Future of Inclusion in Nutrition Research: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities

Chair(s)

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  Monica Agarwal, MD, MEHP, PNS

  Professor of Medicine and the Director, UAB Obesity Medicine Fellowship Program
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Sophia Amenyah, FHEA, RNutr, PhD, MSc, BSc

  Research Fellow
  Bournemouth University
  Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, PhD, RD, CDN

  Professor
  Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  Bronx, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH

  Program Director
  National Institutes of Health
  Bethesda, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Diana Thomas, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Professor
  Department of Mathematical Sciences
  West Point
  Randolph, New York, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

This session will identify the gaps and limitations of current nutrition policy and monitoring tools for ethnic minorities and underrepresented groups in the US; explore the best practices and strategies for recruiting diverse and representative samples of participants for nutrition studies, and the benefits and challenges of doing so; and describe the current state of machine learning and artificial intelligence in nutrition research, and the challenges and opportunities for enhancing inclusion and diversity in this field.

Presentations:

• 8:00 AM – 8:10 AM CT

  Welcome and Introductions - Future of Inclusion in Nutrition Research: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities
  

  Chair: Monica Agarwal, MD, MEHP, PNS – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Chair: Sophia D. Amenyah, FHEA, RNutr, PhD, MSc, BSc – Bournemouth University
• 8:10 AM – 8:30 AM CT

  Gaps and Limitations of Current Nutrition Policy and Monitoring Tools for Ethnic Minorities and Underrepresented Groups in the U.S.
  

  Speaker: Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH – National Institutes of Health
• 8:30 AM – 8:50 AM CT

  Best Practices and Strategies for Recruiting Diverse and Representative Samples of Participants for Nutrition Studies, and the Benefits and Challenges of Doing So
  

  Speaker: Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, PhD, RD, CDN – Albert Einstein College of Medicine
• 8:50 AM – 9:10 AM CT

  The Current State of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Nutrition Research, and the Challenges and Opportunities for Enhancing Inclusion and Diversity in This Field
  

  Speaker: Diana M. Thomas, PhD (she/her/hers) – West Point
• 9:10 AM – 9:30 AM CT

  Panel Discussion - Future of Inclusion in Nutrition Research: Perspectives, Challenges and Opportunities
  

  Chair: Monica Agarwal, MD, MEHP, PNS – University of Alabama at Birmingham

  Chair: Sophia D. Amenyah, FHEA, RNutr, PhD, MSc, BSc – Bournemouth University

  Speaker: Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, PhD, RD, CDN – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  Speaker: Holly Nicastro, PhD, MPH – National Institutes of Health

  Speaker: Diana M. Thomas, PhD (she/her/hers) – West Point