Staff Presentations

2013

• 37th National Nutrient Databank Conference
  April 19, 2013, Boston, MA
  Johanna Dwyer and Leila Saldanha participated in a presentation titled Dietary Supplement Label Database for Research.
• Experimental Biology 2013
  April 19–23, 2013, Boston, MA
  On April 20, Cindy Davis chaired the Graduate Student Research Award Competition.

  On April 21, Christine Swanson co-chaired and introduced the ODS-sponsored minisymposium Iodine Insufficiency: A Global Health Problem? Johanna Dwyer presented a talk titled Flavonoids as a Case Study, and Robert Russell moderated the panel presentation Where to Now? A Panel Discussion in a symposium titled Are Dietary Bioactives Ready for Review for Recommended Intakes? Joahnna Dwyer co-presented two talks, Intakes of Dietary Flavonoid Sub-Classes and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes and U.S. Adults and Adherence to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Regan Bailey co-presented a poster Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) and Hyperglycemia in US Adults: NHANES 2003-06 and 2007-10.

  On April 22, Johanna Dwyer and Regan Bailey co-presented a talk Modeling the Impact of Revisions to DV Assuming That Current %DV in Fortified Foods Are Maintained. Regan Bailey co-chaired two minisymposiums, Dietary Assessment Tools and Applications and Research with Dietary Supplements and Bioactive Components. Johanna Dwyer, Regan Bailey, Joseph Betz, Rebecca Costello and Leila Saldanha co-presented a talk titled Progress in the Development of Federal Resources to Assess Dietary Supplement (DS) Exposures; Regan Bailey and Johanna Dwyer participated in a presentation titled  Dietary Supplement Use Among Older Adults in the United States, NHANES 2007-2010. Regan Bailey, Paul Thomas, and Johanna Dwyer gave a talk titled Why Children Use Dietary Supplements; Barbara Sorkin, Johanna Dwyer, Christopher Sempos and Regan Bailey co-presented a talk titled Parent and Child Use of Dietary Supplements Are Associated; and Johanna Dwyer, Regan Bailey, Joseph Betz, Rebecca Costello, and Leila Saldanha co-presented a talk titled Chemical Analysis of Omega-3 (n-3) Fatty Acid Supplements for the Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID). Regan Bailey co-presented a talk titled The Association between Diet Quality, BMI and Health-Related Quality of Life in the Geisinger Rural Aging Study. Leila Saldanha, Johanna Dwyer, Richard Bailen, Regan Bailey, Joseph Betz, and Rebecca Costello co-presented a poster Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) Will Capture Information from Dietary Supplement (DS) Labels; and Rebecca Costello, Johanna Dwyer, and Regan Bailey co-presented a poster Use of Highly Fortified Foods Among US Adults.

• Experimental Biology 2013 (continued)
  April 19–23, 2013, Boston, MA
  On April 23, Regan Bailey co-chaired the Advancing Nutritional Epidemiology with Public and Commercial Data Sets minisymposium, and co-presented with Christopher Sempos, and Elizabeth Yetley a talk Modeling an MMA-derived Inflection Point for Serum Vitamin B12 (SB12) in the US. Johanna Dwyer co-presented a talk Association of Serum 25OHD with Race/Ethnicity and Quantitative Measures of Skin Color in Urban Schoolchildren. Rebecca Costello co-presented a poster Dietary Supplement Education for the Military: An Education Module for Healthcare Providers, and Leila Saldanha, Joseph Betz, Barbara Sorkin and Paul Coates co-presented a poster NIH/ODS Analytical Methods and Reference Materials (AMRM) Program.

  On April 24, Johanna Dwyer moderated the afternoon session of the First Global Summit on the Health Effects of Yogurt.

• FASEB Summer Research Conference on Folate, B-12, and One Carbon Metabolism
  April 18, 2013, Crete, Greece
  On July 24, Regan Bailey presented the talk Impact and Measurement of Unmetabolized Folic Acid in Fortified Populations.
• Indiana Dietetic Association Annual Meeting
  April 18, 2013, Indianapolis, IN
  Kathy Camp gave a talk titled Nutritional Genomics: Current Controversies and Application to Dietetic Practice.
• University of Massachusetts-Amherst 25th Annual Virginia A. Beal Lecture
  April 18, 2013, Amherst, MA
  Cindy Davis presented the lecture Diet, Supplements and the Microbiome: The Cancer Connection.
• 12th Annual Oxford International Conference on the Science of Botanicals
  April 15–18, 2013, Oxford, MS
  Joseph Betz served on the organizing committee and chaired the session Advances in Instrumentation and Separation Technologies. Barbara Sorkin spoke on the NIH Botanical Research Centers Program.

   

• Grocery Manufacturers Association Science Forum 2013
  April 3, 2013, Washington, DC
  Johanna Dwyer spoke on the contributions of fortified foods to the dietary intakes of Americans.
• University of Illinois at Chicago Norman R. Farnsworth Lectureship in Pharmacognosy
  March 22, 2013, Chicago, IL
  Paul Coates presented the inaugural lecture.  
• American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Annual Meeting
  March 19–23, 2013, Phoenix, AZ
  Kathy Camp and Paul Coates co-presented the poster Select National Institutes of Health Research Activities for Newborn Screening Disorders: Creating the Evidence-base for Past and Future Treatments.
• American Herbal Products Association Joint Meeting: Botanical Raw Materials, Standards, and Analytical Labs Committees
  March 8, 2013, San Diego, CA
  Joe Betz spoke on the ODS Dietary Supplements Analytical Methods and Reference Materials (AMRM) Program.
• Department of Justice Consumer Protection Summit
  March 8, 2013, Washington, DC
  Paul Coates was a member of the Panel on Dietary Supplements.
• Critical Regulatory and Compliance Issues with the US FDA in the 21st Century, USP WCDG & AOAC-SCS Joint Two-Day Regulatory & Compliance Conference
  March 7–8, 2013, Irvine, CA
  On March 7, Joe Betz presented Update on NIH’s Activities in the Area of Dietary Supplements.
• NIH Rare Diseases Day 2013
  March 1, 2013, Bethesda, MD
  Kathy Camp presented the talk Nutrition and Dietary Supplement Interventions and Rare Diseases.
• Georgetown University Medical School
  February 25, 2013, Washington, DC
  Joe Betz presented a lecture titled Pharmacognosy.
• NIH STEP (Staff Training in Extramural Programs) Forum
  February 7, 2013, Rockville, MD
  Cindy Davis presented Vitamin D and Cancer: What We Know and Do Not Know and Christine Taylor presented State of Play for Vitamin D Recommendations.
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine’s 10th Anniversary Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 30 – February 2, 2013, San Diego, CA
  On February 1, Rebecca Costello co-presented with Paula Gardiner on Point of Care Resources, and Joe Betz co-presented with Jay Udani on Clinical Trials: Preparing and Evaluating the Methodology?
• National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys Seminar Series
  January 9, 2013, Hyattsville, MD
  Regan Bailey gave an invited talk The Use of Dietary Supplement in the United States.

