||Overview of Vitamin D (25 minute talks with 5 minute Q & A) |
||Historical Overview of Vitamin D from a Public Health Perspective|
Speaker: Mike Holick, Boston University
||Vitamin D Biology: Overview General Physiology, and Function of Vitamin D|
Speaker: Hector Deluca, University of Wisconsin-Madison
||Vitamin D: A Global Perspective|
Speaker: Gerald Combs, USDA/ARS/HNRCGF
||Epidemiology, Demographics and Methodologies (20 Minute Talks-10 Minute Q & A) |
Session Chair: Anne Looker, NCHS/CDC
||Current Data on Prevalence in the United States: Age and Racial Risk Groups|
Speaker: Kelley Scanlon, CDC
||Vitamin D Assessment: A Global Perspective of Needs and Current Concerns|
Speaker: Christel Lamberg-Allardt, University of Helsinki, Finland
||Biomarkers: Functional Indices of Vitamin D Status and Functional Ramifications of Marginal or Deficient Status|
Speaker: Robert Heaney, Creighton University
||Vitamin D Fortification: Data Needs and Current Status|
Speaker: Mona Calvo, FDA
||Panel Discussion 1: Questions|
- What are five research priorities?
- What are the major needs with regard to methodologies?
||Current Understanding of the Role of Vitamin D in Health and Potential Mechanisms for Vitamin D-Related Disease (20 Minute Talks-10 Minute Q & A) |
Session Chair: Gerald Combs, USDA/ARS/HNRCGF
||Overview of Potential Association between Vitamin D, UV Exposure, and Disease|
Speaker: William B. Grant, Newport News, VA
||Vitamin D and the Immune System|
Speaker: Margherita Cantorna, Penn State University
||Vitamin D and Cancer: Case Study of Vitamin D and Breast Cancer|
Speaker: JoEllen Welsh, Notre Dame University
||Nutritional Rickets: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Both?|
Speaker: John Pettifor, University of Witwatersand, South Africa
||New Methodologies for Probing the Role(s) of Vitamin D in Health|
Speaker: Jim Fleet, Purdue University
||Panel Discussion 2: Questions|
- What are the five priority areas in the vitamin D/disease relationship?
- What are the current obstacles (e.g., methodologies) for the exploration of the vitamin D/health relationship?
- What is the best approach to addressing vitamin D and health in the international setting?
||Conference Reception: Bethesda Marriott Hotel, 5151 Pooks Hill Road |
Friday, October 10, 2003
||Developmental, Ethnic/Racial Considerations in Generating Recommendations for Vitamin D (20-Minute Talks-10 Minute Q & A) |
Session Chair: TBA
||Overview of Current Vitamin D Recommendations|
Speaker: Connie Weaver, Purdue University
Speaker: Bonnie Specker, South Dakota State University
||Prenatal/Fetal and Infant Predictors of Bone Health|
Speaker: Nicolas Bishop, University of Sheffield
Speaker: Bruce Hollis, Medical University of South Carolina
||Issues in Establishing Recommendations for Infants and Children|
Speaker: Frank Greer, Meriter Hospital, Madison, WI
Speaker: Bess Dawson-Hughes, Tufts University
||Panel Discussion 3: Questions|
- Are the current dietary recommendations for vitamin D adequate?
- What are the research priorities: data needs to set meaningful recommendations for different developmental and/or racial/ethnic groups?
- Given the current state of knowledge what are the public health approaches to achieve vitamin D adequacy?
- What factors need to be considered with regard to amount, duration, and target groups for dietary or other (UV exposure) interventions/recommendations?
- How can we account for potential confluence of health messages to create adverse outcomes (UV protection vs. vitamin D adequacy)?
- Is there a need for special considerations for health disparities?
||Conclusions/Recommendations: Summary Discussion |
Panel: session chairs, organizers, representatives from sponsoring agencies
- What are key research/program priorities?
- What are the key program priorities for your agency/program?
- How best to coordinate agency/organization response to current data needs/public health issues?