{"id":6212,"date":"2026-01-14T00:40:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:40:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T18:54:25","slug":"food-as-medicine-research-mini-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/evanscenteribr\/2026\/01\/14\/food-as-medicine-research-mini-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Food As Medicine Pre-ARC Research Mini-Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 29, 2026
2:00 – 4:15 pm
650 Albany St, X-714&715<\/h3>\n

(rescheduled from Feb)<\/em>
RSVP here<\/a><\/h3>\n
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(agenda may be subject to change)<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Welcome and Introduction to the Food is Medicine Pre-ARC<\/a> (10 minutes) <\/b><\/div>\n
Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD<\/div>\n
Olivia Thomas, MS, RDN, LDN and PhD student<\/div>\n
Keynote (20 minutes) <\/b><\/div>\n
Fang Fang\u00a0Zhang, MD<\/span>, PhD<\/a><\/div>\n
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Research presentations (70 min, total w\/ transitions) <\/b><\/div>\n
Session 1: Mechanistic Pathways in Food Is Medicine:\u00a0Understanding How Diet\u00a0Influences Disease Biology and Therapeutic Targets<\/u><\/i><\/div>\n
Maria\u00a0Kukuruzinska, PhD<\/div>\n
Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD
Maura E. Walker, PhD<\/span><\/div>\n
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Session\u00a02: Food Is Medicine in Translational Research: <\/u><\/i>Translating Nutrition Science into Clinical and Community-Based Interventions<\/u><\/div>\n
Megan A. McCrory, PhD<\/div>\n
Alana Brennan, PhD<\/div>\n
Ana Poblaci\u00f3n, PhD<\/div>\n
Kelsey Egan, MD, MSc <\/span><\/div>\n
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Round Table Discussion (30 minutes)<\/b><\/div>\n
Katya Ravid, DSc<\/div>\n
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Final Words (5 minutes)<\/b><\/div>\n
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Questions should be directed to Pre-ARC co-director,<\/span>
<\/span>Olivia (Weinstein) Thomas MS, RDN, LDN
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Director of Nutrition Innovation and Implementation
<\/b>Boston Medical Center<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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