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Diet and Optimum Health Conference

Conference Program


Wednesday, May 13, 2009


2:00 PM Registration begins
3:30 - 5:15 Oral Poster Presentations
5:30 - 7:00 Young Investigator Finalist Presentations
Chairs: Gayle Orner and Sharon Krueger, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
7:00 Welcome Reception

Thursday, May 14, 2009


6:00 AM Organized Walk/Run
7:30 - 8:15 Breakfast provided
8:15 Welcome and Introduction
Balz Frei and Roderick Dashwood, Conference Co-Chairs
Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
 

HEALTHY AGING: NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDERS AND
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS

Chairs: Tory Hagen, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University and Kathy Magnusson, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University

8:30 - 9:00 Healthspan extension by resveratrol
Kevin J. Pearson
University of Kentucky and National Institute on Aging
9:00 - 9:30 A low dose of dietary resveratrol partially mimics caloric restriction and retards aging parameters in mice
Tom Prolla
University of Wisconsin
9:30 - 10:00 Epigenetics, diet, and aging
Craig Cooney
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00 Alpha-lipoic acid and other micronutrients in cognitive dysfunction
Carl Cotman
University of California-Irvine
11:00 - 11:30 Dietary supplements improve cognitive function in humans
David Kennedy
Northumbria University, UK
11:30 - 12:00 Oxidative stress and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease
D. Allan Butterfield
University of Kentucky
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch provided
 

MICRONUTRIENTS AND IMMUNE FUNCTION

Chair: Emily Ho, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University

1:30 - 2:00 Vitamin D and immune function
Adrian Gombart
Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
2:00 - 2:30 Vitamin A in immune function and infection
Charles Stephensen
USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center
University of California, Davis
2:30 - 3:00 Micronutrient supplementation and infectious disease outcome
Wafaie Fawzi
Harvard University
3:00 - 3:30 Coffee/Tea Break
 

VITAMIN K: NEW FUNCTIONS AND MECHANISMS OF ACTION

Chair: Maret Traber, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University

3:30 - 4:00 Determinants of vitamin K status in humans
Sarah Booth
Tufts University
4:00 - 4:30 Vitamin K: The coagulation vitamin that became omnipotent
Leon Schurgers
University of Maastricht, The Netherlands
4:30 - 5:00 Vitamin K-dependent protein carboxylation
Kathleen L. Berkner
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
5:00 - 6:30 Poster Session

Friday, May 15, 2009

 
6:00 AM Organized Walk/Run
7:30 - 8:30 Breakfast provided
 

DIET AND LIFESTYLE IN METABOLIC SYNDROME AND
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

Chairs: Donald Jump, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University and Jeffrey Blumberg, Tufts University

8:30 - 9:00 Comprehensive metabolic analysis for understanding of diabetes and obesity mechanisms
Chris Newgard
Duke University
9:00 - 9:30 Exercise-induced protection against insulin resistance
Deborah M. Muoio
Duke University
9:30 - 10:00 Diet, weight control, and metabolic syndrome
Jonathan Purnell
Oregon Health & Science University
10:00 - 10:30 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30 - 11:00 The impact of obesity on inflammation and immune defense
Pam Fraker
Michigan State University
11:00 - 11:30 Dietary and genetic effects on atherogenic dyslipidemia
Ron Krauss
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
11:30 - 12:00 Diet interventions for heart disease prevention
Ernst Schaefer
Tufts University
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch provided
 

EPIGENETICS, DIET, AND DISEASE

Chairs: Roderick Dashwood, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University and Sharon Ross, National Cancer Institute

1:30 - 2:00 Epigenetic programming in utero
Rebecca Simmons
University of Pennsylvania
2:00 - 2:30 DNA methylation, insulin resistance, and blood pressure in offspring determined by maternal B vitamin and methionine status
Lorraine E. Young
University of Nottingham, UK
2:30 - 3:00 Dietary HDAC inhibitors in garlic and broccoli
Roderick Dashwood
Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University
3:00 - 3:30 Oxidative stress, dietary polyphenols, and epigenetics in lung inflammation
Irfan Rahman
University of Rochester Medical Center
3:30 - 4:00 Coffee/Tea Break
 

AWARD CEREMONY
Linus Pauling Institute Prize for Health Research

4:00 Presentation by LPI Director, Balz Frei
Plenary Lecture by Awardee
6:30 - 7:00 Reception
7:00 Banquet

Saturday, May 16, 2009


PUBLIC SESSION

Chair: Balz Frei, Linus Pauling Institute, Oregon State University

9:00 - 11:00 What to Eat: Personal Responsibility vs. Social Responsibility
Marion Nestle
New York University