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PEOPLE & EVENTS
ADA CALENDAR 2004 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 2-5, Anaheim, CA
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS July Symposium on Nutrition and Cancer, Houston, TX July 8-9, 2004, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Entitled “Eleventh Symposium on Nutrition and Cancer, Evidence Based Practices in Oncology: Medical Nutrition Therapies, Research, Prevention and Supportive Care.” Featuring presentations by MD Anderson clinical dietitians, physicians, pharmacists, and nurses. 13 CEUs applied for RDs, DTRs, and RNs. Contact the MD Anderson Department of Clinical Nutrition at 713/792-2254 or nlowenst@ mdanderson.org.
ABOUT PEOPLE Honors ADA Vice President Karen Lechowich gives honorary Alabama lecture
On March 26, Karen Lechowich, MBA, RD, ADA Vice President of Professional Development and Meeting Services Group, presented the 2004 Karen L. Wright Memorial Lecture at the Alabama Dietetic Association meeting in Montgomery, AL. It was entitled “Innovation, Variety and Skills— Building a Leadership Portfolio.” The lecture was supported by an ADA Foundation fund created in memory of Karen L. Wright, a senior student in a coordinated undergraduate program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She was daughter of Audrey C. Wright, MS, RD, a significant donor to the ADA Foundation.
Deadline for submitting material for the People and Events section is the first of the month, three months before the date of the issue (eg, May 1 for the August issue). Publication of an educational event is not an endorsement by the Association of the event of sponsor. Send material to: Jason Switt, Editor, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606; journal@ eatright.org; 312/899-0040, ext. 4831; or fax, 312/899-4812.
Obituaries
ERRATA
Ivana Tobias Lillios, MS, RD, February 2004, was a nutrition educator for several care agencies and colleges in Connecticut. Originally from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, Ivana came to the United States in 1956. She received her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from Purdue University and went on to a dietetics internship at Yale New Haven Hospital. She also received her master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut. Marva Versey, MS, RD, March 2004, was the newly elected Secretary-Treasurer for the Dietetics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dietetics Practice Group (DPM&R DPG). Marva worked at the Jefferson Barrack’s Veteran Administration Hospital in St. Louis, MO. A VA employee since 1983, She served as a dietitian in both the Domiciliary and the Spinal Cord and Rehabilitation Unit. A native of Helena, AK, she completed her bachelor’s of science at Arkansas AM&N and both her dietetics internship and master’s in dietetics at St. Louis University. Prior to coming to the VA Hospital, Marva worked as a Community Nutritionist at Metro East Health Service Council in East St. Louis, IL.
In the article “Position of the American Dietetic Association: Use of Nutritive and Nonnutritive Sweeteners” that appeared in the February 2004 issue of the Journal, pp 255-275, the word “fructose” in the second paragraph in the Obesity section on page 267 should have been “HFCS.” The sentence should have read, “This area deserves attention in that there has been a dramatic increase in HFCS consumption since 1970.” This position will be corrected in the Web site copy at www.eatright.org/Public/Other/index_adap0598.cfm. In the Research and Professional Brief “Effect of a Promotional Campaign on Heart-Healthy Menu Choices in Community Restaurants” that appeared in the March 2004 issue of the Journal, pp 429-432, two acknowledgements were mistakenly omitted. The authors of this article would like to acknowledge Sara Leonhardt, MPH, and Gabrielle Maly, MPH, for their instrumental help in carrying out the study and entering the initial data.
doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.04.013
from the association © 2004 by the American Dietetic Association
Journal of THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION
1013
PEOPLE & EVENTS
ADA CALENDAR 2004 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 2-5, Anaheim, CA
EDUCATIONAL EVENTS July Symposium on Nutrition and Cancer, Houston, TX July 8-9, 2004, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Entitled “Eleventh Symposium on Nutrition and Cancer, Evidence Based Practices in Oncology: Medical Nutrition Therapies, Research, Prevention and Supportive Care.” Featuring presentations by MD Anderson clinical dietitians, physicians, pharmacists, and nurses. 13 CEUs applied for RDs, DTRs, and RNs. Contact the MD Anderson Department of Clinical Nutrition at 713/792-2254 or nlowenst@ mdanderson.org.
ABOUT PEOPLE Honors ADA Vice President Karen Lechowich gives honorary Alabama lecture
On March 26, Karen Lechowich, MBA, RD, ADA Vice President of Professional Development and Meeting Services Group, presented the 2004 Karen L. Wright Memorial Lecture at the Alabama Dietetic Association meeting in Montgomery, AL. It was entitled “Innovation, Variety and Skills— Building a Leadership Portfolio.” The lecture was supported by an ADA Foundation fund created in memory of Karen L. Wright, a senior student in a coordinated undergraduate program at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. She was daughter of Audrey C. Wright, MS, RD, a significant donor to the ADA Foundation.
Deadline for submitting material for the People and Events section is the first of the month, three months before the date of the issue (eg, May 1 for the August issue). Publication of an educational event is not an endorsement by the Association of the event of sponsor. Send material to: Jason Switt, Editor, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606; journal@ eatright.org; 312/899-0040, ext. 4831; or fax, 312/899-4812.
Obituaries
ERRATA
Ivana Tobias Lillios, MS, RD, February 2004, was a nutrition educator for several care agencies and colleges in Connecticut. Originally from Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, Ivana came to the United States in 1956. She received her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from Purdue University and went on to a dietetics internship at Yale New Haven Hospital. She also received her master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Connecticut. Marva Versey, MS, RD, March 2004, was the newly elected Secretary-Treasurer for the Dietetics in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Dietetics Practice Group (DPM&R DPG). Marva worked at the Jefferson Barrack’s Veteran Administration Hospital in St. Louis, MO. A VA employee since 1983, She served as a dietitian in both the Domiciliary and the Spinal Cord and Rehabilitation Unit. A native of Helena, AK, she completed her bachelor’s of science at Arkansas AM&N and both her dietetics internship and master’s in dietetics at St. Louis University. Prior to coming to the VA Hospital, Marva worked as a Community Nutritionist at Metro East Health Service Council in East St. Louis, IL.
In the article “Position of the American Dietetic Association: Use of Nutritive and Nonnutritive Sweeteners” that appeared in the February 2004 issue of the Journal, pp 255-275, the word “fructose” in the second paragraph in the Obesity section on page 267 should have been “HFCS.” The sentence should have read, “This area deserves attention in that there has been a dramatic increase in HFCS consumption since 1970.” This position will be corrected in the Web site copy at www.eatright.org/Public/Other/index_adap0598.cfm. In the Research and Professional Brief “Effect of a Promotional Campaign on Heart-Healthy Menu Choices in Community Restaurants” that appeared in the March 2004 issue of the Journal, pp 429-432, two acknowledgements were mistakenly omitted. The authors of this article would like to acknowledge Sara Leonhardt, MPH, and Gabrielle Maly, MPH, for their instrumental help in carrying out the study and entering the initial data.
doi: 10.1016/j.jada.2004.04.013
from the association © 2004 by the American Dietetic Association
Journal of THE AMERICAN DIETETIC ASSOCIATION
1013