2012

• CDC Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Seminar Series
  December 18, 2012, Atlanta, GA
  Chris Sempos gave two presentations, Diet-Heart and Nutritional Epidemiology: Lessons not Learned and The Vitamin D Standardization Program: An International Effort to Standardize the Laboratory Measurement of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. 
• Chinese Delegation visit to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
  December 11, 2012, Rockville, MD
  Paul Coates and Joe Betz co-presented Dietary Supplement Research at the NIH.
• Harvard Medical School
  December 10, 2012, Boston, MA
  Cindy Davis presented an invited seminar titled ’Omics’, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention.
• Georgetown University Medical School
  November 14, 2012, Washington, DC
  Joe Betz presented a lecture titled Pharmacognosy.
• University of Nebraska – Lincoln
  November 14, 2012, Lincoln, NE
  Paul Coates presented Dietary Supplement Research Isn’t That Hard – Or Is It?
• 2012 International Aloe Summit - Turning Science into Sales
  November 9, 2012, Las Vegas, NV
  Joe Betz presented Botanical Identity Methods. 
• Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA)
  November 9, 2012, Washington, DC
  Paul Coates presented The Evolving Role of ODS in Dietary Supplement Research.
• Protective Nutrients and Plant Constituents in Health and Disease Conference
  November 8–9, 2012, University of Surrey, Surrey, UK
  Cindy Davis gave two invited lectures, on November 8, Frontiers in Nutrigenomics and Cancer Prevention and on November 9, Nutrition and Cancer Prevention.
• The Pennsylvania State University Department of Nutritional Sciences Colloquium (Seminar) Series
  October 22, 2012, University Park, PA
  Regan Bailey gave the talk, Monitoring Folate and B-12 Status in the United States, October.
• 2012 Shanghai International Conference on Tradition Chinese Medicine and Natural Medicine
  October 20–21, 2012, Shanghai, China
  On October 20 Joe Betz presented Tools for Assuring Data Quality: The ODS/NIH Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program.
• Workshop on Vitamin D
  October 19–20, 2012, Rome, Italy
  On October 19, Paul Coates and Rob Russell made conference introductory remarks, and Elizabeth Yetley presented Assessing Vitamin D Status: Measurement Challenges.  On October 20, Christine Taylor presented Vitamin D: How Much is Too Much?
• Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Program in Human Nutrition, Nutrition Seminar Series
  October 18, 2012, Baltimore, MD
  Regan Bailey gave a presentation titled Prevalence, Predictors, and Motivations for Use of Dietary Supplements in the United States.
• Jean Mayer U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University Conference on Nutrition and Exercise in the Management of Outpatients: Important Advances You Need to Know
  October 11–12, 2012, Boston, MA
  On October 12, Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Vitamin Supplements: Worthwhile or Worthless?
• Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  October 7–9, 2012, Philadelphia, PA
  On October 8, Johanna Dwyer and Joe Betz gave a presentation titled The Science behind Dietary Supplements: Examining Safety and Benefits. On October 9, Jody Engel presented MyDS Mobile App: From Concept to the App Store and Beyond as part of the session titled Confused about Nutrition and Technology? Don’t Worry. Be Appy and Kathryn Camp presented Successful Research Grant Writing: Open Discussion.
• AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition
  September 30 – October 3, 2012, Las Vegas, NV
  Joe Betz presented the talk, Good Practices for Establishing Meaningful Specifications for Botanicals in Dietary Supplements and Nutrition: Scientific Perspective and the poster, The NIH/ODS Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions.
• The Vitamin B-12 Congress
  September 20–22, 2012, Nancy, France
  On September 20, Regan Bailey presented “Modeling an MMA-derived inflection point for serum vitamin B-12 in the US.
• Fifth International Scientific Symposium on Tea & Human Health
  September 19, 2012, Washington, DC
  Johanna Dwyer presented Flavonoids: Where We Are and Where We Need To Go—Foods, Databases and Labels.
• Science & Standards Symposium: Functional Foods and Dietary Supplements–Global Opportunities and Challenges
  September 18–20, 2012, Boston, MA
  Paul Coates was a keynote speaker at the symposium opening general session on September 18 and on September 19, Joe Betz gave the talk Orthogonal Methods for Identity: Classical Pharmacognosy Coupled with Instrumental Analysis.
• American Society for Quality, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Division, 23rd West Coast Conference
  September 14 – April 18, 2012, Anaheim, CA
  Joe Betz gave the talk, Resources for Dietary Supplement QA Professionals: The ODS Analytical Methods & Reference Materials Program.
• Sodexo Clinical Nutrition Update, Mid-Atlantic
  September 12, 2012, Gaithersburg, MD
  Paul Thomas gave a talk titled Vitamin D and Calcium: New Recommendations and Issues of Deficiency, Adequacy, Excess, Benefits, and Risks.
• 16th Annual International Congress of Dietetics
  September 5–8, 2012, Sydney, Australia
  Johanna Dwyer gave two talks, the first on September 5, The Balancing Act in Professional Commitments, and on September 7, Nutrients, Dietary Supplements, Foods, and Dietary Patterns.
• Meals on Wheels/Association on Aging (MOWAA) Annual Conference and Common Goods Expo
  August 22–24, 2012, Washington, DC
  On August 23, Robert Russell presented Understanding Variability in Responses to Diet and Food  as a part of the Panel: Perspectives on Nutrition. Connecting Food, Health and the Future.
