted research on dietary fiber and gut health for the past 40 years and has published more than 350 papers in a wide range of nutrition topics. Sh…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
New Insights into Cardiovascular Disease: The Role of the Gut Microbiome
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, LD, FADA, FAND is Founder and Principal, The AgriNutrition Edge, a consultancy assisting food, health and agriculture organizations navigate the food and consumer environment. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Nutrition & Food Safe…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Implications for Social Responsibility and Fairness
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, LD, FADA, FAND is Founder and Principal, The AgriNutrition Edge, a consultancy assisting food, health and agriculture organizations navigate the food and consumer environment. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Nutrition & Food Safe…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Show Me the Money: The Economic Reality Behind Sustainable Food and Agricultural Decisions
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Marianne Smith Edge, MS, RDN, LD, FADA, FAND is Founder and Principal, The AgriNutrition Edge, a consultancy assisting food, health and agriculture organizations navigate the food and consumer environment. Previously, she served as Senior Vice President, Nutrition & Food Safe…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Disrupt, Innovate, and Create Value as an Intrapreneur
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Beth Smith is a Clinical Nutrition Manager at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Beth has served as both the outpatient and the inpatient manager for the Clinical Nutrition team of ninety plus. For the last decade, Beth has participated in the national effort to define and …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Plan, Do, Study, Act: Pathways to Screen and Assess Children for Malnutrition
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Janelle Smith, MS, RDN, CEDRD is a registered dietitian nutritionist practicing at UCLA Division of Digestive Diseases. She is a Certified Eating Disorder RD by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals and specializes in the cross-over of digestive diseases …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
When Food Hurts: The Crossroads of Gastrointestinal and Eating Disorders
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jennifer holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Nutrition and Biology from the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. She is a Registered (and Licensed) Dietitian, Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, an active member of the American Diabetes Association, American Associ…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
There’s an App for That! Navigating Technology for People with Diabetes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Toby dynamically combines her knowledge as a certified diabetes care and education specialist and registered dietitian nutritionist with her life experiences successfully managing type 1 diabetes for more than five decades and has followed a plant-based eating plan most of her li…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Diabetes Reversal from Plant-Based Eating: Reality or Fallacy?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Toby dynamically combines her knowledge as a certified diabetes care and education specialist and registered dietitian nutritionist with her life experiences successfully managing type 1 diabetes for more than five decades and has followed a plant-based eating plan most of her li…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
There’s an App for That! Navigating Technology for People with Diabetes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Linda Snetselaar is a professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (JAND), Endowed Chair of Preventive Nutrition Education, and Director of the Nutrition Center in The University of Iowa, College of Public H…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Moving Beyond Effectiveness: Addressing Childhood Obesity Disparities with Translational Research
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Melanya Souza is a Registered Dietitian at the North Florida VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. She has been facilitating the VA Healthy Teaching Kitchen program for six years and serving as the National VA Healthy Teaching Kitchen program co-lead for two years. She speci…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Tim Spector is a Professor of Genetics and Director of TwinsUK at King’s College London. His current work focuses on the microbiome and diet. He runs the crowdfunded British Gut microbiome project and leads the biggest citizen science health project – the Covid symptom Study Ap…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Precision Nutrition at Scale: Machine Learning Insights into Personal Metabolic and Microbiome Response
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Dr. Lisa Spence earned her BS, MS, and PhD from Purdue University in Nutrition Science. Additionally, she is a RD. Dr. Spence serves on faculty at Indiana University’s School of Public Health as an Assistant Research Scientist. Prior, she worked in various positions includi…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Marsha Spence, Associate Professor, is the director of the Public Health Nutrition Graduate Program at the University of Tennessee and the director of the University of Tennessee’s Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nutrition Leadership Education and Training Program.

