Oklahoma State University - Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center

FAPC Building

2012 Research Symposium

Workshop Description
The FAPC and the Institute of Food Technologists-Oklahoma section will be holding a Research Symposium February 22, 2012, in room 201 of the FAPC.

The symposium will include oral and poster presentations of research conducted at the FAPC and OSU with keynote address by Roger Clemens, IFT President.

Dates:

February 22, 2012
2nd Floor Atrium - FAPC

Speaker

Roger Clemens

Institute of Food Techologists
Horn Company

Roger Clemens, DrPH, is the Chief Scientific Officer of the Horn Company, where he is responsible for providing scientific expertise to Horn’s Ingredients and Nutraceutical Divisions. In addition, Dr. Clemens is the founding and current columnist for the monthly Food, Medicine and Health column in Food Technology Magazine and is an associate editor for Journal of Food Science, both published by IFT. He also serves as an IFT media spokesperson and has been cited and interviewed by more than 500 domestic and international print and broadcast journalists' on contemporary health, nutrition and food safety issues. He has published more than 50 original manuscripts in nutrition and food science and participated in more than 250 invited domestic and international lectures.

Dr. Clemens was an appointed member of the USDA 2010 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee with primary responsibilities in food safety, and dietary lipids and health. In addition to being a fellow of IFT, he is a fellow in the American College of Nutrition, a fellow in the Marilyn Magaram Center for Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, and an active member in the American Society for Nutrition (ASN).

Prior to joining the Horn Company, Dr. Clemens worked at the University of Southern California for 10 years where he served as director of the Analytical Services Laboratory, associate director of regulatory sciences and adjunct professor of pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences. He also served as the Scientific Advisor for Nestlé USA for more than 21 years.

Dr. Clemens received a BA in Bacteriology, an MPH in Nutrition, and a DrPH in Public Health Nutrition and Biological Chemistry from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Registration:

Cost: This event is free of charge
Deadline: February 10, 2012
Click here to complete our online registration form.

2012 Agenda (Tentative)

February 22, 2012
9 a.m.	Registration
9:30 a.m.	Welcome
	J. Roy Escoubas - FAPC Director
9:45 a.m.	Oral Presentations
	OSU Graduate Students
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:30 a.m.	Oral Presentations
	OSU Graduate Students
	Poster Presentations
	OSU Graduate Students
12:30 p.m.	Lunch/Continue Poster Presentations
1:30 p.m.	Awards
2 p.m.	Keynote Presentation
	Roger Clemens, IFT and Horn Company
3 p.m.	Reception honoring Roger Clemens