• FASEB Summer Research Conference on Folate, B-12, and One Carbon Metabolism
  July 22–27, 2012, Crete, Greece
  On July 24, Regan Bailey presented the talk Impact and Measurement of Unmetabolized Folic Acid in fortified Populations.
• Dietary Supplement Research Practicum
  June 4–7, 2012, Washington, DC
  Presentations on June 4: Paul Thomas, Dietary supplements: overview and setting the stage. Regan Bailey, Measuring dietary supplement use. Johanna Dwyer, Motivations for dietary supplement use. Christine Taylor, Safety: the concept, its measurement, and reporting. Barbara Sorkin, Challenges in advancing research on botanical dietary supplements. Presentations on June 5: Joseph Betz, Assisting the regulators: analytical methods, quality assurance, and reference standards. Presentations on June 6: Christopher Sempos, Research-design issues with epidemiological studies on dietary supplements. Rob Russell, Conducting a clinical trial with dietary supplements. Joyce Merkel, Dietary supplement databases. Presentations on June 7: Cindy Davis, Case study: omega-3 fatty acids. Kathryn Camp, Nutrigenomics, genetic tests, and personalized nutrition.
• United States Pharmacopeia Workshop on Identity and Characterization of a Probiotic Microorganism used as a Food Ingredient: Importance to Safety and Efficacy
  May 9, 2012, Rockville, MD
  Cindy Davis was an invited speaker on Probiotics & Health:  How Strong is the Evidence?  What are the Gaps?
• 2012 Patient and Family Educational LAMPosium
  April 21, 2012, Cincinnati, OH
  Kathryn Camp gave a talk titled Nutrition and Dietary Supplements:  Back to Basics.
• Experimental Biology 2012
  April 21–24, 2012, San Diego, CA
  On April 21, Christopher Sempos co-presented a talk on the Vitamin D Standardization Program. On April 22, Paul Coates gave a talk titled Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin D: Justification for a Review of the 1997 Values; Cindy Davis co-chaired a minisymposium titled Obesity, Inflammation, and Chronic Disease Modulation by Dietary Phytonutrients; and Reagan Bailey and Johanna Dwyer co-presented a poster titled Epidemiologic Associations Between Dietary Bioactive Components and Health. On April 23, Christine Swanson and Dr. Davis chaired a symposium titled Communication Techniques of Effective Speakers; Leila Saldanha, Dr. Dwyer, Dr. Bailey, and Joseph Betz participated in a talk titled Identifying Nonvitamin and Mineral Bioactive Ingredients for Inclusion in Dietary Supplement Composition Databases; Dr. Davis co-presented a talk titled Independent Downregulation of Sep15 and TR1, but Not Deficiency in Both Genes, Affects Cancer Phenotypes of Mouse Colon Carcinoma Cells; Drs. Dwyer, Bailey, Saldanha, and Betz co-presented a talk titled Progress in Development of Dietary Supplement Composition and Label Databases for Research; and Drs. Dwyer, Bailey, and Sempos co-presented a talk titled Dietary Supplement Use in Children <18 Years in the 2007 National Health Interview Survey. On April 24, Robert Russell co-chaired a symposium titled The Future of Nutrition Research; Dr. Saldanha co-chaired a minisymposium titled Micronutrient Bioavailability; Dr. Bailey co-chaired a minisymposium titled Dietary Supplements as a Population Exposure in Causation, Prevention, and Management of Disease; Drs. Coates and Bailey gave a talk titled Making Sense of Dietary Supplement Research and a Framework for the Future; Drs. Dwyer, Bailey, and Saldanha co-presented a talk titled Release 2 of the U.S. Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database: Research Protocols and Ingredient Estimates for Children's and Adult Multivitamins; and Rebecca Costello, Cindy Lentino, Dr. Saldanha, and Dr. Sempos gave a talk titled Review of Select Dietary Supplement Interventions for Endothelial Dysfunction. ODS also had an exhibit at this conference.                                   
• Virginia Dietetic Association Annual Meeting
  March 27, 2012, Blacksburg, VA
  Kathryn Camp gave a talk titled Nutritional Genomics:  Current Controversies and Applications to Dietetics’ Practice. Paul Thomas gave a presentation titled Vitamin & Mineral Supplements: Evidence-Based Practice, Controversies, and Unknowns.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  March 26, 2012, Madison, WI
  Christopher Sempos presented the Philip M. Farrell Population Health Distinguished Alumni Lecture titled Diet Heart and Nutritional Epidemiology. Lessons not Learned.
• Nutrition and Cancer Prevention Research Practicum
  March 12–16, 2012, Rockville, MD
  Cindy Davis gave a talk titled Diet and the Microbiome on March 12. Regan Bailey gave a talk titled Folate and Cancer Prevention on March 14. Paul Coates gave a talk titled The Role of Evidence-Based Reviews for Nutrition Topics: The ODS Experience; Johanna Dwyer gave a talk titled Dietary Supplement Databases; and Kathryn Camp gave a talk titled Nutrigenomics, Ethics, Social, and Public Health Issues on March 16 at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health.
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine 9th Annual Natural Supplements Conference: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 19–22, 2012, San Diego, CA
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Reviewing the Research and Literature: The Best of the Year and Rebecca Costello gave a presentation titled Office of Dietary Supplement Research Centers: Supplement Use in the Military on January 20. Dr. Costello co-presented a workshop titled Dietary Supplements at the Point of Care Resources on January 21. ODS also had an exhibit at this conference.

