MODERATOR
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SPEAKER
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Steven Heymsfield, MD, Executive Director, John S. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
David Fields, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology & Diabetes, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK
Carrie Earthman, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Clinical Nutrition; Director of Didactic Program in Dietetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Antonella Napolitano Rosen, PhD, Honorary Consultant, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
Wei Shen, MD, MS, Associate Research Scientist, New York Obesity Research Center Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY
Manfred J Muller, MD, Professor, Institute for Human Nutrition and Food Science, Christian Albrechts University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Leanne Redman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Physiology, John S. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Dympna Gallagher, EdD, Director of Body Composition Unit, Associate Professor of Nutrition Medicine, New Your Obesity Nutrition Research Center, Columbia University, New York, NY
Diana Thomas, PhD, Associate Professor, Montclair State University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Montclair, NJ
John Shepherd, PhD, Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California - San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Kevin Hall, PhD, Tenure-Track Investigator, Laboratory of Biological Modeling, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
Paolo Caserotti, PhD, Institute of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
Vickie Baracos, PhD, Professor, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta; Alberta Cancer Foundation Chair in Palliative Medicine, Edmonton, Canada
Claude Pichard, MD, PhD, Professor and Head of Clinical Nutrition, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva Switzerland
Description
1. Discuss current and emerging models and devices for body composition measurement and explain their underlying scientific principles
2. Evaluate current research into the application of body composition measurement to clinical practice including malnutrition, aging and disease states
3. Establish research priorities for further validation and clinical application of body composition tools and models