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"Continuing Research in Plants and Human Health"
Wednesday, May 12, 2004, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
William G. Shepherd Room Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
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8:00 - 8:30 |
Welcome
Dr. Gary Gardner, Director, Center for Plants and Human Health |
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8:30 - 9:20 |
"Searching for Plants to Alleviate Menopause"
Dr. Norman R. Farnsworth,
UIC Distinguished Professor, Research Professor, Pharmacognosy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Director, UIC/NIH Center for Dietary Supplements Research in Women's Health |
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Q & A - Dr. Gregory Plotnikoff, Associate Professor, Medicine |
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9:20 - 10:10 |
"Carbohydrate nutrition and the metabolic syndrome: An epidemiological perspective"
Dr. Nicola McKeown
Scientist III, Nutritional Epidemiology
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University |
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Q & A - Dr. Daniel Gallaher, Professor, Food Science and Nutrition |
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10:10 - 10:30 |
Break |
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10:30 - 11:20 |
"Soy Constituents and Their Role in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention"
Dr. Mary S. Anthony
Associate Director of Epidemiology, Amgem, Inc.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Q & A - Dr. Mindy Kurzer, Professor, Food Science and Nutrition |
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11:20 - 12:10 |
"Optimizing the potential of Echinacea and Hypericum as dietary supplements"
Dr. Diane Birt
Professor and Chair, Food Science and Human Nutrition, Iowa State University
Director, Iowa State University Center for Research on Botanical Dietary Supplements |
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Q & A - Dr. Richard Kingston, Professor, Pharmacy |
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12:10 - 12:30 |
Buffet Lunch - Please return to your seats with your lunch. |
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12:30 - 1:00 |
Panel - All presenters |
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1:00 |
Concluding remarks
Dr. Gardner |
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