2011

• Tufts University
  December 5, 2011, Boston, MA
  Cindy Davis gave a departmental seminar titled Gastrointestinal Microflora, Bioactive Food Components and Cancer Prevention.
• Dietetic Interns Joint Class Day, NIH
  November 14, 2011, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled Dietary Supplements: What Registered Dietitians Need to Know to the Washington, D.C. area dietetic interns.
• 8th Workshop on the Assessment of Adequate and Safe Intake of Dietary Amino Acids
  November 10, 2011, Washington, DC
  Rob Russell will give a presentation titled Key events dose-response framework (KEDRF) and its application to nutrients: update on Vitamin A and progress reports on other nutrient case studies.
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
  November 1, 2011, Newark, NJ
  Kathryn Camp gave a presentation at the School of Health Related Professionals Department of Nutritional Sciences 35th Anniversary Seminar titled Nutritional Genomics: Controversies and Application to Dietetic Practice.
• University of Mississippi Medical Center
  October 19, 2011, Jackson, MS
  Christopher Sempos presented a physiology seminar titled Serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D and Death from All-Causes.
• National Institute on Aging
  October 18, 2011, Baltimore, MD
  Joseph Betz gave a seminar as a Distinguished Lecturer in Neuroscience and Aging titled Scientific and Regulatory Challenges to Biomedical Research on Dietary Supplements.
• Medical Staff Education Day
  October 14, 2011, Chambersburg PA
  Paul Thomas gave a presentation at Chambersburg Hospital titled Herbs & Other Dietary Supplements.
• Supply Side West
  October 10–14, 2011, Las Vegas, NV
  Joseph M. Betz moderated the presentation The Integrity of Botanicals and Reference Materials. Leila G. Saldanha moderated The Role of Genetic Variability in Determining the Metabolism and Impact of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid found in Western Diets and Dietary Supplements—The Emergence of Personalized Nutrition. Both presentations were part of Nutrition Track I of the Supply Side West Education Program, on October 11. ODS also had an exhibit booth at the meeting.
• American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  September 24–28, 2011, San Diego, CA
  Christine Taylor presented an overview of the recent IOM report on vitamin D and calcium at an ODS-sponsored session titled “Spotlight on Vitamin D” on September 26. ODS also had an exhibit booth at this conference.
• American Dietetic Association House of Delegates Fall Meeting
  September 24, 2011, San Diego, CA
  Kathryn Camp gave a presentation titled Nutritional Genomics Update.
• Mobile Applications: Impacts on Agency Operations
  August 31, 2011, Webinar
  Jody Engel gave a presentation about MyDS, the mobile app developed by the Office of Dietary Supplements, as part of a webinar titled, “Mobile Applications: Impacts on Agency Operations,” sponsored by Government Executive.
• Consortium for Globalization of Chinese Medicine
  August 26–28, 2011, Shanghai, China
  Paul Coates gave opening remarks, acted as session chair, and presented a talk titled Current status of regulatory and scientific issues in dietary supplements in the US.
• Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
  August 25, 2011, Shanghai, China
  Paul Coates gave a talk titled Issues and resources in dietary supplements.
• Medicine in the Media
  July 13–16, 2011, Hanover, NH
  Paul Coates gave a talk titled How about those supplements? on July 15 at Dartmouth College.
• The NIH Web Authors Group (WAG) Meeting
  June 15, 2011, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel gave a talk titled MyDS Mobile App: From Concept to the App Store and Beyond.
• The Health Data Initiative Forum
  June 9, 2011, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel presented a demonstration of the ODS mobile app, MyDS.
• Dietary Supplement Research Practicum
  June 6–9, 2011, Washington, DC
  Presentations on June 6: Paul Thomas, Dietary supplements: overview and setting the stage. Johanna Dwyer, Motivations for dietary supplement use. Christine Taylor, Safety: the concept, its measurement, and reporting. John Cardellina, Identity and quality. Marguerite Klein, Case study: probiotics. Paul Coates, Office of Dietary Supplements: what do we do? Presentations on June 7: Joseph Betz, Assisting the regulators: analytical methods, quality assurance, and reference standards. Presentations on June 8: Christopher Sempos, Research design issues with epidemiological studies on dietary supplements. Rob Russell, Conducting a clinical trial with dietary supplements. Christine Swanson, Standards of reporting dietary supplement research studies. Presentations on June 9: Kathryn Camp, Nutrigenomics, genetic tests, and personalized nutrition. Joyce Merkel, Dietary supplement databases.
• Clinical Nutrition Update: Recipe for Success
  May 18, 2011, Camp Hill, PA
  Jody Engel gave a talk titled Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know to registered dietitians at this meeting sponsored by Sodexo Health Care.
• Maryland Dietetic Association Annual Meeting
  April 29, 2011, Linthicum Heights, MD
  Paul Coates presented Evidence-Based Approaches to Nutrition.
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
  April 18, 2011, Madison, WI
  Christopher Sempos gave a presentation titled Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Mortality: Results from the NHANES III Follow-up Study as part of the Department of Population Health Sciences Seminar Series.
• North Carolina Dietetic Association Annual Meeting
  April 17–19, 2011, Winston-Salem, NC
  Paul Thomas gave a lecture titled Dietary Supplements: Overview & Update to a group of nutrition professionals on April 19.
• Experimental Biology
  April 9–13, 2011, Washington, DC
  On April 9th, Regan Bailey chaired a session titled Research with Dietary Supplements and gave a presentation in that session titled Changes in the dietary supplement collection system in NHANES 2007-2008: Implications for researchers. On April 10th, Rob Russell chaired a session titled Ameliorating micronutrient deficiencies through biofortification: The science and prospects. On April 11th, Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Application of systematic review methodology to research on bioactives as part of a symposium titled Assessing the Effects of Bioactives in Humans: Establishing the Framework for an Evidence-Based Approach; and Johanna Dwyer gave a presentation titled Excitement at interface: Using nutrition and food science to improve public health in the session titled Is 'Processed' a Four Letter Word? The role of processed foods in achieving dietary guidelines and nutrient recommendations in the U.S. On April 12th, Dr. Coates gave a presentation titled The role of nutrition science in shaping public policy in the Special Session titled Changing Face of Nutrition in the United States: How Nutrition Policy and Consumer Awareness are Changing the Practice of Nutrition and Food Science; Jody Engel participated in the session titled Innovative Dietary Assessment Tools and gave a presentation titled MyDS: A mobile application to track dietary supplement use; and Dr. Bailey gave a talk titled Defining low B12 status in the U.S. in the session titled Applications and Challenges of Public Use Data Sets for Secondary Data Analysis Nutrition Research. ODS also had an exhibit booth during the Experimental Biology conference.
• Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center
  March 29, 2011, Rockville, MD
  Kathryn Camp presented an in-service titled Dietary Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Diseases.
• 2011 Government Web and New Media Conference
  March 17–18, 2011, Washington, DC
  Jody Engel participated in the panel presentation, Real Time Mobile: Stories from the Trenches on March 17. She gave a presentation titled MyDS Mobile App: From Concept to the App Store and Beyond.
• National Institutes of Health
  March 16, 2011, Bethesda, MD
  Paul Thomas gave a talk at the "Focus on You" Wellness Lecture Series titled Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know.
• University of Maryland
  March 14, 2011, College Park, MD
  Jody Engel gave a lecture titled A Snapshot of a Nutrition Career in the Federal Government to senior dietetics students in their Core Capstone course.
• Genetic Diseases of Children, Advancing Research and Care Conference
  March 8–9, 2011, New York, NY
  Paul Coates chaired and Kathryn Camp participated as a panelist in a session titled Meeting Nutritional Needs on March 8. The conference was sponsored by State of New York Department of Health Wadsworth Center.
• University of Illinois College of Medicine
  March 8–9, 2011, Peoria, IL
  Paul Thomas gave a Grand Rounds presentation to medicine residents titled What Sup, Doc? Dietary Supplements and the Physician. He also gave a talk to consumers titled Vitamins and Supplements: What Works & What Doesn't?
• American Society for Nutrition — Advances and Controversies in Clinical Nutrition
  February 25–27, 2011, San Francisco, CA
  Robert Russell gave a presentation titled Dietary Supplements: Who Needs Them and When Are They Needed? and Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Issues in the Use of Herbal Dietary Supplements on February 25. ODS also had an exhibit at this conference.
• Washington D.C. Health 2.0 STAT Meetup
  February 10, 2011, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled Don't Worry, Be Appy! for Health 2.0 practitioners.
• NORD Medical Foods Conference
  February 10, 2011, Washington, DC
  Kathryn Camp gave a presentation titled Federal Perspectives on Medical Foods. The conference was sponsored by the National Organization of Rare Disorders.
• U.S. Department of Commerce
  January 26, 2011, Webinar
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled Federal Mobile Apps: Lessons Learned and Best Practices as part of a Federal Mobile Apps Webinar Series sponsored by the National Technical Information Service.
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine 8th Annual Natural Supplements Conference: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 13–16, 2011, San Diego, CA
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Reviewing the Research and Literature: The Best of the Year on January 14. Rebecca Costello co-presented a talk titled Dietary Supplements Resources: Point of Care Answers for the Busy Clinician on January 15. ODS also had an exhibit booth at this conference.
• USDA National Agricultural Library
  January 10, 2011, Beltsville, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation to area dietetic interns titled The Social RD: Why You Should Tweet, Link, and Be Appy!

