We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 7th annual Health meets Food: The Culinary Medicine Conference.
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The conference will take place June 4 through June 6, 2021, online using a virtual conference platform that will allow for the full conference experience including lectures, expert panels, culinary skills-building programming and small group interactions with your colleagues.
The overarching theme of this year’s conference is culture change — how do we help change attitudes about food and health amongst our patients, colleagues and policy makers.
Friday June 4, 2021
Culinary Skills Building
8:00 AM to 10:15 AM Pacific – Skills Building Session: Modified Texture Cookalong – Jodi Balis, RD & Melissa Batchelor, PhD
Pediatrics and The Family
Two lectures with Panel Discussion covering critical topics of the pediatric diet from a lifecycle perspective and how it integrates into family and social life.
10:40 AM Pacific – Pediatric Obesity and Impact on Current and Future Health – Sarah Messiah, PhD, MPH
11:20 AM Pacific – The Family Table: An Evidence-Based Lens for Feeding Children to Thrive – Jaclyn Albin, MD, FAAP, FACP
Keynote Address
1:00 PM Pacific – Dr. Marion Nestle will kick off an important discussion around food and culture in 2020 that will include other speakers and panelists throughout the morning.
Pediatrics and The Family Panel Discussion
2:00PM – Panel Discussion covering critical topics of the pediatric diet from a lifecycle perspective and how it integrates into family and social life.
Sarah Messiah, PhD, MPH – Professor of Epidemiology, Genetics and Environmental Sciences and Director, Center for Pediatric Population Health, a Children’s Health and UTSPH collaborative
Jaclyn Albin, MD, FAAP, FACP – Director UT Southwestern Culinary Medicine Program and Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
Robert Karch, MD – Deputy Secretary for Children’s Medical Services, Florida
Saturday June 5, 2021
Culinary Skills Building
8:00 AM to 10:15 AM Pacific
Skills Building Session: Knife Skills Cookalong – Emily Schlag RD and Chef Heather Nace RD
Food & Culture in 2020: Culture Change for Patients, Professionals and Policy
10:35 AM Pacific – Food & Culture in 2021 – Corporate Wealth or Public Health?
Dr. Robert Lustig – Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco
11:15 AM Pacific – Food & Culture in 2021 – Culture Change in the Food Industry
Sir Mohammed Jaafar – Member World Business Council for Sustainable Development
11:55 PM Pacific – Food & Culture in 2021: Food Policy in Hospital Systems
Leonard Walsh – Chief Operating Officer at St. Barnabas Hospital
1:00 PM Pacific – Food & Culture in 2021: Panel Discussion
• Dr. Robert Lustig – Professor emeritus of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco
• Sir Mohammed Jaffar – Member World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Leonard Walsh – Chief Operating Officer at St. Barnabas Hospital
• Emily Broad-Leib – Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
• Dr. Lawrence Deyton – George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sunday June 6, 2021
Culinary Skills Building
8:00 AM to 10:15 AM Pacific
Nutrient Density Skills Building Demonstration and Cookalong – Allison Graham, RD and Jennifer Leon, RD
Health Coaching & Diabetes Prevention Program
10:40 AM Pacific – Health Coaching – Evidence From the Literature
F. Abby Cabrera, MPH – Health coaching in clinical practice with both evidence from the literature and practical approaches for implementation in the clinic setting.
11:20 AM Pacific – Diabetes Prevention Program: History, Implementation and Clinical-Community Integration
Kristy McCarron, MPH – A presentation detailing the effectiveness of the Diabetes Prevention Program and practical recommendations on launching programming.
12:40 PM Pacific – Food & Culture in 2021: Panel Discussion
F. Abby Cabrera, MPH – Project Manager: Center for Excellence in Primary Care, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California San Francisco – San Francisco, CA
Kristy McCarron, MPH – Association Director of Community Health – YMCA of Metropolitan Washington
Ryan Hampton – Lifestyle Medicine Advisor, Spectrum Health
Kofi Essel, MD, MPH – Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Children’s National and The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GWUSMHS)
