Partner Session: Toward Best Practices for Nutrition and Human Gut Microbiome Research: Moving the Field Forward

Thursday, June 4, 2020

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Organized By: ILSI North America

Chair(s)

Cindy Davis, PhD

Director, Grants and Extramural Activities
Office of Dietary Supplements
Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Christopher Cifelli, PhD

Vice President Nutrition Research
National Dairy Council
Rosemont, Illinois, United States

Long Nguyen, MD, MS

Instructor
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Joanne Slavin, PhD, RDN

Professor
University of Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Emily Vogtmann, PhD, MPH

Stadtman Investigator
NIH Intramural Research Program
Rockville, Maryland, United States

10:30 AM – 10:32 AM EDT

Introduction (Partner Session)
Marie Latulippe, MS RDN – ILSI North America
10:32 AM – 10:35 AM EDT

Session Overview/Impetus (Partner Session)
Christopher J. Cifelli, PhD – National Dairy Council
10:35 AM – 11:00 AM EDT

Characterization of Diet in Gut Microbiome Research (Partner Session)
Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota
11:00 AM – 11:25 AM EDT

Methods for Collecting and Processing Samples for Studies of the Human Microbiota (Partner Session)
Emily Vogtmann, PhD, MPH – NIH Intramural Research Program
11:25 AM – 11:50 AM EDT

Recent Highlights in Nutritional Microbiome Studies and How To Conduct a Pilot Investigation: Data Collection and Statistical Considerations (Partner Sessions)
Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School
11:50 AM – 12:00 PM EDT

Panel Discussion (Partner Session)
Long H. Nguyen, MD, MS – Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Joanne L. Slavin, PhD, RDN – University of Minnesota; Emily Vogtmann, PhD, MPH – NIH Intramural Research Program