Dr. S…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Failing to Make the Grade: Food Insecurity on College Campuses
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Mike Spigler has served as vice president of Patient Services and Kidney Disease Education for the American Kidney Fund (AKF) since July 2015. Mr. Spigler oversees a spectrum of programs and services: prevention activities, top-rated health educational resources, and direct finan…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Marie Spiker, PhD, MSPH, RDN is an Assistant Professor in the Nutritional Sciences Program at the University of Washington School of Public Health. She conducts research and teaching at the intersection of food systems and nutrition. Prior to this, she was the Healthy and Sustain…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Nutrients in Food Systems
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jay Spitulnik, PhD, has worked in areas related to managing health informatics for more than 35 years. His work has involved operations and system implementations. He directs the Health Informatics Graduate programs at Northeastern University, focusing on anyone who will be manag…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Expanding the Horizon of the Nutrition Profession Through Informatics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Jennifer has been a registered dietitian for over 20 years. As a clinician, she has been passionate about nutrition support in both adults and neonates and has worked as a patient navigator in an adult ambulatory cancer institute. Jen currently works for WellSpan Health as a re…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Collaborative Management of the Individual with a High Output Ileostomy for Optimal Outcomes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Major Susan Stankorb currently serves as the Chief of Business Operations Nutrition Care Division at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii and Nutrition Consultant to the 18th Medical Command Deployment Support. She is a 16 year veteran of the Army who has deployed in support of…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Multidisciplinary Approach to Nutrition and Wound Healing
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Julie Stefanski, MEd, RDN, CSSD, LDN, CDCES, FAND works as a SME Content Writer for Relias developing continuing education courses for healthcare professionals. She is a national media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics, the social media chair for the PA Ac…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Going Pro: Turning Your Passion for Writing into Your Next Gig
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Steiber is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and the Chief Science Officer at the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. As Chief Science Officer, Dr. Steiber leads the Research, International, and Scientific Affairs team in both research efforts, including conducting nutritio…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Science vs Sound Bite: Grading The Evidence and Guidelines for Communicating and Interpreting Research
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Eve Stoody, PhD is the Director of the Office of Nutrition Guidance and Analysis (ONGA) of USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion. Her primary responsibilities ares to oversee and support the Dietary Guidelines for Americans revision process. She is currently the Desi…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Lets Talk About the Evidence
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Nancy Strange is a clinical nutrition specialist for Ambulatory Surgical Services at IU Health. Co-Chairperson of the IU Health POWERR/ERAS program, IUPUI Dietetic Internship preceptor and a Certified Nutrition Support Clinician; She has been integral in development of an inter-d…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Pre-Rehabilitative Nutrition, Immunonutrition and Micronutrient Sufficiency in Harm Events and Patient Care Outcomes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Renee Stubbins grew up in Houston, Texas and received her bachelor’s in science and her doctorate in Nutrition Biochemistry and Cancer Metabolism from the University of Texas at Austin. Renee is a senior oncology dietitian for Houston Methodist Cancer Center and an assistant me…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
The Gut Microbiome: Profound Implications for Diet and Cancer Therapy
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Bonnie Taub-Dix, MA,RDN,CDN is the award-winning author of, Read It Before You Eat It – Taking You from Label to Table, and creator of BetterThanDieting.com. Bonnie is a media personality, media trainer for RDs, spokesperson, motivational speaker, journalist, and a corporate …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Crossing the Finish Line: Leveraging Your Expertise Across the Diverse Media Spectrum for Winning Results
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Dr. Beth Taylor is a research scientist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Her current areas of research surround early identification, therapy and outcomes of malnourished patients; and maintaining muscle mass and function in ICU patients. Prior to this role, she served a…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Critical Care Nutrition 2020: An Interactive Update
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
If selected as an Expert Panel, we will be able to provide a moderator for the session. We have a few members in mind but do not currently have a designated moderator….
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Benefits of Family-Based Treatment Strategies for Pediatric Eating Disorders in Inpatient Settings
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Colleen Tewksbury, PhD, MPH, RD, CSOWM, LDN is a Senior Research Investigator and Bariatric Program Manager at the University of Pennsylvania. She is active in policy initiatives and has held multiple positions including the 2020-21 President of PA Academy Affiliate. She serves…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Let’s Come Together: Uniting Dietitians to Combat Weight Bias
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Kathy Thames is Assistant Professor at St. Catherine’s University and was Professor and Director of the first accredited ACEND Future Bachelor’s Program (FB) at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in Flagstaff, AZ. Ms. Thames has worked in a variety of clinical and entrepreneurial …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
ACEND Forum: Demonstration Program Innovations in Educating Future Practitioners
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
As Vice President of Community Health for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), my priority is to improve the health and wellness of Blue KC members and advocate for the Kansas City community. I provide thought leadership in care delivery transformation, including …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Health Coaching and MNT: Opportunity or Threat
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Jessica has been a registered dietitian for over 20 years with extensive clinical experience in Neonatal & Pediatric critical care areas.
