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New Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) Seminar Series Starts This Fall
The 2022–2023 ODS Seminar Series schedule has been posted and features webinars on research that’s relevant to dietary supplements and related topics. Additional seminars in this series will be announced when they’re confirmed. The seminars are virtual meetings. Contact ODS to receive viewing information.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Defining the Public Health Threat of Dietary Supplement Fraud
John W. Spink, Ph.D.—School of Packaging, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Exploring Compound Interactions in Botanical Supplements using NP Analyst
Roger G. Linington, Ph.D.—Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
Wednesday, November 2, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Patient Nutrition and the Electronic Health Record
Sandra W. Citty, Ph.D., ARNP-BC, CNE—Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 11:00 a.m. (ET)
Comparative Nutrigenomics to Select Appropriate Animal Models
Harry Dawson, Ph.D.—Diet, Genomics and Immunology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service
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White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
On September 28, 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration will host the first White House conference in 50 years on ending hunger, improving nutrition and physical activity, and reducing diet-related diseases and disparities. ODS staff facilitated listening sessions with key stakeholders in preparation for the conference. Details are available on the conference website.
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Dietary Supplement Research Practicum VideoCasts Available
Did you miss the 3-day ODS practicum in May? All presentations from the Mary Frances Picciano Dietary Supplement Research Practicum were recorded and are available for viewing.
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Probiotics Workshop Video Recordings Available
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and ODS held a 2-day workshop, Precision Probiotic Therapies—Challenges and Opportunities, in April. The workshop identified gaps in the current understanding of the biology of gut microbiota and probiotics, and identified research questions and methodological challenges posed by those gaps. NIH VideoCast recordings are available for Day 1 and Day 2.
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New/Revised ODS Dietary Supplement Fact Sheets
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ODS in the Media
Joseph Betz, Ph.D., Leila Saldanha, Ph.D., R.D., Johanna Dwyer, D.Sc., R.D., and Richard Bailen, M.B.A., M.H.A., were invited to write a column about the Dietary Supplement Label Database. The article, NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD) is robust public resource, was published in Natural Products Insider.
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Social Network News
ODS is now on LinkedIn! Connect with us to find information on funding, research findings, seminars, programs, patient/client resources, and more.
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