2020 3rd Webinar North American Chinese Society for Nutrition
Title: Nutrition and COVID-19: Observations and Reflections
Speaker: Drs. Guoxun Chen, Chaodong Wu, Jin-Rong Zhou, and Ling Zhao
Time: 9:00 to 10:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2020
Meeting ID: 911 3028 8123
Password: 032048
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2020 2nd Webinar North American Chinese Society for Nutrition
Title: Targeting Gut Microbiota for Management of Obesity and Metabolic Diseases: Be Optimistic or Cautious?
Speaker: Chaodong Wu, MD, PhD
Time: 8:00 to 9:00 PM (Eastern Standard Time)
Date: Friday, March 27, 2020
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Meeting ID: 812 569 4121
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2020 1st Webinar North America Chinese Society for Nutrition (NACSN)
Title: Microbiome Contribution in Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Speaker: Lixin Zhu, PhD
Time:9:00 -- 10:00 AM (EST)
Date: Saturday, January 4, 2020
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2020 American Society for Nutrition (ASN) Scientific Sessions & Annual Meeting
Time: May 30 - Jun 02, 2020 Location: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Washington.

Dear NACSN members,
We are so grateful for your kindness to support Wuhan. We highly acknowledge your support with your names listed here.

Webinar by Dr. Alice H. Lichtenstein
Title: Formulating the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
When: 12-1pm (ET), March 26, 2019
About Dr. Alice H. Lichtenstein:
Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Laboratory
JM USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA
Dr. Lichtenstein was a vice-chair of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for the USDA and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The presentation can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-EuwwvL4fmNf6zR4oGVMFJ_1Nx2xN0yP/view?usp=sharing

Webinar by Dr. Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen
Title: Designing Your Own Clinical Trials: What I Learned Doing it
When: 8-9pm (ET), March 2, 2019 (9-10am, March 3 in China)
About Dr. Leslie Shen:
Associate Dean for Research, School of Medicine
Professor of Pathology and Physiology
Clinical Professor of Diagnostic & Primary Care
Funding Director, Center for Integrative Health
Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
How to join the webinar:
Click https://zoom.us/j/562539631
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US: +17207072699,,562539631# or +16465588656,,562539631#
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US: +1 720 707 2699 or +1 646 558 8656
Webinar ID: 562 539 631
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aISXNp0At

Travel awards
Dear NACSN members,
This year, we are going to make up to 10 Travel awards (~$300 each) to students, postdocs and junior faculties for attending the ASN 2018 annual meeting in Boston this June. Application deadline is April 30, 2018 and it is a relatively easy process. Details can be found here.

Vice President nomination for 2018-2019
According to our current bylaws, it is time for us to select a Vice President (VP) who will succeed to the office of President of the NACSN after serving one year as VP.
The Election Committee Chair (Minghua Tang, PhD) on behalf of NACSN is calling for nominations and/or self-nominations for the VP position of 2018-19 year. The nomination is open from March 12-March 25. Please nominate yourself or a colleague (with the prior consent). The election will be held in early April.
Please send the nomination with a brief bio (<200 words) to nacsn.usa@gmail.com by March 25, 2018 and indicate “NACSN VP nomination” in the subject line.
Thank you for your participation.
Minghua Tang, PhD
Chair, Election Committee

Position available: Graduate Research Assistantship at Dept of Nutritional Sciences, Okalahoma State University
Two doctoral level graduate research assistantship. Click here for the Position Description. Please contact Dr. Dingbo Lin at dingbo.lin@okstate.edu for more information.

Nutrition and Chronic Diseases (营养与慢性病 - 北美华人营养学会分会场)
Members of NACSN, Drs. Meizi He, Rick Guan, Jin-Rong Zhou, Rick Guan, Zhiping Yu, Yongping Bao, and Hong Chen, attended the meeting and presented their research findings. More photos are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7w9XgZShTL-WXk1ZnBRWkpyTDg?usp=sharing

北美华人营养学会代表参加中国粮油学会粮油营养分会举办的第一届亚太区粮食科技大会“全产业链与营养健康”分会场
Members of NACSN, Drs. Xingen Lei, Meizi He, Rick Guan, Jin-Rong Zhou, and Hong Chen, have been invited to give presentations. More photos are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7w9XgZShTL-UW9EM3JycTU2Ukk?usp=sharing

Contemporary Controversies and Facts in Basic Nutrition and Chronic Diseases - (百家争鸣 - 当代基础营养与疾病)中国营养学会第十三届大会
China Nutrition Society, North America Chinese Nutrition for Nutrition, and American Society for Nutrition co-hosted a scientific session, Contemporary Controversies and Facts in Basic Nutrition and Chronic Diseases - (百家争鸣 - 当代基础营养与疾病), at the 13th China Nutrition Science Congress, May 22 – 24, Beijing.
Dr. Xingen Lei and Dr. Huanbiao Mo, as invited speakers, represented NACSN to give keynote presentations.

Newsletter Post-EB 2017
Dear NACSN members,
We are glad to release our special post-EB issue of newsletter, where you can find the activities organized by NACSN during EB as well as our upcoming events in summer. We appreciate your support for the society and we look forward to better serving you in the future.
Also, if you have any suggestions or comments for the newsletter, please feel free to email us at nacsn.usa@gmail.com
More photos are here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7w9XgZShTL-djRkaGNDVFpJRjQ?usp=sharing

Newsletter (October 2016 issue)

NACSN leadership committee meeting minutes October 2016
The leadership members participated the teleconference on October 21, 2016.
Click here for the Meeting Minutes

Two Assistant Professor positions at Dept of Nutritional Sciences, Okalahoma State University
Click here for the Job Description
Congratulations to NACSN-ASN Travel Award Winners
With the support from ASN, doTerra, and Biocytogen, we are able provide 8 awards at $350 each to the following winners at EB 2017 in Chicago:
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