Nutritional Science & Dietetics

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Media Nutrition Expert & Host, USA

Mrs. Burton Shepherd teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate students, focusing particularly on nutrition, acute medicine, advanced assessment and public health/primary care. She has recently been appointed as module leader for the pre registration Primary Care Options Module and is a deputy module leader on both the Post Qualification Minor Ill Health Course and the module leader for the Pre Registration Primary and Intermediate Care Module. She is on the Editorial Board of Complete Nutrition, Network Health Dieticians and is also a reviewer for the Journal of Advanced Nursing, Nursing Times, Nursing Standard, British Journal of Health Care Assistants and Journal of Family Practice.

Mrs. Burton Shepherd is a member of the Scientific Committee for the annual International Nutrition and Health Conference, taking a leading role in the planning and organisation of the event as well as the dissemination of its outputs. Her work has resulted in the publication of over 70 clinical nutrition reviews.

A leading diet, nutrition and fitness author, educator and practitioner, and author of the bestselling book, Cholesterol Down: 10 Simple Steps to Lower Your Cholesterol In 4 Weeks Without Prescription Drugs. Her second book, Prevent a Second Heart Attack (Three Rivers Press 2011) is followed by her most recent book, Blood Pressure Down (Three Rivers Press 2013). She has been published in noted scientific journals including the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and the International Journal of Obesity as well as the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. She also has published and been quoted in leading consumer publications including Shape, Prevention, and Men’s Health. A founding member of the AND Weight Management Practice Group, and longtime member of SCAN, VN and NE practice groups, Dr. Brill reviews articles submitted for the Interntl. Journal of Obesity and Preventive Medicine journals. She also is a frequent guest nutrition expert on the national television show The Balancing Act (Lifetime). Dr. Janet is dedicated to her field and to the broader goal of promoting optimal health and preventing diet-and-lifestyle related disease. She is a spokesperson for the American Heart Association Go Red for Women movement and a longtime member of the Circle of Red and Cor vitae societies.

Health and Fitness expert, USA

Dike O. Ukuku got his Ph.D. Food Microbiology from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, 1995. He is a Fellow of King-Chaves-Parks Future Faculty, 1993, and a Fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Science, 2006. He was invited to the Membership of Science Advisory Board, 2009-present, a Gold Medalist, for Outstanding public Service 2009, USDA-OPEDA Unsung Hero Award, 2010, Outstanding Technical Achievement for Food Safety, 2012 Award. Has authored or coauthored more than 60 publications. He is on editorial board membership of three scientific journals, has numerous invitations to act as an in depth subject matter expert for manuscripts submitted to scientific journals, as well as Grant programs including USDA’s SBIR phase 1, BARD and 1890 Institutions

Obstetrics and Gynecology

In 1990 I graduated in Biological Science at the University of Valencia and remained there to undertake a PhD under the supervision of Consuelo Guerri at Research Institution (Instituto de Investigaciones Citológicas), which I completed in 1996. During my PhD my dissertation was “Changes of astroglia intermediate filaments gene expression during rat brain development: Effect of alcohol exposure”. I analyze the events which occur during the early stages of astrogliogenesis during brain development, using “in vivo” and “in vitro” experiments. I did experiments in cells in culture primary as radial glia (stem cells in brain), astrocytes and neurons. In 1997 I joined Eva Qwanstrom’s group at the Hallamshire Hospital (University of Sheffiel) in Sheffield, UK and spent three years involved in the identification of an adhesion-regulated subunit of the interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor complex. I was working in immunology, cytokines, inflammation processes and matrix regulation of IL-1 responses. In 2000 I returned to Spain at Department of Physiology, Medicine Faculty of Valencia. University of Valencia and I were appointed to a part-time position as Lectureship. In 2004 I was appointed to a fixed-term position as permanent University Lecturer at this department in the University of Valencia. During this time I was involved in the mechanisms of oxidative stress in the generation of Alzheimer’s disease with Jose Viña’s group. Also at this time I developed my lectures with Luis Such’s group with who I learned a lot about physiology and how to do a correct lecturer to pupils in my our department. At this moment I work in Alzheimer’s diseases and in inflammation and oxidative stress mechanisms. Also I would like to work in precursor cells and the subsequently ability to further differentiate into neurons and astroytes inside the brain. I order a grant from my sanity government and I still waiting for the resolution grant, about stem cells and brain.

EFFECT OF ESTROGENS, PHYTOESTROGENS AND RESVERATROL IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Latifa Abdennebi-Najar has completed her PhD at University Pierre& Marie Curie in Life sciences (Paris, France) and postdoctoral studies at National Institute of Agriculture (INRA) and National Institute of Health (INSERM) in France. She is the director of EGEAL research Unit (Gene Expression and Epigenetic Regulation by nutrients) at LaSalle Institute (France). Executive board at France National networks (ANTIOPES, ANSES). Executive board and treasurer at SF-DOHAD society.

