ICN Keynote and Plenary Speakers Confirmed as per 5th February 2009.
Keynote Address
Addressing Nutrition and Health Challenges for the 21st Century
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Dr. Tadataka (Tachi) Yamada, president of the foundation’s Global Health Program, leads the foundation’s efforts to help develop and deliver low-cost, life-saving health tools for the developing world.
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Plenary Sessions
Global Efforts Towards Achieving the MDGs and Nutrition Well-being
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Dr Ala Alwan is Assistant Director-General for Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health since 1 February 2008. Dr Alwan graduated in Medicine from the University of Alexandria. He practiced medicine in Scotland and obtained his postgraduate training and qualifications in the United Kingdom. Following his return to Iraq, his home country, he held several positions in clinical and academic medicine and public health.
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Global Partnerships for Combating Obesity and Chronic Diseases
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Prof. Philip James CBE DSc MD FRCP MFPHMChairman, International Obesity Task Force for the International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO), Hon. Professor of Nutrition, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK
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Prof. K. Srinath Reddy ,is presently President, Public Health Foundation of India and till recently headed the Department of Cardiology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Having trained in cardiology and epidemiology he is presently regarded as a global leader in preventive cardiology and a thought leader in global public health.
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Nutrition, Lifestyle and Cancer
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John Milner, Ph.D., is chief of the Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute. In this position he promotes research that deals with the physiological importance of dietary bioactive compounds as modifiers of cancer risk and tumor behavior.
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Nutrition as a Sound Investment for Human Capital
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Prof. Susan Horton is Professor of Economics, and during 2008-09 is a Visiting Scientist at the Micronutrient Initiative. She received her BA from Cambridge, and her Masters and PhD from Harvard, and specializes in health, nutrition and labour market issues in developing countries.
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Juan A. Rivera, M-S., Ph.D. is the Founding Director of the Center for Research in Nutrition and Health at the National Institute of Public Health, Professor of Nutrition at the School of Public Health of Mexico. His research interests include the epidemiology of stunting, wasting and obesity, the short and long-term effects of undernutrition during early childhood, the effects of zinc and other micronutrient deficiencies on growth, health and performance, the study of malnutrition in Mexico, and the design and evaluation of policies and programs to improve the nutritional status of populations.
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Molecular Genetics, Environment, and Diet-Related Diseases
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Gordon H. Williams, M.D. received his BA summa cum laude from Harvard University and MD cum laude from Harvard Medical School (HMS) and completed his internal medicine residency and fellowship in endocrinology at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (PBBH). Dr. Williams has been a Professor of Medicine at HMS since 1981, and currently is the Director of its Scholars in Clinical Science Program (SCSP).
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Agriculture, Food Supply Systems and Trade for Nutrition Security
Speaker to be confirmed
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