2025 Personalized Nutrition Innovation Day – Exploring the Nexus of Technology, Behavior, and Personalized Nutrition
Our annual event will be held on October 27-29, 2025. It is kicked off by a public lecture and a Nutrition Across the Lifespan Resource Fair on Monday evening. On Tuesday, we have our 5th annual Innovation Day with oral and poster presentations, an External Advisory Committee meeting, and networking opportunities. The following day, we will hold an invitation-only workshop and a private meeting with our External Partner member organizations.
2025 Personalized Nutrition Innovation Day Booklet
Co-sponsors: The Personalized Nutrition Initiative and its External Partners Program, Healthcare Innovation Program Office at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the Center for Social and Behavioral Science at Illinois.
Agenda
| Monday, October 27, 2025 Location: IHotel |
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| 4:00 – 6:00 PM | Public Lecture and Nutrition Across the Lifespan Resource Fair: Advancing Personalized Nutrition Through Public Engagement and Education
Chancellor Ballroom, I Hotel and Conference Center, Champaign Open to all; community members, professionals, and families Registration encouraged: https://illinois.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cRYy7Rzl7cJCOuq The Olga G. Nalbandov Lecture Funds provide partial support for this event at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Community Booths: University of Illinois Booths: |
| 4:00–4:05 PM Welcome by Provost John Coleman
4:05–4:30 PM Lecture “Eating for Trillions: The Power of Food to Shape Your Microbiome” by Hannah Holscher, PhD, RD, Professor of Nutrition and PNI Associate Director 4:30–5:00 PM Panel Discussion + Q&A: Nutrition Across the Lifespan Resources in Champaign-Urbana 5:00–6:00 PM Nutrition Across the Lifespan Resource Fair. Featuring veggie meter testing and education, a local nutrition author, community resources, and more. |
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| 6:00 – 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception for External Advisory and External Partners (invitation only) |
| Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Location: Illini Union (Illini Room A, B, and C) and some of the activities are Live-Streamed (*) |
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| 8:00 – 10:30 AM | External Advisory Committee Meeting (Illini Room A, invitation only)* |
| 10:00 – 10:45 AM | Badge Pick Up (Illini Room Lobby)
Refreshments |
| 10:45 AM – 7:30 PM | 2025 Personalized Nutrition Innovation Day – Exploring the Nexus of Technology, Behavior, and Personalized Nutrition |
| 10:45 – 10:55 AM | Welcome* Susan Martinis, PhD, Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative and Professor and Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Nutrition and Health, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 10:55– 11:20 AM | The Digital Nutrition Ecosystem: Science, Security, Personalization, and the Consumer First* Mariette Abrahams, PhD, RD, MBA, Founder and CEO, Qina |
| 11:20– 11:45 AM | Overview of Personalized Nutrition and Behavioral Science* Sophie Attwood, PhD, Founder and Behavioural Science Consultant, Behavioral Global |
| 11:50 –12:10PM | Equitable Personalized Nutrition: Addressing Behavioral, Social, and Structural Factors for Effective Translation* Kayla de la Haye, PhD, Director, Food Systems Institute and Research Associate Professor of Psychology and Spatial Sciences, University of Southern California
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| 12:15 -12:35 PM | Personalized Nutrition: Emerging Data-Driven Practice* Constantina (Tina) Papoutsakis PhD, RDN, Senior Director of the Data Science Center and Nutrition Research Network, Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics |
| 12:40- 1:40 PM | Lunch and Networking |
| 1:40 – 2:00 PM | Lightning Talks Session* |
| 2:05 – 2:25 PM | The intersection of AI innovations and Personal Health Jim Rehg, PhD, Director of the Health Care Engineering Systems Center and Founder Professor, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| 2:30 – 2:50 PM | Beyond Recommendations: Designing Personalized Nutrition Experiences for Real-World Impact Sunnie Southern. MS, RD, LDN, Founder and CEO, Viable Synergy |
| 3:00 – 3:20 PM | Redefining Personalized Nutrition Through an Unprecedented Dataset* Gil Blander, PhD, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, InsideTracker |
| 3:25 – 4:10 PM | Illinois Research Talks: Digital/Technological Interventions and Behavioral Changes* Moderator: Maria Jaromin, MS, MBA, Assistant Director, Healthcare Innovation Program Office, NCSA, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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| 4:15-4:25 PM | Break and Refreshments |
| 4:30 – 5:10 PM | Panel Discussion:The Future of Personalized Nutrition: Integrating AI, Behavioral Science, and Health Equity*
Moderator: Nard Clabbers, MSc, Director of Strategic Development for Brightlands Campus Greenport Venlo and Founder and CEO, NCNC Nutrition Consultancy Panelists
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| 5:10 – 5:20 PM | Wrap-up –Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD |
| 5:20 -7:30 PM | Reception with Hors d’oeuvres and Poster Presentations |
| Wednesday, October 29, 2025 Location: IGB 612/614 and some of the activities are Live-Streamed (*) |
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| 8:00 – Noon | Workshop* (invitation only) Including Breakfast |
| Noon – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 3:30 PM | External Partners Meeting* (members only) |