The organism is indeed able to modify its program of development based on the perception of the availability of substrates present in the external environment. These adaptive phenomena \"metabolic programming\" occurs especially during periods of development in utero. The integration of nutritional requirements by the body is achieved thanks to the endocrine system that translates environmental information by changes in hormone levels. Among these hormones, recent studies of particular importance argue the fact that leptin, a cytokine mainly produced by adipose tissue, could play a key role in the programming of appetite and general development. A new perspective of using postnatal leptin treatment in the intra-uterine growth retarded babies to alleviate defects of programming is discussed in this lecture.

She has completed her Sci. Dr at the age of 27 years from Tokyo Institute of Technology. She was an assistant at Showa University School of Medicine, a research fellow of Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University and then a professor of Nagoya Bunri University. She is an honorary professor of Nagoya Bunri University and a senior researcher of Biomedical Institute, NPO Primate Agora. She has published more than 33 papers in reputed journals.

Why only human could get the energy-expense alleles in the first type gene? Ancient human around 1.9 MYA, Homo erectus, left tropical rainforest for savanna, foraged plants and animals under strong solar radiation. Their body temperature was controlled by increased evaporation of sweat and reduction of body hairs to help water evaporation. At night, however, cold in the glacial period stimulated the adrenergic nervous system and increased thermogenesis through the newly appeared energy-expense alleles of the ADRBs to help the protection of entrails by higher body temperature. The increased total energy expense might have been supplemented by hunting large animals. After these energy-expense alleles spread among them, they migrated out of Africa. Then, we can see the energy-expense alleles in the world in high frequency.

Shenderov BA, MD (1963), Doct Med Sci (1976), Professor of microbiology (1979), Active Member of New-York Academy of Science (1996), Main Researcher at GN Gabrichevsky MRIEM, Project Director of a Program “Health through Nutrition in the ASVOMED (Russia), Scientific Expert of Russian Humanities Fund, President of International Society of Gnotobiology (IAG), member of Editorial Board or Committee of six Russian and International Scientific Journals. He has published more than 250 papers (10 books, 30 inventions) in the fields of Medical Microbial Ecology, Bacterial Genetics & Epigenetics, Functional foods, Probiotics, Biotechnology.

report analyzes the molecular-applied approaches and technologies that can improve traditional probiotics and/or create the basis for construction of novel probiotics in the main: e.g. searching for probiotic strains among non-traditional dominant fila or among symbiotic microbes of ancient primitive animal organisms or affecting novel targets; prebiotics on the basis of bacterial exopolysaccharides, fungi or insect chitins; symbiotics consisting of a combination of strains possessing biocompatibility and/or participating in the realization of specific physiological functions or biochemical reactions in consecutive order; synbiotics containing combination of live microbes, prebiotics and metabiotics; formulation of metabiotics which are structural components, metabolites and/or signaling molecules of probiotic (symbiotic) microbes with determined chemical structure and proved health benefit activity; creation of simple and complex auto-probiotics on the basis of auto-strains isolated from personal indigenous microbiota and intended to the same individual. Besides, it will be shortly discussed the advantages and defects of gene engineering probiotics with specifically directed health beneficial effects, methods of transplantation of fecal content, probiotics prepared by the use of synthetic biology tools, the use of microecological engineering for stabilization and formation

Tokuşoğlu has completed her Ph.D at Ege University Engineering Faculty,Dept of Food Engineering at 2001. She is currently working Associate Professor in Celal Bayar University-Engineering Faculty- Department of Food Engineering. Tokuşoğlu performed a visiting professor at the Food Science and Nutrition Department/ University of Florida, Gainesville-Florida-USA during 1999-2000 and at the School of Food Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA during April-May 2010. She organized and directed as Conference Chair the International Congree entitled ANPFT2012 (Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology: Effects on Quality and Shelf-Life of Food and Beverages in May, 2012 at Kusadasi-Aegean,Turkey (www.anpft2012.org). She has published many papers in peer reviewed journals and serving as an editorial board member of International Journal of Food Science and Technology(IJFST) by Wiley,USA. Tokuşoğlu published the scientific edited book entitled Fruit and Cereal Bioactives: Chemistry, Sources and Applications by CRC-Press, Taylor & Francis,USA Publisher , other new one entitled Improved Food Quality with Novel Food Processing is also in press by CRC Press.

