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September 2015 People & Events
FROM THE ACADEMY People & Events
ACADEMY CALENDAR 2015 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 3-6, 2015 Nashville, TN
2016 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 15-18, 2016 Boston, MA Tell Us Your Issue . . . We care about the concerns of Academy members and want to hear from you. There are four easy ways to submit your issues: E-mail [email protected]. Fax 312/899-4790. Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000. Contact your delegate You will receive immediate confirmation that your message has been received and action will be taken within 2 months. Deadline for submitting material for the People & Events section is the first of the month, 3 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 Academy of the event or sponsor. Send materials and any questions about People & Events to [email protected].
Resource Center, the Council for Adult Experiential Learning, and is an adjunct professor in both Georgetown University’s graduate degree program and Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University’s Sasin School of Business. He is a strategic adviser to three start-up companies as well as a past US representative to the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations. Miranda received his undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts and his graduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Detroit.
Fumiaki Imamura, PhD, MS, Joins the Journal’s Board of Editors Fumiaki Imamura is a senior investigator scientist with the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit of the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine in Cambridge, UK. Imamura received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; a master’s in Nutrition from Columbia University; and a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from Tufts University, and postdoctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Imamura’s work has focused on dietary pattern analysis, fatty acid biomarkers, and metaanalysis of dietedisease associations. He has strong methodological expertise in nutritional epidemiology. In 2013, Imamura joined the University of Cambridge and started diabetes research ranging from ‘omics’ analysis to synthesis of dietary evidence.
ACEND/content.aspx?id¼6442485311 and include status of programs which have received candidacy for accreditation, full accreditation, probationary accreditation, and withdrawal from accreditation.
ACEND Invites Program Accreditation Input Accredited dietetics education programs are periodically reviewed to ensure they uphold the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). Part of the program review process is the consideration of thirdparty input on a program’s practices, procedures, and educational outcomes. Members with concern as to a program’s compliance with the standards are encouraged to forward their comments to ACEND. A list of programs under review for candidacy or full accreditation and a corresponding site visit scheduled is available at: http://www.eatrightacend. org/ACEND/content.aspx?id¼644248 5389. The Accreditation Standards are located at www.eatright.org/acend. Any comments on substantive matters related to the quality of any of these educational programs must be sent 30 days prior to the program’s scheduled site visit or by the designated review date to: The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ATTN: Mary Ann Taccona, MBA, RD, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Academy Welcomes Steven Miranda to the Board of Directors Steven Miranda, managing director for Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), will be serving on the Academy’s Board of Directors as a public member. Prior to joining Cornell, Miranda was the chief human resource and strategic planning officer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Before SHRM, Miranda was an HR vice-president at Lucent Technologies. Miranda currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Ethics ª 2015 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Latest ACEND Accreditation Decisions Published Online The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) is the Academy’s accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for careers as registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered. ACEND establishes and enforces accreditation standards that ensure the quality and continued improvement of nutrition and dietetics education programs. The accreditation decisions made at the most recent ACEND meeting are available at www.eatrightacend.org/
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and Growth March 17-19, 2016, Vienna, Austria. The 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and Growth (N&G 2016) will provide a unique platform for discussing the interplay between nutrition and growth in children. The Nutrition and Growth Conference is ideal for pediatricians, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, neonatologists, registered dietitian nutritionists, and all
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FROM THE ACADEMY those involved in child development who share a passion for exchanging ideas and analysis in the field of pediatric nutrition. Participants will be able to facilitate and foster interdisciplinary and international collaborations with international experts and specialists. Abstract submission deadline: October 27, 2015. To learn more, visit nutritiongrowth.kenes.com.
Free Professional Development Resources for Academy Members Select from a variety of eight free and member-preferred priced resources to best fit your professional development needs with Distance Learning at your own pace and convenience. The Center for Professional Development also offers a number of online certificate of training programs and webinars as well as group and self-study options. Visit http://www.eatright.org/ cpd/online/.