2010

• Tufts University
  December 7, 2010, Boston, MA
  Christopher Sempos will give a presentation titled Vitamin D, PTH suppression, and mortality as part of the Department of Endocrinology Seminar Series.
• Morgan State University
  December 1, 2010, Baltimore, MD
  Christopher Sempos gave a lecture titled Vitamin D and All-Causes Mortality – How to do an analysis of prospective data to the PUBH 601 Research Methods 1 class.
• Future of Reference Materials: Science and Innovation Conference
  November 23–25, 2010, Geel, Belgium
  Joseph Betz gave the keynote address titled Reference Materials for Nutrition Research and the Public Health on November 23.
• Natural Health Research Institute 5th Annual Scientific Symposium "Natural Products – Cost-Effectiveness & Safety of Dietary Supplements"
  November 18, 2010, Bloomingdale, IL
  Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Economic Analyses of Nutrient Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention.
• Dietetic Interns Joint Class Day, NIH
  November 15, 2010, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled Dietary Supplements: What Registered Dietitians Need to Know to the Washington, D.C. area dietetic interns.
• International Standardization of 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels in National Surveys Planning Meeting
  November 15–16, 2010, Bethesda, MD
  Christopher Sempos gave a presentation titled International Effort to Evaluate 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels in National Surveys on November 15.
• American Dietetic Association FNCE10 Conference
  November 7, 2010, Boston, MA
  Johanna Dwyer, Leila Saldanha, Janet Roseland and Regan Bailey presented a symposium, "Help Me with Dietary Supplements" at the American Dietetic Association's FNCE10 Conference on November 7th, 2010 in Boston.
• American Dietetic Association's Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  November 6–9, 2010, Boston, MA
  Kathryn Camp and Dianne Frazier presented The Affordable Genome: Implications and Challenges for Dietary Treatment of Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Multifactorial Chronic Conditions on November 7.
• National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
  September 3, 2010, Rockville, MD
  Marguerite Klein gave a presentation titled Introduction to Soy Protein and Isoflavone Research.
• 9th Meeting of the Consortium for the Globalization of Chinese Medicine
  August 23–25, 2010, Hong Kong, China
  Paul Coates gave the Opening Remarks, chaired the Regulatory Affairs Session, and was an International Collaborations Session panelist.
• CDC Public Health Grand Rounds
  August 19, 2010, Atlanta, GA
  Paul Coates gave a talk titled Vitamin D: How Research Informs Public Health Policy.
• CDC National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media
  August 17–19, 2010, Atlanta, GA
  Jody Engel participated in a panel presentation on New Technological Approaches for Reaching Consumers and Health Professionals on August 19. She gave a presentation titled The Case for Change: Mobile Apps Expand the Universe for Consumer Health Information.
• 2010 National Conference on Health Statistics
  August 16–18, 2010, Washington, DC
  Paul Coates gave a talk titled How Research is Informing Public Health Policy Related to Vitamin D on August 17.
• Florida Dietetic Association
  July 13, 2010, Orlando, FL
  Paul Thomas gave a talk titled Before You Swallow: Studying the Efficacy, Safety, and Quality of Dietary Supplements.
• 34th National Nutrient Databank Conference
  July 12–14, 2010, Grand Forks, ND
  Leila Saldanha gave a talk titled Dietary Supplements Indexer: U.S. Adaptation on July 14 at the Special Post-Conference Workshop: Dietary Supplement Description System.
• Probiotic Foods and Supplements: The Science and Regulations of Labeling
  June 12, 2010, New York, NY
  Marguerite Klein moderated a session titled From Clinical Trials to Market.
• 7th Annual NHP Research Conference & Tradeshow
  May 23–26, 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Pre- and Postmarket Approaches to Adverse Event Investigations on May 24. Marguerite Klein presented Soy Protein and Isoflavone Research: Challenges in Designing and Evaluating Intervention Studies on May 24. ODS had an exhibit booth at this conference.
• First International Vitamin Conference
  May 19–21, 2010, Copenhagen, Denmark
  Regan Bailey gave a presentation titled Unmetabolized Folic Acid in Older Adults in the United States.
• SupplySide East
  April 27–28, 2010, Secaucus, NJ
  Paul Coates gave a presentation titled The ODS Strategic Plan: 2010-2014 on April 28. ODS had an exhibit booth at this conference.
• Experimental Biology
  April 24–28, 2010, Anaheim, CA
  On April 24, Johanna Dwyer served as a moderator of a day-long session titled, Aging 2010: Challenges and New Opportunities for Intervention in the Clinical Nutrition Problems in the Aged, sponsored by the Medical Nutrition Council of the American Society for Nutrition. On April 25, Christopher Sempos gave a talk titled Adjusting Serum Biomarker of Vitamin D Status for Within-person Variation. Regan Bailey gave a talk titled Unmetabolized Folic Acid in Older Adults in the United States. Dr. Bailey also presented a poster titled Adjusting Serum Biomarkers of Folate Status for Within-person Variation. Karen Andrews, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, presented an update on the ODS-cosponsored Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database titled The Dietary Supplement Ingredient Database (DSID): Comparison of Adult and Children’s MVM products. On April 26, Leila Saldanha presented a poster, Quality of Reporting Dietary Supplement Research in Scientific Publications and other Observations. In addition, ODS had an exhibit booth during the Experimental Biology conference.
• District of Columbia Metropolitan Area Dietetic Association
  April 17, 2010, Bethesda, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled ODS: Your Reliable Resource on Dietary Supplements.
• Developments in Botanical Dietary Supplement Research from 1994 to Today
  March 23, 2010, Chicago, IL
  Paul Coates gave a talk titled Synergism Between ODS and NCCAM. Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Constituents of Botanicals: Accuracy, Precision and Reliability of Chemical Measurement. Christine Swanson moderated a roundtable discussion titled Future Trends.
• Vitamin D: USA-Germany
  March 22–23, 2010, Berlin, Germany
  Christopher Sempos gave a talk titled Current Intramural Research on Vitamin D at ODS. Dr. Sempos also gave a talk titled Laboratory methods used for assessing 25(OH)D in the NHANES.
• National Advisory Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
  February 5, 2010, Bethesda, MD
  Marguerite Klein gave a talk titled Soy Protein and Isoflavone Research: Challenges in Designing and Evaluating Intervention Studies.
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine 7th Annual Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 21–24, 2010, San Diego, CA
  Rebecca Costello presented a workshop titled Dietary Supplements Resources: Point of Care Answers for the Busy Clinician on January 23. ODS had an exhibit booth at this conference.