Jessica completed her BS in Dietetics at Marian University in Indianapolis, IN and her dietetic internship at Edward Hines VA hospital …
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutritional Care in the NICU: Innovations, Challenges, and Opportunities
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Dr. Tussing-Humphreys is a nutrition scientist and licensed registered dietitian. She studied clinical dietetics at SUNY College at Buffalo, Nutritional Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She a…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Malnutrition Following Bariatric Surgery: Underlying Mechanisms and Strategies for Prevention and Treatment
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Salim S. Virani, MD, Ph.D., is a Professor in Cardiology and Director of Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX. His clinical practice includes being a Preventive Cardiologist. Dr. Virani’s research aims to understand several doma…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
South Asians and Heart Disease: Calling RDNs for Their Expertise!
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Nancy Waldbillig, RDN, LD, CDE
International Diabetes Center

At the International Diabetes Center, Nancy works as a diabetes education specialist. Additionally, she presents for professional and industry training programss and is a member of Health Partner’s Nutrition Pra…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Empowering Persons with Diabetes to Make Positive Lifestyle Changes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
A firm believer that communities of all kinds can innovate, Jeff works to implement evidence-based policy, system, and environment changes in rural Jennings County, Indiana. This includes Farm Fresh Foods (F3), a fruit and vegetable prescription program adapted to local capacity …
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Ms Walker is an experienced, compelling and entertaining, public speaker on topics in geriatric nutrition. She is especially passionate about inspiring other nutrition professionals to expand their scope and take their clinical practice to an accelerated level. Ms Walker is a con…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Ethical Treatment of Individuals at the End of Life
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Donald P. Weeks, Ph.D., from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is a leading expert in the rapidly emerging field of gene editing. In the 1970’s he was a pioneer in the adoption of molecular biology and recombinant DNA technologies in biological research. Later, the Weeks lab…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Designer Foods: Moving Technology From the Lab to the Fork
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES is the owner and clinical director of Susan Weiner Nutrition, PLLC. She serves as a Director, on the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES) Board of Directors, 2018-2020 and was the 2015 ADCES Diabetes Educator of the Y…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
There’s an App for That! Navigating Technology for People with Diabetes
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Olivia Weinstein, MS, RD, LDN, is the Culinary Nutrition Director in the Teaching Kitchen at Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston, MA where she teaches patients how to apply nutrition recommendations to real food and how to better utilize the food they receive from the BMC food pa…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Dietitians Take The Lead In Teaching Kitchens
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Delia West, PhD, is SmartState Endowed Chair and Professor of Exercise Science at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, where she directs the Center for Technology to Promote Healthful Lifestyles. She received her doctoral degree in psychology from Ru…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Looking AHEAD: Lessons Learned from the Action for Health in Diabetes
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Aisling Whelan MS, RDN, CDN is a registered dietitian whose first introduction to renal nutrition began when she worked as a dietitian in a hemodialysis facility. In this role, Aisling was surprised to learn that most of her patients had never met with a dietitian prior to start…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Bringing the Joy Back to Food for Kidney Disease Patients
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Hilary Whitham is an epidemiologist at the CDC. She has an undergraduate degree in criminal sociology and spent several years conducting evaluations of court, correctional and inmate re-entry programs. For 10 years she served on the Minnesota Department of Corrections Human Subje…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Risky Food Behind Bars: A Public Health Burden
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Tracy Wilczek works for FLIK Hospitality, overseeing wellness initiatives for foodservice clients. Tracy works to bring client’s wellness goals to life; one account receiving Compass Group’s first Wellness Center for Excellence in 2017.

She earned her Bachelor’s Degree i…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Nudging Nutrition: Using Behavioral Economics to Make Healthy Choices Easy in Food Service Operations
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Kate is a Clinical Nutrition Manager at the University of Virginia Health System. Prior to becoming a full-time manager, Kate had 32 years of clinical experience, 24 of those years specializing in surgical nutrition support. She has many publications and given numerous presenta…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: What Is the Role of Nutrition?