Obituaries Jane Fitchett, RD, May 2014, of Guilford, CT, was a member of the Academy for over 60 years. She graduated from the St Joseph’s University in West Hartford, CT, and completed postgraduate training at the Hospital of St Raphael in New Haven, CT, where she was their first registered dietitian. She became director of Food and Nutrition at St Raphael’s from 1951-1993 where she is still remembered as the finest foodservice director for hundreds of foodservice workers and future
highest standards of service for the hospital community. Sharon Yankelson, RD, LD, June 2015, of Austin, TX, aged 68, was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Coordinated Undergraduate Program in Dietetics in 1982, and was a highly regarded member of the dietetics community in Austin throughout her career. Yankelson worked as the nutrition consultant to Texas Oncology prior to her passing.
National Cancer Institute Dietary Assessment Primer Now Available The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is pleased to announce the availability of a web-based Dietary Assessment Primer. Various types of self-report instruments have been developed to assess dietary intake. Each has distinct features as well as strengths and limitations. The Dietary Assessment Primer:
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dietitians. She was the oldest living registered dietitian in Connecticut. Fitchett was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Hospital Food Service Administrators. She received the Distinguished Service Award for Unique and Notable Contributions to the Hospital of St Raphael and the Sister Louise Anthony Award presented by the Hospital of St Raphael for her service, which exemplified the
describes the major types of instruments that rely on individuals reporting their own diets; provides guidance on using the instruments alone or in combination to address different research questions; compares key features of the main self-report dietary assessment instruments; explains and provides guidance regarding validity, measurement error, and calibration in the context of dietary assessment; provides expanded information about particular key topics in dietary assessment; and includes a Glossary of key terms and an extensive list of References and Resources.
The Dietary Assessment Primer is located at http://dietassessmentprimer.cancer. gov. The NCI scientific leads for this important new resource are Susan KrebsSmith, PhD, RD; Amy Subar, PhD, MPH, RD; Jill Reedy, PhD, MPH, RD; Fran Thompson, PhD, MPH; and TusaRebecca Schap, PhD, MPH, RD, all in the NCI Applied Research Program’s Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch (RFMMB); Anne Brown Rodgers, science writer; and Sharon Kirkpatrick, PhD, MHSc, RD, formerly in the RFMMB and currently assistant professor at the University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems.
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ACADEMY CALENDAR 2015 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 3-6, 2015 Nashville, TN
2016 Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo October 15-18, 2016 Boston, MA Tell Us Your Issue . . . We care about the concerns of Academy members and want to hear from you. There are four easy ways to submit your issues: E-mail [email protected]. Fax 312/899-4790. Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000. Contact your delegate You will receive immediate confirmation that your message has been received and action will be taken within 2 months. Deadline for submitting material for the People & Events section is the first of the month, 3 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 Academy of the event or sponsor. Send materials and any questions about People & Events to [email protected].
Resource Center, the Council for Adult Experiential Learning, and is an adjunct professor in both Georgetown University’s graduate degree program and Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University’s Sasin School of Business. He is a strategic adviser to three start-up companies as well as a past US representative to the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations. Miranda received his undergraduate degree in Liberal Arts and his graduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Detroit.
Fumiaki Imamura, PhD, MS, Joins the Journal’s Board of Editors Fumiaki Imamura is a senior investigator scientist with the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit of the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine in Cambridge, UK. Imamura received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; a master’s in Nutrition from Columbia University; and a PhD in Nutritional Epidemiology from Tufts University, and postdoctoral training at the Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology. Imamura’s work has focused on dietary pattern analysis, fatty acid biomarkers, and metaanalysis of dietedisease associations. He has strong methodological expertise in nutritional epidemiology. In 2013, Imamura joined the University of Cambridge and started diabetes research ranging from ‘omics’ analysis to synthesis of dietary evidence.
ACEND/content.aspx?id¼6442485311 and include status of programs which have received candidacy for accreditation, full accreditation, probationary accreditation, and withdrawal from accreditation.
ACEND Invites Program Accreditation Input Accredited dietetics education programs are periodically reviewed to ensure they uphold the standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND). Part of the program review process is the consideration of thirdparty input on a program’s practices, procedures, and educational outcomes. Members with concern as to a program’s compliance with the standards are encouraged to forward their comments to ACEND. A list of programs under review for candidacy or full accreditation and a corresponding site visit scheduled is available at: http://www.eatrightacend. org/ACEND/content.aspx?id¼644248 5389. The Accreditation Standards are located at www.eatright.org/acend. Any comments on substantive matters related to the quality of any of these educational programs must be sent 30 days prior to the program’s scheduled site visit or by the designated review date to: The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, ATTN: Mary Ann Taccona, MBA, RD, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606.