2009

• Nutrient Biomarkers Analytical Methodology: Vitamin D Workshop
  December 16, 2009, Bethesda, MD
  ODS sponsored a 1-day workshop to evaluate the state of analytical methods for measuring vitamin D status. The intent of this workshop was to develop strategies for resolving inconsistencies between results obtained from quantitative determination of vitamin D in biological materials (such as blood serum) when different measurement techniques are used. The workshop consisted of presentations and discussion sessions on currently available analytical methods and the interpretation of findings. Knowledge gaps were identified and a research agenda for future studies was developed.
• Brazilian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting
  November 1, 2009, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  Johanna Dwyer spoke on Micronutrient Supplements for Preventing Chronic Disease.
• American Dietetic Association's Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  October 17–20, 2009, Denver, CO
  Johanna Dwyer moderated a session on Conflict of Interest sponsored by the ADA Foundation and the International Life Sciences Institute. She also moderated a talk titled What Are the Youngest American Children Eating? Findings from the Feeding Infants and Toddlers Study (FITS) sponsored by the ADA Foundation and Nestle Nutrition on October 18.
• 19th International Congress of Nutrition
  October 4–9, 2009, Bangkok, Thailand
  Robert Russell chaired a session on Antioxidant Defense and Oxidative Damage and gave a talk titled Pitfalls in Conducting Antioxidant Research on October 6.
• 12th Biological and Environmental Reference Materials Symposium
  July 7–10, 2009, Oxford, UK
  Paul Coates presented a keynote lecture titled Emerging Needs for Dietary Supplement Standard Reference Materials on July 10.
• 50th Anniversary Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy
  June 27 – July 1, 2009, Honolulu, HI
  Joseph Betz presented a podium session titled The NIH/ODS Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program for Botanical Dietary Supplements: Five-Year Accomplishments and Future Directions. ODS had an exhibit.
• Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine
  June 16, 2009, Woods Hole, MA
  Robert Russell gave a talk titled DRIs: A Trigger Framework for Revisions.
• International Conference on Diet and Activity Methods
  June 5–7, 2009, Washington, DC
  ODS was a co-sponsor of this conference, a gathering of experts to present, learn about, and develop research ideas to improve the measurement of people's usual dietary intakes and physical activity.
• American Society of Complex Therapeutics Conference: "From Meadow to Medicine" Developing Complex Therapeutics - A Paradigm Shift
  May 12, 2009, Minneapolis, MN
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Back to the Future: A Historical and Future Perspective and moderated a panel discussion. This was a satellite meeting of the North American Research Conference on Complementary & Integrative Medicine.
• Maryland Dietetic Association’s Annual Meeting
  April 24, 2009, Linthicum Heights, MD
  Jody Engel gave a presentation titled Dietary Supplement Use in America: Who’s Taking What?
• Experimental Biology
  April 18–22, 2009, New Orleans, LA
  Johanna Dwyer spoke at a closed workshop for Korean nutritionists titled Planning Using the DRIs on April 18. Dr. Dwyer also co-chaired a minisymposium titled Measurement Issues Related to Dietary Supplement Use on April 21.On April 22, Robert Russell chaired a seminar titled Key Events Framework: An Innovative Approach for Assessing Safe Nutrient Intakes and gave a talk titled Introduction to the International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation Global Threshold Project.
• Loyola University Medical Center, Division of Nephrology
  April 7, 2009, Maywood, IL
  Christopher Sempos gave a presentation titled Estimates of Optimal Vitamin D Status: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D – PTH Suppression and All Causes Mortality.
• 8th Oxford Conference on the Science of Botanicals
  April 5–10, 2009, Oxford, MS
  Joseph Betz presented a poster about the ODS AMRM program titled Dietary Supplement Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions on April 7.
• Nutrition and Cancer Prevention Research Practicum
  March 16–20, 2009, Rockville, MD
  Mary Frances Picciano, Johanna Dwyer, and Paul Coates spoke at this practicum sponsored by the Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, NCI, and the Department of Nutrition, NIH Clinical Center. Dr. Picciano gave a presentation titled Folate and Cancer Prevention on March 16. Dr. Dwyer gave a talk on Flavonoids on March 16. Dr. Coates gave a presentation titled The Role of Evidence-Based Reviews for Nutrition Topics: The ODS Experience on March 20.
• Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, FDA
  March 3, 2009, College Park, MD
  Robert Russell gave a presentation titled Alternative Approaches to Setting Upper Safe Levels for Nutrients.
• Natural Health Products Research Society “Gateway to Wellness”
  February 18–21, 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled Analytical Methods and Challenges in Toxicology/Safety Monitoring Programs and presented an ODS poster: National Institutes of Health, Dietary Supplement Methods and Reference Materials Program, Accomplishments and Future Directions. ODS also had an exhibit booth at this conference.
• Southern Society for Clinical Investigation
  February 12–14, 2009, New Orleans, LA
  Rebecca Costello gave a presentation titled Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update.
• American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
  February 1–4, 2009, New Orleans, LA
  Mary Frances Picciano gave a presentation titled Folate: Its Role in Health and Disease during Clinical Nutrition Week 2009.
• Scripps – Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 22–25, 2009, Paradise Point Resort, San Diego, CA
  Rebecca Costello co-presented a workshop titled Dietary Supplement Resources: Answering Questions at the Point of Care on January 24. Paul Coates presented a session titled The Future of Dietary Supplement Research – Answering Important Questions on January 25. ODS also had an exhibit booth at this conference.

