Program Agenda
Wednesday Session I Wednesday Session II Thursday Session III |
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Wednesday, October 10, 2018 |
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7:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:00 AM | Welcome & Introductions – W. Allan Walker, MD |
8:15 AM | Keynote: “Nutrition and Microbiota in Health” Jeffrey Gordon, MD Dr. Robert J. Glaser Distinguished University Professor Director, Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology Washington University in St. Louis, USA |
SESSION I The Perinatal and Childhood Period Moderator: Allan Walker, MD, Harvard Medical School |
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9:25 AM | Session I Keynote: “Diet, Metabolites and Western-Lifestyle Inflammatory Diseases” Charles Mackay, PhD, FAA Professor Monash University, Australia |
10:10 AM | Break |
10:40 AM | The Prenatal Period: “Impact of the Maternal Diet, Including Probiotics” Erika Isolauri, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics University of Turku Chief Physician Department of Pediatrics, Turku University Hospital, Finland |
11:15 AM | Break |
11:15 AM | The Neonatal Period: “Breast Feeding and the Gut Microbiome” Eline Van Der Beek, PhD Professor of Nutritional Programming University Medical Center Groningen Research Director Early Development Danone Nutricia Early Life Nutrition |
11:50 AM | “Gut Microbiota Maturation and Undernutrition” Sathish Subramanian, MD, PhD Resident, Department of Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, USA |
12:25 PM | Lunch |
1:25 PM | “Celiac Disease” Alessio Fasano, MD W. Allan Walker Chair of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School Chief of the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Associate Chief, Department of Pediatrics, Basic, Clinical and Translational Research MassGeneral Hospital for Children, USA Director of the Center for Celiac Research and Treatment Director of the Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital, USA |
2:00 PM | Session 1 Summary: Allan Walker, MD Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition Professor of Pediatrics Director, Division of Nutrition Harvard Medical School Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center Massachusetts General Hospital, USA |
SESSION II Adults Moderator: Balfour Sartor, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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2:20 PM | Session II Keynote: “Diet and Microbiota During Adulthood in Health and Disease” Gary Wu, MD Ferdinand G. Weisbrod Professor in Gastroenterology University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA |
3:05 PM | Break |
3:30 PM | “Intestinal Microbiota in Developed vs. Developing Countries” Erwin Zoetendal, PhD Associate Professor Wageningen University & Research Centre, Netherlands |
4:05 PM | “Effects of the Diet on the Microbiota and Inflammatory Responses in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases” Ian Sanderson, MD Professor of Paediatric Gastroenterology Queen Mary University of London, UK |
4:40 PM | “Diet/Microbial Interactions in Cardiovascular Disease” Jake Lusis, PhD Professor, Departments of Microbiology Medicine University of California- Los Angeles, USA |
5:15 PM | Adjourn Symposium |
5:15 PM | Reception/Poster Session at Martin Center |
6:15 PM | Adjourn |
Thursday, October 11, 2018 |
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7:00 AM | Registration & Breakfast |
8:00 AM | Welcome & Introductions – W. Allan Walker, MD |
SESSION II Adults (Continued) Moderator: Balfour Sartor, MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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8:10 AM | “Influences of Functional and Fermented Foods on Intestinal Health” Robert Hutkins, PhD Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA |
8:45 AM | Session II Summary Balfour Sartor, MD Distinguished Professor, Department of Medicine University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA |
SESSION III Older Adults Moderator: Peter Holt, MD, Rockefeller University |
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9:05 AM | Session III Keynote: “Diet and Microbiota in Health of the Elderly” Paul O’Toole, PhD Professor of Microbial Genomics School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork |
9:50 AM | “Immunosenescence & Microbiota” Simin Meydani, DVM, PhD Vice Provost for Research Tufts University, USA |
10:25 AM | Break |
10:50 AM | “Twin Studies and Aging Disorders” Claire Steves, MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician Kings College London, and Guys and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust UK |
11:25 AM | “C. difficile in Older Adults” Cirle Warren, MD Associate Professor of Medicine University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA |
12:00 PM | Session III Summary Peter Holt, MD Senior Research Associate Associate Director, Sackler Center for Biomedicine and Nutrition Rockefeller University, USA |
12:15 PM |
Closing remarks – W. Allan Walker, MD |
12:20 PM |
Adjourn |