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Career/Professional Development

Update from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Office of the Chief Scientist

Speaker(s)

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  J. Scott Angle, PhD

  Director
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• 

  Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN

  Acting Division Director, Division of Nutrition
  National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
• DT

  Dionne Toombs, PhD

  Director, Office of the Chief Scientist
  USDA

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the Office of the Chief Scientist
• Learn about opportunities in the Office of the Chief Scientist
• Learn about funding opportunities at the National Institute of Food and Agriculture as it relates to nutrition research.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

  NIFA's Support of Nutritional Programs - What's Next?
  J. Scott Angle, PhD – National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

  Update from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and Office of the Chief Scientist
  Deirdra Chester, PhD, RDN – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA
• 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

  Update from the USDA Office of the Chief Scientist and National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
  Dionne F. Toombs, PhD – USDA