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Webinar Archive

What is a Webinar?

A webinar is a meeting you can attend without ever leaving your desk! A webinar is a meeting held with a computer linked to the Internet in combination with a teleconference. You attend the meeting using a link to the "meeting site" and a phone for the accompanying teleconference.

ODS Webinar Series is available for Viewing

ODS held a series of four webinars at the times and topics listed below to hear comments on and suggestions for ODS initiatives for possible inclusion in the 2010-2014 ODS Strategic Plan. The topic is taken from the four areas described in the background paper, A Report to the Public.

RESEARCH SUPPORT - Originally aired Thursday, January 29, 2009, 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST
Webinar recording available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p87535185/. This recording is 57 minutes long. [Note that if you click on the "Archival Transcript" button to the right of the "Hide Toolbox" button in the lower left hand corner of the page, you will be able to navigate to different parts of the webinar.]

Research support is through cofunding of NIH grants, including botanical research centers, individual research grants, training, and conferences.

Brief presentations from:
Public Partner Presenter: Connie Weaver, Ph.D., Director, Botanical Research Center, Purdue University
Federal Partner Presenter: Jack Killen, M.D., Deputy Director, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH, DHHS
Public Partner Commentator: Michael McIntosh, Ph.D. R.D., Lucy S. Keker, Excellence Professor in the Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Federal Partner Commentator: John Milner, Ph.D., Chief, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS

RESEARCH TOOLS - Originally aired Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST
Webinar recording available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p46606291/. This recording is 41 minutes long. [Note that if you click on the "Archival Transcript" button to the right of the "Hide Toolbox" button in the lower left hand corner of the page, you will be able to navigate to different parts of the webinar.]

Research tools refers to the promotion and support for the development and improvement of methodologies appropriate to the scientific study of dietary supplement ingredients, including analytic methodologies and reference materials, surveys of dietary supplement use, databases to analyze survey results, and evidence-based reviews of key dietary supplements.

Brief presentations from:
Public Partner Presenter: Neal Craft, Ph.D., President, Craft Technologies, Inc., a nutritional analysis laboratory
Federal Partner Presenter: Joanne Holden, M.S., Supervisory Nutritionist, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Public Partner Commentator: Joseph Lau, M.D., Professor of Medicine, in the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center
Public Partner Commentator: Lisa Harnack, Dr.P.H., R.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor, Director, Nutrition Coordinating Center, University of Minnesota School of Public Health

SCIENCE-POLICY - Originally aired Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 1:00 - 2:00 pm EST
Webinar recording available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p24649760/. This recording is 44 minutes long. [Note that if you click on the "Archival Transcript" button to the right of the "Hide Toolbox" button in the lower left hand corner of the page, you will be able to navigate to different parts of the webinar.]

Science-policy covers current ODS collaborations to collect information on scientific issues that is needed for policy discussions. Three current collaborations include the vitamin D initiative, the use of dietary supplements by military personnel, and nutrient reference intake values.

Brief presentations from:
Public Partner Presenter: Christine L. Taylor, PhD, RD, Scholar, Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, National Academies of Sciences
Federal Partner Presenter: Joan McGowan, Ph.D., Director, Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, DHHS
Public Partner Commentator: Barry Shane, Ph.D., Professor and Nutritionist, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkley
Federal Partner Commentator: Vasilios (Bill) Frankos, Ph.D., Director, Division of Dietary Supplement Programs, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, DHHS

COMMMUNICATIONS - Thursday, February 19, 2009, 2:00 - 3:00 pm EST
Webinar recording available at: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/p77495579/. This recording is 42 minutes long. [Note that if you click on the "Archival Transcript" button to the right of the "Hide Toolbox" button in the lower left hand corner of the page, you will be able to navigate to different parts of the webinar.]

Communications includes outreach and education on dietary supplements through the ODS website and information developed by fact sheets, newsletters, and through databases on scientific literature and research on dietary supplements.

Brief presentations from:
Public Partner Presenter: Patsy Brannon, Ph.D., R.D., Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University
Public Partner Presenter: Susan Borra, R.D., Executive Vice President and Managing Director of Nutrition, Food & Wellness at Edelman, an independent global PR firm
Federal Partner Presenter: Janet Austin, Ph.D., Director, Office of Communication and Public Liaison, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, DHHS

We encourage individuals unable to participate in a live webinar and all interested parties to send written comments to the Office of Dietary Supplements by mail, fax, or electronically, by March 31, 2009. When mailing or faxing written comments, please provide, if possible, an electronic version via email.
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