2008

• International Life Sciences Institute: Decision Making for Recommendations and Communications Based on Totality of Food Related Research Workshop
  December 15, 2008, Washington, DC
  Robert Russell gave a presentation titled Application of Epidemiologic Data in DRI Development: Approaches Toward Harmonization. Mary Frances Picciano gave a presentation titled Vitamin D and Health.
• Society for Risk Analysis
  December 10, 2008, Boston, MA
  Robert Russell gave a presentation titled Low-Dose Dose-Response Thresholds in Risk Assessment: a Cross Disciplinary Analysis of Key Events from Vitamin A Exposure to Adverse Events.
• USDA Human Nutrition Research Center
  December 9, 2008, Beltsville, MD
  Chris Sempos gave a talk titled PTH and 25(OH) Vitamin D: The Search for an Inflection Point.
• International Life Sciences Institute
  December 3, 2008, Tokyo, Japan
  Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Evaluating the Health Effects of Dietary Supplements.
• National Institute of Health and Nutrition
  December 2, 2008, Tokyo, Japan
  Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Dietary Supplements in the United States: Claims and Evidence.
• American Heart Association Meeting
  November 9–11, 2008, New Orleans, LA
  Rebecca Costello moderated the session titled, Lifestyle in the Prevention and Management of Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Role of Physical Activity, Diet and Dietary Supplements on November 11. ODS also exhibited at this meeting.
• WHO Congress on Traditional Medicine
  November 6–9, 2008, Beijing China
  Christine Swanson attended the World Health Organization Congress on Traditional Medicine in the 60th anniversary year of the WHO. The symposium provided an overview of global status and trends in the use of Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicines. Dr. Swanson gave an invited presentation titled The NIH Botanical Research Centers Program.
• American Institute for Cancer Research Annual Research Conference on
  November 6–7, 2008, Washington, DC
  Mary Frances Picciano gave two presentations: Dietary Supplements for Cancer Prevention: How Common and How Useful? and Diet, Supplements and UV Exposure: Defining Optimal Status of Vitamin D and How to Obtain It. Johanna Dwyer was a member of the program committee and chaired the session titled Behavioral Change and Cancer.
• American Dietetic Association Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo
  October 25–28, 2008, Chicago, IL
  Karen Regan and Jody Engel participated in a session titled, NIH/NCI Research Training, Funding, and Career Development Opportunities: What Every Dietitian Needs to Know, on October 27. Johanna Dwyer co-presented at a session titled, Using New Online Resources to Estimate Dietary Supplement Intake, on October 28. ODS exhibited at booth #1342.
• SupplySide West
  October 23–24, 2008, Las Vegas, NV
  Christine Swanson moderated a session titled, NIH Botanical Research Centers Overview, on October 22. Representatives from the six NIH Botanical Research Centers presented their latest research. Marguerite Klein gave a presentation titled Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update, on October 22. Leila Saldanha presented a poster, Dietary Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions. ODS exhibited at booth #25097.
• Indo-US Symposium on Indian Systems of Medicine and Botanicals
  October 15–16, 2008, New Delhi, India
  Joseph Betz gave a presentation titled National Institutes of Health, Dietary Supplement Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions.
• University of Illinois Nutritional Sciences Program
  October 15, 2008, Urbana-Champaign, IL
  Mary Frances Picciano presented a seminar titled, Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: What We Know and What We Need to Know.
• Harvard School of Public Health
  October 15, 2008, Boston, MA
  Johanna Dwyer gave a seminar with an emphasis on children titled Dietary Guidelines for Americans: What’s Old? What’s New? What’s Next? as part of the Maternal Child Health Seminar Series.
• 2008 Shanghai International Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Natural Medicines
  October 10–12, 2008, Shanghai, China
  Joseph Betz gave an invited talk titled, National Institutes of Health, Dietary Supplement Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions.
• Food and Drug Administration/CDER
  October 8, 2008, Silver Spring, MD
  Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Assessing the Health Effects of Dietary Supplements.
• American College of Nutrition 49th Annual Meeting
  October 2–5, 2008, Arlington, VA
  Rebecca Costello moderated a panel session, How NIH Reviews Grants on Nutrition Related Topics, and co-authored a presentation on a new database of dietary supplements containing vitamin K. Marguerite Klein spoke on the development and validation of analytical methods to ensure the quality and safety of dietary supplements. Leila Saldanha presented a poster, Dietary Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions. ODS also exhibited at this meeting.
• International Food Information Council
  October 1, 2008, Washington, DC
  Mary Frances Picciano gave a presentation titled Vitamin D: Emerging Science and Communication Implications.
• United States Pharmacopeia’s Annual Scientific Meeting
  September 25–26, 2008, Kansas City, MO
  Joseph Betz gave an invited lecture titled, New Approaches to Standard Setting via Performance-based Procedures.
• AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition
  September 21–23, 2008, Dallas, TX
  Joseph Betz and Marguerite Klein participated in this meeting which included several sessions devoted to analytical methods for dietary supplements, such as the President’s Task Force on Dietary Supplements meeting, Dietary Supplements Community meeting, the Methods Committee on Dietary Supplements meeting, and the Analytical Challenges in Dietary Supplements symposium. Dr. Betz also presented a poster, Dietary Supplement Analytical Methods and Reference Materials Program: Accomplishments and Future Directions. ODS exhibited at booth #120.

