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2008 Conference Program

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Thursday, June 12
8:00 a.m. Registration
Fort Collins Marriott Hotel
Salons A-H
8:50 a.m. Opening of Conference
April Mason, Ph.D., Dean
College of Applied Human Science
9:00 a.m. SESSION I- Cancer & Nutrition
  Moderator - Chris Melby, Dr.P.H.
Professor and Department Head
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
Colorado State University
  A Food-based approach to Cancer Prevention & Survivorship
Christine Sardo, MPH, RD
Clinical Trials Manager
Cancer Chemoprevention and Support Program
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
James Cancer Hospital
Columbus, OH
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Diet, Epigenetics, and Cancer Prevention
Sharon Ross, PhD, MPH
Program Director
National Science Research Group
Division of Cancer Prevention
National Cancer Institute
Department of Health & Human Services
Bethesda, MD
11:15 a.m. Panel Discussion
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:15 p.m. SESSION II-- New Perspectives on Eating Behaviors
  Moderator - Jennifer Anderson, PhD., R.D.
Professor/Extension Specialist
Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition
Colorado State University
  Eating competence: Eating as a reasonable adventure
Barbara Lohse, Ph.D., R.D.
Associate Professor
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Obesity as an Attention Disorder? Lessons from Neuroimaging
Marc-Andre Cornier, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Division of Endocrinology
Metabolism & Diabetes
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Aurora, CO
3:30 p.m. Panel Discussion
4:15 p.m. Adjourn
Friday, June 13
8:.00 a.m. Registration
8:30a.m. Session III - Organics
  Moderator: Garry Auld, Ph.D. R.D.
Associate Professor
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Colorado State University
  The Multi-Faceted Organic Consumer: Motivations and Perceptions of the Organic Sector
Dawn Thilmany, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept. of Ag & Resource Economics
Colorado State University
9:25 a.m. Break
9:40 a.m. Organics' Health and Environmental Benefits - Perceptions versus Realities
Katherine Clancy, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow
Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems
College of Food, Agriculture & Natural Resource Sciences
Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA)
St. Paul, MN
10:35 a.m. BRUNCH
11:35 p.m. Organic Agriculture: It Looks Good on Paper but Will It Really Work on the Ground?
Jerry Dewitt, Ph.D.
Director of the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture
Department of Entomology
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
12:30 p.m. Panel discussion
1:30 p.m. Adjourn

 

 




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