FOOD CHEMISTRY & QUALITY CONTROL & NOVEL FOOD PROCESSING Food Bioactives (Food Phenolics, Food Antioxidants, Bioactive Lipids, Mycotoxins) Food Additives and Toxicology, Novel Processing Technologies, Oil & Fats Technology , Functional Food Technologies& Nutraceuticals.

Massimo Cecaro was born in Macerata, Italy, in 1980. After comlpeting the high school in humanistic studies he successfully got a Master Degree in Veterinary Medicine and a Specialization in the field of Public Health and Preventive Medicine. He obtained a qualification to practice as a Journalist and in 2007 he was admitted to the National Association of Medical Press (ASMI), where he currently hold postion of National Councilor. He is Resident Member of Medical Journalists’ Association (UK) and Executive Editor of JMCJ, Omics, LA. He has been co-author of several scientific paper in the field of Public Health.

Food safety

Kazim Sahin, nutritionist, graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University in 1990. He is working for Firat University. His research focuses mainly on vitamin and mineral metabolism, cancer prevention, stress and obesity. He has been very active internationally with collaborative research projects and international conferences conducted with scientists in USA, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Poland. He organized the First International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer in Antalya, Turkey in May 2008. He was also the first to report that dietary lycopene intake prevents leiomyoma and renal cancer in the Eker rats and Japanese quail in collaboration with medical researchers at Emory University, Atlanta and Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. He has approximately 120 original papers in peer-reviewed international journals (Web of Science) and review articles.

cancer prevention, stress, animal welfare, stressed animal fed particularly antioxidant vitamins and minerals and improving food quality

Renata Dobrila-Dintinjana, Professor of Internal medicine, specialist of Internal medicine, subspecialist of Medical Oncology. Current position: Head of Radiotherapy and Oncology Clinic, University Hospital Rijeka, Croatia. Field of interest: Gastrointestinal Cancers, Supportive Cancer Care, especially nutrition. Published chapters in 7 books and more than 30 papers . Member of EACR, ESMO, ASCO, MASCC and Coordinator for Oncology Section of IASGO.

University Of Rijeka, Croatia

Kazim Sahin, male, nutritionist, graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine, Ankara University in 1990. He is a principal member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences and Diplomate of ECPVS. He is working for Firat University. His research focuses mainly on vitamin and mineral metabolism, cancer prevention, stress and obesity. He organized the First International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer in Antalya, Turkey in May 2008 and Fifth International Congress on Nutrition and Cancer in Elazig, Turkey in September 2012. He was also the first to report that dietary lycopene intake prevents leiomyoma and renal cancer in the Eker rats and Japanese quail in collaboration with medical researchers at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA. He has approximately 115 original papers in peer-reviewed international journals (Web of Science) and review articles.

His research focuses mainly on vitamin and mineral metabolism, cancer prevention, stress and obesity.

Massimo Cecaro was born in Macerata, Italy, in 1980. After completing the high school in humanistic studies, he moved to the University of Camerino, where he got a Master Degree in Veterinary Medicine and in University of Teramo he successfully got the Specialization. Since the age of 14, he has worked as radio speaker, TV presenter and reporter for a wide range of artistic and scientific events. At the age of 24 he obtained a qualification to practice as a Journalist and in 2007 he was admitted to the National Association of Medical Press (ASMI), where he currently holds the position of National Councilor. He is Resident Member of MJA Medical Journalists Association (London). He has been lecturer of Communication in Medical Sciences in many Universities. He has been an invited speaker at international events in the field of Public Health and Safety. He has been author of several scientific works in public health. He is also director of a prestigious Educational Centre for work safety and public health. He is actively involved in international projects to improve the role of mass-media in medical sciences, and awarded in Philadelphia, with international special recognition.

Massimo Cecaro Research interest includes Food Safety

Monika Haros, graduated as a Bachelor of Chemistry from the School of Exact and Natural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Argentina in 1990. She obtained an MSc in Bromatology and Food Technology (1992); and an MSc in Biology Analysis (1997) from UBA. She is Ph.D in Chemistry (UBA-1999). From 1991-2003, she worked as university professor in the Organic Chemistry Department, Food Science and Technology Area of UBA. From 1991-1999 she was Research Assistant in the Cereals and Oilseeds Group, Department of Industrial Chemistry, UBA. Later, from 2000-2002 she worked in Spain as a visiting professor in the Cereal Group of the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA) in Valencia. In 2003, she was a postdoc fellow at the Department of Food Microbiology, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research (CENEXFOOD-EU), Polish Academy of Science, Olsztyn, Poland. From 2003-2004 she received an award for working with Prof. Sandberg of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Life Science Division, University of Chalmers, Gothenburg, Sweden. In 2005 she became an Associate Researcher of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) in the framework of a Ramón y Cajal Programme. Since 2008 she is a Senior Scientist at CSIC and continues her investigation in the Cereal Group, Department of Food Science of IATA.

