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2023 Tufts Nutrition Data Symposium: Sustainability Now! Action-oriented Solutions for Food Systems, Nutrition, and Diet
A Hybrid Symposium, March 8-10, 2023
Tentative Program Schedule
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Time (EST)Wednesday, March 8Thursday, March 9Friday, March 10Key
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9-9:50 AMTitle: Data linkage for multidisciplinary research
Speakers: Yan Bai (World Bank) & Breanne Langlois (Tufts)		Topic: Food waste, Composting, Recycling: Does it really matter?
Speakers: Anne-Marie Bonneau (Zero-Waste Chef) & Kate Leadbeater (FlashFoods)		Title: Science Communication through Effective Data Visualization: Strategies for Preparing High-Quality Figures for Journal Publications
Speaker: Bingjie Zhou (Tufts)		Title: Maintaining Health In the Food Environment: How does marketing and promotion influence food choices?
Speakers: Jennifer Emond (Dartmouth), Travis Masterson (Penn State), Rachel Cheatham (Tufts), & Frances Fleming-Milici (UConn)		Workshop Light
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10-10:50 AMTopic: Lessons Learned for Translating Research into Policy
Speaker: Dariush Mozaffarian (Tufts)		Title: Life Cycle Assessment
Speaker: Amin Nikkhah (Tufts)		Title: Sustainability Labeling and the Food Consumer
Speakers: Sean Cash, Kathy Fuller, & Shijun Gao (Tufts)		Student Research Presentations - 3: Nutrition & Diet Behavior
Workshop Heavy
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11-11:50 AMTitle: The future of animal protein – intensive, regenerative or eliminated
Speakers: Rob Percival (Author) & Sigrid Agenäs (SLU)
Moderator: Matthew Kessler (TABLE)		Title: Too many fish to fry: public health, environmental protection and social justice – can we have it all?
Speakers: Jess Sparks (Tufts), Shakuntula Thilsted (WorldFish), & Benjamin Halpern (UC - Santa Barbara)
Moderator: Tara Garnett (TABLE)		Spotlight on Solutions
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12:00-1:00 PM12:00 - 1:15 PM
Topic: Nutrition + Sustainability – The Big Picture
Speaker: Catherine Nakalembe (NASA Harvest Africa program & Univ. of Maryland)
Location: Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Building		Title: Protein Reimagined: Transforming the Global Food System
Speaker: Bruce Friedrich (The Good Food Institute)		Title: Behavioral strategies for facilitating adoption of plant-forward diets
Speaker: Brie Turner-McGrievy (USC, Arnold School)		 Research Roundtable
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1-1:50 PMTopic: In-person Social Mixer
Location: Jaharis Cafe		Student Research Presentations - 1: Food Security & Environmental SustainabilityTopic: How to make labs more sustainable
Speaker: Jennifer Ballew (Cambridge Sustainable Labs)		Title: Developing Affordable and Nutritionally Dense Grains: Washington State University Breadlab
Speaker: Merri Metcalf (WSU Breadlab)		Title: Qualitative data analysis and natural language processing with NVivo and Research AI
Speakers: Alex Carroll, Isabella Young (Tufts), & Leah Beaulac (Tufts alumna)		TABLE/Tufts Debate
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2-2:50 PMTitle: Retail Food Prices and Sustainable Diets
Speakers: Elena Martinez, Rachel Gilbert, Leah Costlow, Jessica Wallingford, Aishwarya Venkat, & William Masters (Tufts)		Student Research Presentations - 2: Methods & Implementation ScienceTitle: Leveraging the Gut Microbiome for Human Health
Speakers: Naisi Zhao (Tufts) & Jennifer Lee (HNRCA)		Student Research
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3-3:50 PMTitle: How to use NHANES for diet sustainability analyses
Speaker: Zach Conrad (William & Mary)
Moderator: TBD		Topic: AID Sustainability of Impact: Past Forward
Speaker: Beatrice Rogers (Tufts)		Topic: Work/life balance in nutrition research
Speaker: Chris Economos (Tufts)		Title: Deep dive into health survey data analysis for R using DHS and NHANES
Speakers: Kyle Monahan (Tufts)		Career Session
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4-4:50 PMTopic: Choosing the “best-fit” sector to keep you interested and thriving in your career
Speaker: Corey Scott (Cargill) & Benny Belvin (Tufts)
Location: Jaharis Building, room 105		Title: Tensions and Tradeoffs in Sustainable Diets Measurement
Speakers: Nicole Tichner Blackstone, Fang Fang Zhang, Sean Cash, Julia Matteson (Tufts)		Student Research Presentations - 4: The Food Environment
Student Research Presentations - 5 (lightning talks): Diet Composition & Diet Quality		Socials and Networking
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5-5:50 PMTopic: In-person Networking with Friedman and Alumni
Location: MedEd Building, Room 114		Title: We live in a changed climate: how can we manage?
Speaker: Erin Coughlan de Perez (Tufts)
Location: Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Building		Keynote Presentation
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6-6:50 PM5:50 - 6:15 PM
Closing: Final Remarks and Award Announcements
Speaker: Elena Naumova (Tufts)
Location: Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis Building
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