ANNOUNCEMENTS Academy Welcomes Steven Miranda to the Board of Directors Steven Miranda, managing director for Cornell University’s Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies (CAHRS), will be serving on the Academy’s Board of Directors as a public member. Prior to joining Cornell, Miranda was the chief human resource and strategic planning officer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Before SHRM, Miranda was an HR vice-president at Lucent Technologies. Miranda currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Ethics ª 2015 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Latest ACEND Accreditation Decisions Published Online The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) is the Academy’s accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for careers as registered dietitian nutritionists and nutrition and dietetics technicians, registered. ACEND establishes and enforces accreditation standards that ensure the quality and continued improvement of nutrition and dietetics education programs. The accreditation decisions made at the most recent ACEND meeting are available at www.eatrightacend.org/
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and Growth March 17-19, 2016, Vienna, Austria. The 3rd International Conference on Nutrition and Growth (N&G 2016) will provide a unique platform for discussing the interplay between nutrition and growth in children. The Nutrition and Growth Conference is ideal for pediatricians, gastroenterologists, endocrinologists, neonatologists, registered dietitian nutritionists, and all
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FROM THE ACADEMY those involved in child development who share a passion for exchanging ideas and analysis in the field of pediatric nutrition. Participants will be able to facilitate and foster interdisciplinary and international collaborations with international experts and specialists. Abstract submission deadline: October 27, 2015. To learn more, visit nutritiongrowth.kenes.com.
Free Professional Development Resources for Academy Members Select from a variety of eight free and member-preferred priced resources to best fit your professional development needs with Distance Learning at your own pace and convenience. The Center for Professional Development also offers a number of online certificate of training programs and webinars as well as group and self-study options. Visit http://www.eatright.org/ cpd/online/.
Obituaries Jane Fitchett, RD, May 2014, of Guilford, CT, was a member of the Academy for over 60 years. She graduated from the St Joseph’s University in West Hartford, CT, and completed postgraduate training at the Hospital of St Raphael in New Haven, CT, where she was their first registered dietitian. She became director of Food and Nutrition at St Raphael’s from 1951-1993 where she is still remembered as the finest foodservice director for hundreds of foodservice workers and future
highest standards of service for the hospital community. Sharon Yankelson, RD, LD, June 2015, of Austin, TX, aged 68, was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Coordinated Undergraduate Program in Dietetics in 1982, and was a highly regarded member of the dietetics community in Austin throughout her career. Yankelson worked as the nutrition consultant to Texas Oncology prior to her passing.
National Cancer Institute Dietary Assessment Primer Now Available The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is pleased to announce the availability of a web-based Dietary Assessment Primer. Various types of self-report instruments have been developed to assess dietary intake. Each has distinct features as well as strengths and limitations. The Dietary Assessment Primer:
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dietitians. She was the oldest living registered dietitian in Connecticut. Fitchett was also a member of the Connecticut Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and the American Society for Hospital Food Service Administrators. She received the Distinguished Service Award for Unique and Notable Contributions to the Hospital of St Raphael and the Sister Louise Anthony Award presented by the Hospital of St Raphael for her service, which exemplified the
describes the major types of instruments that rely on individuals reporting their own diets; provides guidance on using the instruments alone or in combination to address different research questions; compares key features of the main self-report dietary assessment instruments; explains and provides guidance regarding validity, measurement error, and calibration in the context of dietary assessment; provides expanded information about particular key topics in dietary assessment; and includes a Glossary of key terms and an extensive list of References and Resources.
The Dietary Assessment Primer is located at http://dietassessmentprimer.cancer. gov. The NCI scientific leads for this important new resource are Susan KrebsSmith, PhD, RD; Amy Subar, PhD, MPH, RD; Jill Reedy, PhD, MPH, RD; Fran Thompson, PhD, MPH; and TusaRebecca Schap, PhD, MPH, RD, all in the NCI Applied Research Program’s Risk Factor Monitoring and Methods Branch (RFMMB); Anne Brown Rodgers, science writer; and Sharon Kirkpatrick, PhD, MHSc, RD, formerly in the RFMMB and currently assistant professor at the University of Waterloo School of Public Health and Health Systems.
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