Monika Haros Research interest includes the utilization of different strategies to improve nutritional and/or functional value of cereal by-products or cereal ingredients.

Nathalie Gontard is currently working as a INRA Research Director in Food, packaging and materials sciences (formerly Professor at UM2). Dr. Nathalie Gontard completed her Engineer and Master diplomas in Agro-food & Process Engineering, Univ. Montpellier II, Fr. (1988). PhD thesis in Material & Food Science, Univ. Montpellier II, Fr. (1991), Title for Research Activities Direction (HDR) in Process Engineering & Food Science: material science applied to polymers from agricultural origins (1998). Dr. Nathalie Gontard has participated in projects like “Promoter & coordinator of NextGenPack (Franco-German ANR, 2012-2015): Next generation of advanced active and intelligent bio-based packaging for food”. “Partner of SERENADE (LABEX 2012-2020): Safe EcoDesign and Sustainable Research & Education Applied to Nanomaterial Development”. “Promoter & coordinator of EcoBioCAP (EU FP7, 2011-2016): Ecoefficient Biodegradable Composite Advanced Packaging”. Dr. Nathalie Gontard is also a member of professional bodies such as “Expert at the EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) since 2006”; “Member of the European Technology Platform (Food for Life) board since 2007; “Promoter & Director of the Federative Research Institute (Food and Processes)”; “Conference chair of the 2012 EFFoST congress “A lunch box for tomorrow” Le Corum, Montpellier”; “Member of ILSI Europe’s Publication Committee (International Life Science Institut), Brussels since 2012”.

Sustainable food consumption by improving food quality and safety preservation, and reducing food wastes management issues.

Sanz working as an investigator officer at Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology in the group of Microbial Ecology, Nutrition and Health at CSIC, Spain.

Microbioal Ecology, Nutrition & Health

Moreno Rafae has done his Bachelor and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from University of Cordoba. At present Dr. Moreno Rafae is working as a full professor at University of Cordoba and Acting as a Director of the Department of Food Sciences and Food Technology. He is also a Committee member Grade curriculum in Science & Food Technology.

Moreno Rafae Research interest includes Basic Nutrition,Nutritional Management of Food & Nutrition and Metabolism.

Tokusoglu has completed her PhD at Ege University Engineering Faculty, Dept of Food Engineering at 2001. She is currently working as Associate Professor faculty member in Celal Bayar University Engineering Faculty Department of Food Engineering. Tokusoglu performed a visiting scholar at the Food Science and Nutrition Department /University of Florida, Gainesville-Florida-USA during 1999-2000 and as visiting professor at the School of Food Science, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington,USA during April-May 2010. She organized and directed as Conference Chair the International Congree entitled ANPFT2012 (Advanced Nonthermal Processing in Food Technology: Effects on Quality and Shelf-Life of Food and Beverages in May,2012 at Kusadasi-Aegean,Turkey (www.anpft2012.org). She served as organizing committee member at 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Nutritional Science & Therapy Conference in July 2013 at Philedelphia-USA; and organizing committee member at 3rd International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology, July 21-23, 2014 Las Vegas, USA. She has published many papers in peer reviewed journals and serving as an editorial board member of International Journal of Food Science and Technology (IJFST) by Wiley Publisher,USA and Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment (JFAE) by WFL Publisher,Finland. Tokusoglu published the scientific edited two book entitled Fruit and Cereal Bioactives: Chemistry, Sources and Applications by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis,USA Publisher and entitled Improved Food Quality with Novel Food Processing by CRC Press, third book Food By-Product Based Functional Food Powders is in progress.

FOOD CHEMISTRY & QUALITY CONTROL & NOVEL FOOD PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES. Food Bioactives (Food Phenolics, Food Antioxidants, Bioactive Lipids, Mycotoxins), Food Additives and Toxicology, Novel Processing Technologies including High Pressure and PEF,Oils and Fats,Frying Oil Chemistry & Technology, Functional Food Technologies & Nutraceuticals,Chemistry of Food Toxicants

María José Frutos-Fernández has completed her phD in Biology in 1995 from University of Murcia and has 15 years of professional activity as researcher and professor in food quality and safety. She is the deputy director of the High Polytechnic School of Orihuela, and professional member of the Institute of Food Technologists, of the IFT Annual Meeting Scientific Program Advisory Panel and of R&D expert panels for international agencies. Her main field of research is functional foods. She has led European and national projects on bioactive ingredients. Her current research focuses on probiotic vegetable foods and viability after digestion.

María José Frutos-Fernández Research Interest includes Probiotic vegetable foods and viability after digestion