7:30 AM

Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00

Welcome

W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition; Professor of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School

8:05

Overview:
Breastmilk as the “Gold” Standard for Protective Nutrients

W. Allan Walker, MD

Moderator: Philip Sherman, MD, FRCP(C), FAAP

8:50

How Do We Define a Probiotic?

Mary Ellen Sanders, PhD
Consultant, Dairy & Food Culture Technologies; Executive Director, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics

9:25

How Do Probiotics Function?

Philip Sherman, M.D., FRCP(C), FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Dentistry, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto

10:00

Break

10:15

Probiotics in Pediatrics

Stefano Guandalini, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Chief, Section of Gastroenterology, University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital

10:45

Probiotics in Adults

Martin Floch, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale School of Medicine

11:15

Specialized Use of Probiotics: Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Eamonn Quigley, MD
Professor of Medicine and Human Physiology, Cork University Hospital

11:45

Session I Discussion

12:15

Luncheon

Moderator: Glenn Gibson, MD

1:15

What are Prebiotics and How Do They Function?

Glenn Gibson, MD
Professor of Food Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, United Kingdom

1:45

Prebiotics in Pediatrics

Gigi Veereman-Wauters, MD, PhD
Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, Queen Paola Children’s Hospital, ZNA

2:15

Prebiotics in Adults

Leo Dieleman, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta

2:45

Protective Nutrients Including Prebiotics in the Elderly

Simin N. Meydani, DVM, PhD
Center Director, Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University; Professor of Nutrition and Immunology, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Sackler Graduate School at Tufts University

3:15

Discussion

4:15

Closing remarks

4:20

Close for the day

Moderator: Eric Rimm, ScD

8:00

Keynote Address:
Vitamin D

Michael Holick, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine

8:45

Omega-3 Fatty Acids

Sheila Innis, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of British Columbia

9:20

TGF -

Valérie Verhasselt, MD, PhD
Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche (INSERM), University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France

9:55

10:15

Choline: Its Importance in Intrauterine and Neonatal Development

Steven Zeisel, MD
Kenan Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics,UNC Gillings Global School of Public Health; Director, Nutrition Research Institute; Director, UNC Clinical Nutrition Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

10:50

Zinc

Nancy Krebs, MD
Professor of Pediatrics; Head, Section of Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver

11:25

The Pros and Cons of Antioxidants and B-vitamins

Eric Rimm, ScD
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition,Harvard School of Public Health

12:00

Discussion

12:00

Closing Remarks

W. Allan Walker, MD

Symposium Adjourns