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” |
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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” |
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Leila Shinn, MS, RDN, FAND, Predoctoral Fellow, Division of Nutritional Sciences, UIUC “Machine Learning Identifies Fecal Metabolites Predictive of Whole Food Consumption” |
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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” |
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Margarita Terán-Garcia, MD, PhD, Assistant Dean & Research Assistant Professor, Illinois Extension, UIUC “Precision Nutrition and Implementation Science to Reach Health Equity” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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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” |
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Yanina Pepino, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, UIUC “Individual Differences in the “Taste” of Fat” |
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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” |
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12:45 – 1:00 PM | Wrap-up Sharon Donovan, PhD, RD, Director of the Personalized Nutrition Initiative, UIUC |