NFSC News 2010

News 2011

NFSC Faculty and Students Receive TDA Awards 2011

The Department of Nutrition and Food Science is honored to announce that Karen Geismar, NFSC Lecturer, won the award for the Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) Outstanding Dietetic Educator. In addition, two former DPD students, Ms. Holly Bohmfalk and Ms. Rayna Rogiers Wooten, were recognized as the Registered Young Dietitians of the Year.

Awards will be presented at the Texas Dietetic Association (TDA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Exhibition at the Westin Oaks Houston Hotel in Houston, Texas on April 7-9, 2011. The Texas Dietetic Association (TDA) awards recognize, reward, and showcase those individuals who make an outstanding contribution to the dietetics profession and the state association.

Dr.Alice Villalobos wins PESCA 2011 Award

Congratulations to Alice Villalobos who was awarded a grant for her proposal titled "Effects of Nutrient Status on Zinc Transport in Choroid Plexus".

Twenty-five faculty members representing four colleges received grants totaling $240,982 through an initiative sponsored by the Division of Research and Graduate Studies. Proposals were submitted during the fall semester to the Program to Enhance Scholarly and Creative Activities, which provides funding awards for significant research projects, scholarly publications and artistic presentations. A list of the awardees can be found at http://rgs.tamu.edu/scholarly-and-creative/2011-winning-proposals

News - 2010

Dr.Talcott’s Student Wins Nestle Award!

Michele Corrêa Bertoldi wins Nestle Award and a trip to Lausanne, Switzerland for a week to visit the Nestle Research Center. Dr. Susanne Talcott was Bertoldi’s co-chair for her dissertation at the University of Vicosa, MG, Brazil. Both, Drs. Susanne and Stephen Talcott, were co- advisors for Bertoldi while she was here in the US for one year to perform the research for her project. Kimmy Krenek, Ph.D. student in Dr. Stephen Talcott’s lab, also was a co-author.

Bertoldi’s award was entered in Category II (Ph.D.) Food Science and Technology. The paper was titled "Effect of hydrolysis by beta-glucosidase in the in-vitro absorption, antioxidant capacity and anti-carcinogenic effects of polyphenols of different mango (Mangifera indica L.) varieties".

The Henri Nestlé Award Second Edition is an initiative from Nestlé Brasil Ltda. It is a contest for students in Nutrition, Food, and Health and includes 3 majors: Nutrition in Public Health, Clinical Nutrition and Food Science and Technology.The evaluation of the scientific works includes 3 steps: first, abstract submission (total of 250 abstracts were submitted). The ten best abstracts were chosen, and then submitted papers and the best three were selected. The top three presented orally and were evaluated by a scientific committee.

Dr. Chapkin's Research cited in AgriLife News

picture of dr. robert chapkin Diapers' Contents Could Change Way Of Finding Intestinal Disease

A medical test initially researched for aging adults also could be helpful for premature babies, according to scientists with Texas AgriLife Research. The procedure, which uses fecal samples rather than the oft-dreaded colonoscopy, was developed by Dr. Robert Chapkin and his colleagues, who have been studying the noninvasive technique at the genetic level for more than a decade. "Babies have many, many intestinal conditions that can threaten their lives, such as necrotizing enterocolitis, or NEC, in premature infants," said Chapkin, a nutritional scientist. "Our test, we believe, may have utility for determining a baby's risk, and then would allow a physician to take different strategies in order to abate or prevent the possibility of this life threatening disorder."

NFSC Faculty and Students Receive TDA Awards

Three awards were distributed in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science (NFSC) by the Texas Dietetic Association (TDA). Saundra Lorenz, NFSC lecturer, was awarded the TDA Outstanding Dietetic Educator for DPD Programs. Jason Pelzel, TAMU's Nutrition and Dietetics Association Secretary, was awarded as the TDA Outstanding Dietetic Student for DPD Programs. Former student Tiffany Reeves, was awarded as one of the TDA Registered Young Dietitians of the Year (RYDY). These awards will be presented at the TDA Annual Meeting in Dallas in March.

Distinctive Lecture Series - Dr. Joanne Lupton

Dr. Joanne Lupton was recently featured in the Distinctive Voices Lecture Series at the Beckman Center (Insight on Science, Technology and Medicine) sponsored by the National Academies. Her presentation addresses the science behind public policy in nutrition from the Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs) to the Dietary Guidelines to green "smart" checkmarks and health claims on food packaging. In addition, she addressed the question - How science-based are the recommendations and who makes the decisions?

To view the full video, please go to the following web link.

NFSC Student Interns in Washington, D.C.

Congratulations to our spring 2010 ANRP intern! Cristen Bauer be representing the Department of Nutrition and Food Science in Washington, D.C. for the remainder of the semester. For more information about her exciting opportunity visit http://agintern.tamu.edu/Current_Interns/Meet%20Page/meet-best.htm.