2007

• 121st AOAC Annual Meeting & Exposition
  September 16–20, 2007, Anaheim, CA
  ODS exhibited at this expo and presented a poster on its Analytical Methods and Reference Materials (AMRM) program.
• Vitamin D and Health in the 21st Century: An Update
  September 5–6, 2007, Bethesda, MD
  Conference sponsored by ODS; co-sponsors are the National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), and the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).
• Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting & Food Expo
  July 28 – August 1, 2007, Chicago, IL
  Drs. Johanna Dwyer, Joseph Betz, and Leila Saldanha presented at this expo. ODS also exhibited here.
• Black Cohosh Safety Workshop
  June 28, 2007, Gaithersburg, MD
  Dr. Joseph Betz developed and moderated this workshop which included an international group of speakers and discussants. A meeting summary is being developed for publication.
• Council for Responsible Nutrition, Day of Science
  May 3, 2007, Washington, DC
  Dr. Paul Coates gave a presentation titled Role of Meta-Analysis in Evidence-Based Reviews. Dr. Joseph Betz’s talk was titled Identification, Characterization and Ensuring Product Quality for Clinical Trials.
• Experimental Biology Annual Meeting
  April 28 – May 2, 2007, Washington, DC
  Dr. Christine Swanson presented at this meeting. ODS also exhibited here.
• Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, 4th Annual Conference. Natural Supplements: An Evidence-Based Update
  January 19–21, 2007, San Diego, CA
  Drs. Joseph Betz and Rebecca Costello spoke at a session titled A Systematic Approach to Study the Effects of Natural Supplements on the Coagulation System.

2006

• SupplySide West International Trade Show and Conference
  October 18–20, 2006, Las Vegas, NV
  Dr. Elizabeth Yetley chaired and spoke at a session titled Understanding the Systematic Review Process in Evidence-Based Decisions. Dr. Joseph Betz chaired and spoke at a session titled Defining and Demonstrating Quality.
• American College of Nutrition, 47th Annual Meeting/Symposium*
  October 5–9, 2006, Reno, NV
  Dr. Rebecca Costello moderated a session titled Nutrition in Preventive Medicine and Chronic Disease Management.
• 30th National Nutrient Databank Conference: The Role of Food Composition in Improving Dietetic Practice
  September 18–20, 2006, Honolulu, HI
  Dr. Johanna Dwyer delivered a presentation titled Progress in developing dietary supplement databases at NIH’s Office of Dietary Supplements. Dr. Mary Frances Picciano’s presentation was titled Development of NOADS: The NHANES (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey) Online Analyst for Dietary Supplements: a web-based tool for analysis of total nutrient intakes and their relation to biomarkers of nutritional status.
• Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo (American Dietetic Association)
  September 16–19, 2006, Honolulu, HI
  Dr. Leila Saldanha presided at a session titled What You Need to Know About Multivitamin and Mineral Supplements. Dr. Johanna Dwyer presented State of the science: multivitamin-mineral supplements and chronic disease risk. Dr. Mary Frances Picciano presented What are intakes of key nutrients among American children, and what supplements are they taking?
• Heart Failure Society of America: 10th Annual Scientific Meeting
  September 10–13, 2006, Seattle, WA
  Dr. Rebecca Costello co-moderated a session titled Nutritional Aspects of Heart Failure.
• The 47th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Pharmacognosy
  September 6–9, 2006, Arlington, VA
  Dr. Joseph Betz chaired a workshop titled Bucking the System: Non-Academic Careers for Natural Products Scientists and a symposium titled Clinical Evaluation of Herbs and Supplements: Trials, Toxicology, and Drug Interactions.
• Standardization of the Terminology for Expression of Analytical Results for
  August 21–22, 2006, University, MS
  ODS sponsored this 1-day symposium.