2011 Annual Meeting
October 11-12, 2011
IFSH Annual Meeting
Hyatt Lodge at McDonald’s Campus, Oak Brook, IL
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Welcoming Remarks and Update on the Institute For Food Safety And Health (IFSH)
Robert Brackett, PhD, Vice President, Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and Director, IFSH
Update on FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Jenny Scott, Senior Advisor to the Director, Office of Food Safety (OFS), Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Regulatory Perspectives and the Food Safety and Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA)
Jenny Scott, FDA/CFSAN
PC Vasavada, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-River Falls and FSPCA Alliance Coordinator, FDA/CFSAN
New Food-Related Initiatives with IIT
Patrick Whitney, Steelcase/Robert C. Pew Professor of Design and Dean, IIT School of Design
Siva Balasubramanian, PhD, Harold L. Stuart Professor of Marketing and Associate Dean, IIT Stuart School of Business
Mickie Piatt, JD, Associate Professor of Law and Deputy Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
IFSH’s Research Portfolio
Foodborne Viruses
Stephen Grove, PhD, Research Assistant Professor and Scientist, IIT/IFSH
Low Moisture Foods
Nathan Anderson, PhD, Research Agricultural Engineer, FDA/CFSAN/OFS, Department of Food Processing Science and Technology (DFPST)
Extended Shelf Life Foods and High Pressure Processing
Shane Shepherd, Director of Technical Services, AmeriQual Group, LLC
Jason Wan, PhD, Research Professor and Director of Education and International Outreach, IIT/IFSH
Armand Paradis, Director of Business Development, IIT/IFSH
Packaging
Yoonseok Song, PhD, Research Food Technologist, FDA/CFSAN/OFS/DFPST
Nanotechnology
Timothy Duncan, PhD, Research Chemist, FDA/CFSAN/OFS/DFPST
IFSH’s Nutrition Initiatives
Britt Burton-Freeman, PhD, Director, Center for Nutrition Research, IIT/IFSH
Lucinda Wisniewski, Group Vice President, Marketing and Client Solutions, The National Food Lab
Armand Paradis, IIT/IFSH
Hot Topics Panel: Non-O157:H7 Enteric Pathogens
Moderator: Robert Brackett, IIT/IFSH
Panelists
Russell Flowers, PhD, Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer, Mérieux NutriSciences
Rajal Mody, MD LCDR US Public Health Service, Epidemiologist, Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch, Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Mary Lou Tortorello, PhD,Chief, Food Technology Branch Department, FDA Division of Food Processing Science and Technology
Hot Topics Panel: The Changing Face of Process Authority
Moderator: John Larkin, PhD, Chief, Process Engineering Branch, FDA/CFSAN/OFS/DFPST
Panelists
Rosanne Batema, PhD, Senior Principal Scientist, Mead Johnson Nutrition
Glenn Black, PhD, Director of Science Operations, Grocery Manufacturers Association
Wilfredo Ocasio, PhD Vice President, Food Safety & Commercialization, The National Food Lab