Vote between February 1 and March 3, 2012 for Academy leaders:

RDPG Candidates

RDPG is pleased to present the slate of candidates for office for the 2012-2013 year:

Chair-elect: Nancy J. Emenaker, PhD, Med, RD and Cheryl Reifer, PhD, RD

Treasurer: Karin Pennington, RD, LD and Janet Roseland, MS, RD

Nominating Committee: Sabrina Peterson Trudo, PhD, RD and M. Ruth Williams, EdD, MS, RD

Candidates for ADA National Offices

RDPG membership is shown in bold

Board of Directors

President-Elect

Sonja Connor, MS,RD, LD(OR) – HEN, FCP, NEHP, RDPG, FADAN

Glenna McCollum-Cloud, DMOL,MPH,RD(AZ) – HEN, WM, SCAN, DEP, FPIND

Treasurer-Elect

Barbara Ivens, MS,RD,FADA(MI) – HEN, PNPG, WM, DBC, SCAN, SNS, FCP, DEP, NEP, RDPG

Donna Martin, EdS,RD,LD,SNS(GA) – SNS

Director-at-Large

Margaret Garner, MS,RD, LD(AL) – DCE, WM, MNPG, NE, SCAN

Laura Romig, RD, LD(KS) – HEN, DNS, NE

House of Delegates

Speaker-Elect

Nancy Lewis, PhD,RD,FADA(NC) – PHCNPG, HA, BHN, WM, DHCC, SCAN, CNM, DEP, RDPG, LAHIDAN

Aida Miles, MMSc,RD, LD(MN) – PHCNPG, BHN, PNPG, DNS, WM, NE, DHCC, MFNS, SNS, DEP

Director

Alana Cline, PhD, RD(CO) - SCAN, DEP, RDPG

Marcia Kyle, RD, LD,CDE(ME) – PNPG, DCE

Nominating Committee (three positions)

Julie Grim, MPH, RD, LD (TX) - PHCNPG, HEN, NE, CNM

Betty Krauss, RD, CDE(MI) – PNPG, DCE, MNPG, FPIND

Liz Marr, MS,RD(CO) – WM, NE, DBC, FCP

David Orozco, MS,RD(GA) – WM, NE, LAHIDAN

Isabel Parraga, PhD,RD, LD(OH) – PHCNPG, PNPG, DEP

Karen Payne, MS,RD(WI) - DNS, NE, DBC, SCAN, FCP

RDPG Events at FNCE in San Diego, 2011

ADA Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo
September 24-27, 2011 in San Diego, CA

At the Opening Ceremony, it was announced that the name of the American Dietetic Association will be changed to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics starting in January, 2012. We have not heard if there will be any changes made to the names of Dietetic Practice Groups.

Description of RDPG Events at FNCE

Sunday 9/25/11

3:30-5:00 PM Educational Session by RDPG

Examining the American Diet Using New Methods for Estimating Usual Food Intake

Janet Tooze, PhD, MPH, Wake Forest University and Susan Krebs-Smith, PhD, MPH, RD, National Cancer Institute, presented an interesting and challenging session to an audience of about 100 attendees.

This topic is being discussed in depth in the Measurement Error Webinar Series, a 12-part series presented by NCI on accounting for measurement error in dietary intake data. RDPG members who missed this session can check the link for the series schedule. Sessions already presented are also available as recorded sessions.

Monday 9/26/11

7:30-9:00 AM RDPG Member Breakfast Sponsored by Solae

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The ADA Research Dietetic Practice Group (RDPG) held the annual FNCE RDPG Member Breakfast on September 26, 2011 from 7:30-9 am. The event provided members with the opportunity to network, discuss current RDPG activities, provide announcements of interest to members, and recognize RDPG award winners. A complimentary breakfast was made possible by this year’s sponsor, Solae LLC.

The agenda included introductions and a welcome from this year’s Chair, James Swain. He summarized goals for this year and announced other RDPG activities at FNCE. He also encouraged members to provide recommendations regarding topics for RDPG session proposals for next year’s FNCE program. Martha McMurry, our Past-Chair, presented member awards and encouraged attendees to consider applying for next year’s RDPG awards. Nominating Committee members distributed information about the upcoming FNCE election, and encouraged members to participate by volunteering or suggesting names for the upcoming RDPG officer positions available (Chair-Elect, Treasurer, and Nominating Committee Member).

Chair James Swain introduced Annie Krsyl, the RDPG’s ADA-DPG Relations Manager, who reported on current ADA activities of interest to members. (photo to left)

Mark Cope, PhD, gave an excellent presentation regarding White Hat Bias (see Mark Cope Slides) and distributed useful references. He explained how this term has been recently coined to describe a possible bias leading to the distortion of information in the service of what may be perceived to be “righteous” ends. The importance of considering all of the evidence-base when presenting findings was discussed, with examples provided.

Chair-Elect Chris Taylor also spoke to members. (Photo to right).

Chair Swain concluded the meeting by extending appreciation to the sponsor of the meeting, Solae, and thanking RDPG members for their participation.

Thank you to RDPG Nominating Committee member Catherine Champagne for sharing her photos from the FNCE meeting.

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Future FNCE Meetings

2012

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
October 6 to 9

2013

Houston, Texas
October 19 to 22