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Amanda Willig is a registered dietitian and Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Her global research collaborations focus on the impact of nutrition and food insecurity on health disparities in the US, Latin America, and Africa. At the UAB 1917 Clinic, …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Lacy Wilson, RDN, is a registered dietitian focusing in community health. She received her Bachelor degree from Southern Illinois University and Master degree in Public Health Education from Purdue University Global. She works for Purdue Extension’s Nutrition Education Program…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Promoting Nutrition and Food Access: Building Programs to Fit Communities
 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Taylor Wolfram, MS, RDN, LDN, is a private practice dietitian, health writer and consultant based in Chicago, Illinois. With a background in research and communications, Taylor has the skills to translate the latest nutrition science into understandable messages for clients and t…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
The Emerging Benefits of a Plant-Forward Approach to the Chronic Kidney Disease Diet
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Molly received her Bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University, completed her internship at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Hospital in Houston and her Master’s from Texas Woman’s University. She is certified in pediatric weight management, pediatrics and sports nutrition. Fo…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Plan, Do, Study, Act: Pathways to Screen and Assess Children for Malnutrition
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
I am an experienced healthcare leader, with a reputation for being strategic, futuristic, and focused on quality outcomes. Strong progressive integrated engagement within the Academic as well as Clinical Practice and Hospital areas of operation and management. An effective proble…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Pre-Rehabilitative Nutrition, Immunonutrition and Micronutrient Sufficiency in Harm Events and Patient Care Outcomes
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Amy Wootton, RDN, has over 20 years of experience in clinical and food service nutrition management for acute and long term post-acute care. Nutrition informatics has been a driving factor in leadership success. From early in her career she realized technology would be key to de…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Expanding the Horizon of the Nutrition Profession Through Informatics
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Lauri Wright is an associate professor at the University of North Florida, co-director of the Doctorate in Clinical Nutrition, director of the Center for Nutrition and Food Insecurity, and Chair of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Through her research and with the Cente…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
To Tell the Truth: Lessons from Food and Nutrition Policy Journalists in the Era of Fake News
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Donna Yester is a registered dietitian with three decades of experience in clinical nutrition care. Donna received her undergraduate degree through the Coordinated Dietetics Program at Auburn University, and completed her master’s degree at the University of Alabama at Birmingham…
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Rx Food: Quality Food Assistance Through Outpatient Clinic/Community Partnerships
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Krista Yoder Latortue is an executive, business analyst, and entrepreneur with 14 years of experience in nutrition and public health. She is a Fellow of the Academy and serves on boards at the local, state, and national levels. In 2009, Krista founded Family Food which quickly be…
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Tuesday, October 20th 2020
Getting Paid: Developing a Competitive Value Proposition
 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Allison Yoder, MA, RDN, LD is the Nutrition in Food Retail Program Development Fellow through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation, leading the “Leveraging RDNs in the Food Retail Environment to Improve Public Health” project. Allison is a RDN with 15 years exper…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Nutrition in Food Retail: Leveraging RDNs to Improve Public Health
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Sunniva is the Director of Professional Development and Nursing Excellence at Harborview Medical Center, a level 1 trauma and burn academic medical center and safety net hospital in Seattle, WA. Sunniva’s clinical research involves complex care of patients with wounds and her …
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Sunday, October 18th 2020
Multidisciplinary Approach to Nutrition and Wound Healing
 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RDN, LD is a food, nutrition and media communication consultant former director of nutrition for WebMD. The recipient of the Academy’s 2016 ‘Lenna Frances Cooper Memorial Award’ in recognition of a distinguished career and remarkable contributions to th…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Science vs Sound Bite: Grading The Evidence and Guidelines for Communicating and Interpreting Research
 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Dr. Jamie Zoellner is a Professor and Registered Dietitian in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Virginia where she provides leadership for community-based health equity, obesity reduction, and cancer prevention initiatives. Her research includes engag…
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Monday, October 19th 2020
Moving Beyond Effectiveness: Addressing Childhood Obesity Disparities with Translational Research
 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM