22^nd International Conference & Expo on Nutrition, Fitness and Health Management September 19-20, 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Vijai Shukla (born March 23, 1948) is an Indian-Danish food scientist, researcher and professor in lipidology, and a central figure in the study of essential fatty acids. He is also the President of the International Food Science Center based in Denmark,Fellow of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS)and Adjunct Professor to the Department of Food Science and Nutrition University of Minnesota. Shukla has authored close to 120 peer-reviewed papers,reviews and book chapters, and 15 books. He was the Associate Editor for the peer-reviewed journal INFORM from 1989–97 and remains Associate Editor of the Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society and of Lipid Technology. In 1996 he received the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS) Herbert Dutton Award for “significant contributions to analytical methodologies” and was given the prestigious Stephen S. Chang Award in 2002 for “decisive accomplishments in research for the improvement or development of products related to lipids”. In 1990 he joined Karlshamn as Research Director, and started his own company in 1991, IFSC, of which he is still President.Shukla’s research includes both the field of physical phenomena and the mechanisms of autoxidation, isolation of lipids, spectral phenomena related to lipids (e.g. pulsed Nuclear magnetic resonance), modern analytical methodology, and involvement of essential fatty acids in health and disease such as multiple sclerosis and Batten Disease where he has made significant scientific contributions

Professor, Dr Vijai K S Shukla is author of nearly 100 original scientific publications, 12 invited review papers, 15 book chapters in the areas of biochemistry, human nutrition,cosmeceuticals, nutraceuticals, enzymology, modern analytical techniques for the separation of lipids and proteins. Editor of six books.

Ron Fritz has been a consulting statistician in various industries for 20+ years. He is currently a global subject matter expert for PepsiCo, Inc. as Sr. Principal Engineer - Statistician. He has a wide range of experience in the application of statistics in various settings. A recent area of interest is gluten-free oatmeal compliance, where he has authored five articles on the subject. Ron holds a Phd in Industrial Engineering from Clemson University and MS/BS degrees in Systems Management and Engineering Technology from the University of Southern California and National University respectively

His area of interest is gluten-free oatmeal compliance, where he has authored five articles on the subject

She has been the Director of the NHS since 2011. She is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. her research focuses on healthy aging, particularly in women. She has led studies of cognitive function and incontinence in the Nurses Health Studies.

Her research focuses on healthy aging, particularly in women. Her primary research base is the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS), where she leads a study of cognitive function among the oldest participants. This includes several repeated measures of function in 20,000 women aged 70 years and over. In addition, she leads cognitive substudies within three large-scale randomized clinical trials of vitamin supplements and aspirin with a total of 16,000 participants in the cognitive cohort. She also initiated a study of risk factors for incontinence in the Nurses Health Study and Nurses Health Study II. Incontinence is a common problem in older women, with important public health consequences, yet little is known about its epidemiology or prevention.

Dr. Keri Brown received her doctorate (ND) Degree in Naturopathic Medicine from Bastyr University in Seattle, WA in 1998 and has successfully integrated nutritional, emotional, and structural therapeutics into a unique health approach. She is a founding member of Sojourns NonProfit Community Clinic in Vermont, owner of Tallas Heath in Colorado, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. She focuses on utilizing holistic health information, cutting edge techniques, and common sense to support and inspire transitions in health. For over 30 years, Dr. Brown has been exploring and integrating the balance of nature, healing, science, and meditation.

She focuses on utilizing holistic health information, cutting edge techniques, and common sense to support and inspire transitions in health.

Dr. Shaodong Guo is Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science at Texas A&M University College. He received his Ph.D in Physiology from Peking University, China. Then he completed his postdoctoral research training in Genetics, Biochemistry, and Medicine in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Harvard University, respectively. Dr. Guo was an Instructor in Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School for two years prior to joining the faculty at Texas A&M Health Science Center. Currently, Dr. Guo serves as senior editor for the Journal of Endocrinology and Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, two major official journals of Endocrine Society of Europe, UK, and Australia, and he is the textbook chapter writer for Metabolic Syndrome edited by Rexford Ahima and published by Springer in 2016. Dr. Guo’s research has been funded by American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Heart Association, and the National Institute of Health. He is a recipient of ADA junior faculty award, career development award, and Richard R. Lee Award. His work has been published in a number of journals including the JBC, Endocrinology, Hypertension, Diabetes, Circulation Research, AJP, MCB, and Nature Medicine, receiving about 5,000 citations with an h-factor of 34 based on Google Scholar Citation.

Dr. Shaodong Guo's research interests include the mechanisms of insulin resistance, obesity, and diabetes, aiming at a nutritional or therapeutic intervention for the treatment of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Guo has been working on the gene transcriptional regulation of metabolic homeostasis by insulin receptor substrate proteins (IRS) and Forkhead FoxO transcription factors with the hope of understanding how the signaling from insulin via IRS to FoxO proteins plays a key role in many fundamental cellular processes, including cellular growth and metabolism. His lab has taken a multidisciplinary approach in both cell- and animal- based experiments to investigate how different signals regulate FoxO and how dysregulation of the FoxO pathway is involved in the development of chronic diseases.

Vered Kaufman-Shriqui is a registered dietitian and an epidemiologist. She received her M.Sc. in nutrition (with honors) from the Hebrew University, and her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from Ben-Gurion University, Israel. Dr. Kaufman-Shriqui is a faculty member in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in Ariel University. She has conducted several intervention trials aimed to reduce childhood obesity, and examined the association of social determinants with maternal chronic conditions. During her research she focused in developing culturally adopted methods to collect nutritional information. Her current research focuses in the effect of social capital and food policies on body weight and food choices.

Her current research focuses in the effect of social capital and food policies on body weight and food choices

Education: • Ph.D. Graduate Student; Department of Biotechnology; Jadavpur University (1999) • M.S; Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Genetics; Calcutta University (1993) • B.S; Physiology, Chemistry and Zoology; Calcutta University (1991) Awards & Honors: Selected as early stage reviewer to CSI-NIH, 2014 • National Scientist Development Award by American Heart Association, 2013 • BGIA grant in Aid Award by American Heart Association, 2013 • Reviewer for American Heart Association, 2013 • Elsa Albrecht Award (1st place) by Cleveland Clinic for outstanding publication, 2006 • Travel Award winner from The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology • Junior Investigator Award finalist in The North American Vascular Biology meeting, 2006 • Awarded 2nd place in the poster competition in Research Day, 2005, Cleveland Clinic • 2nd place in the poster competition in Gordon Conference on “atherosclerosis”, 2005 • Awarded Research Fellowship by Government of India for Ph.D. thesis work • Awarded Scholarship for Bachelor of Science examination by Government of India

The Rahaman Lab is interested in elucidating the molecular signaling events underlying the pathogenesis of various inflammatory diseases, specifically, atherosclerosis and fibrosis. With our studies we hope to gain novel mechanistic insights into pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, identify potential therapeutic targets, and discover basic molecular and cellular mechanisms of inflammation.