University of Minnesota Alumni Association
 

"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

 

 


8:00 - 8:30

Welcome

Dr. Gary Gardner, Director, Center for Plants and Human Health

 

 

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

 

Q & A - Dr. Gregory Plotnikoff, Associate Professor, Medicine

 

 

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

 

Q & A - Dr. Daniel Gallaher, Professor, Food Science and Nutrition

 

 

10:10 - 10:30

Break

 

 

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

 

Q & A - Dr. Mindy Kurzer, Professor, Food Science and Nutrition

 

 

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

 

Q & A - Dr. Richard Kingston, Professor, Pharmacy

 

 

12:10 - 12:30

Buffet Lunch - Please return to your seats with your lunch.

 

 

12:30 - 1:00

Panel - All presenters

 

 

1:00

Concluding remarks

Dr. Gardner