2021 Symposium: Inter-Individual Differences in Nutrition Responses

This virtual event is hosted by the Personalized Nutrition Initiative at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign on Tuesday, November 16, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM Central Standard Time.

8:30 – 8:45 AM	Welcome Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
8:45 – 9:45 AM	Session 1: Biosensors and Biomarkers for Assessing Individual Responses Moderator: Andrew Smith, PhD, Professor, Department of Bioengineering, UIUC
	Brian Cunningham, PhD, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC “Biosensor Approaches for Rapid, Inexpensive, and Frequent Analysis of Nutritional Biomarkers”
	Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC “Multiscale Approaches to Identify Novel Biomarkers of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease”
	Leila Shinn, MS, RDN, FAND, Predoctoral Fellow, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Machine Learning Identifies Fecal Metabolites Predictive of Whole Food Consumption”
	Q&A
9:45 – 9:55 AM	Break
9:55 – 10:55 AM	Session 2: Individual Responses to Dietary Interventions Moderator: Nicholas Burd, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, UIUC
	Aron Barbey, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychology, UIUC “Personalized Nutrition: Innovations in Nutritional Cognitive Neuroscience”
	Margarita Terán-Garcia, MD, PhD, Assistant Dean & Research Assistant Professor, Illinois Extension, UIUC “Precision Nutrition and Implementation Science to Reach Health Equity”
	Colleen McKenna, MS, RD, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Resistance Exercise-Induced Apelin is not Modulated by Higher Dietary Protein Density in Overweight Adults”
	Q&A
10:55 – 11:40 AM	Poster Session and Break Moderator: Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, UIUC
	Poster Session #1 – Topic Areas: Metabolic Health, Metabolic Regulations, and Genetic Regulation
	Catherine Applegate, PhD, RDN, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Animal Sciences and Department of Bioengineering, UIUC “Sex- and Strain-Specific Responses to a PPAR Agonist Nanomedicine Targeting Adipose Inflammation”
	Fatma Kadayifci, MS, Doctoral Student, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC “Genetic Contributions to Child Health Outcomes in the STRONG Kids 2 Cohort Study”
	Yifei Kang, MS, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “A Targeted Nanomedicine Approach for a PPAR Agonist Improves Metabolism in Diet-Induced Obese (DIO) Mice”
	Poster Session #2 – Topic Areas: Dietary Intake Assessment & Analysis and Physical Activity & Body Composition
	Elizabeth Brandley, MS, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Xanthophyll Status and Neurocognition in a Lutein Supplementation Trial among Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Preliminary Findings of the LuMES Trial”
	Mindy Lee, MPH, RDN, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Differential Outcomes of Weight Maintenance During One-Year Follow-Up: Exploring Barriers to Sustainable Weight Management”
	Mikaela Webb, BS, RD, Doctoral Student, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Exercise Training Modifies the Gut and Serum Xeno-Metabolome of Lean and Obese Adult Humans”
11:40 AM – 12:45 PM	Session 3: Sensory Perceptions and Individual Responses Moderator: Nu-Chu Liang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, UIUC
	Soo-Yeun Lee, PhD, Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC ”Food Science Approach to Personalized Nutrition: Strategies for Sodium Reduction and Assessment Through Sensory Evaluation”
	Yanina Pepino, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC “Individual Differences in the “Taste” of Fat”
	Anqi Zhao, MS, Predoctoral Fellow, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Isothiocyanates in Brassica Vegetables Induce Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Secretion in Enteroendocrine Cells, Potentially Through Intestinal Bitter Taste Receptors”
	Q&A
12:45 – 1:00 PM	Wrap-up Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, UIUC