Personalised Nutrition: from scientific discovery to interventions, 5-7th July 2016, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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  e3ad3e61-0f4f-4c13-883c-dffad8fa6c27 PhD course: Personalised Nutrition: from scientific discovery to interventions Date: 5-7th July 2016, Venue: University of Newcastle – The CORE (http://www.thecorenewcastle.co.uk/) City: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Course leader: Prof John Mathers, Dr Fiona Malcomson, Mrs Michelle Barr Course Aims The aims of this course are: • To provide a rationale for the development and implementation of personalised nutrition interventions to improve public health; • To provide examples of the scientific discoveries and advances in technology (evidence base) on which personalised nutrition interventions can be developed; • To provide opportunities for participants to gain hands on experience of the design of personalised nutrition interventions targeted at specific population groups/ conditions. Course design The course will be mainly composed of lectures with ample opportunity for discussions. Beside participants will work in groups to design personalised nutrition interventions for particular target groups/conditions, after which the results will be presented the next day. Lectures The key-note lecturers are Hannelore Daniel (Technische Universität München) and John Hesketh (Newcastle University) Other lecturers are: * John Mathers, Georg Lietz, Hyang-Min Buyn and Dianne Ford (Newcastle University) * Lorraine Brennan (University College Dublin) * Carlos Celis-Moralis (University of Glasgow) * Baukje de Roos (University of Aberdeen) Study load and language 16 hours of course content that will be eligible for 0.6 ECTS credits. The course will be conducted in English. Location The course will be held at the Newcastle University, Building The Core. Visit (http://www.thecorenewcastle.co.uk/) Accommodation The NewcastleGateshead convention bureau blocked rooms at several hotels in different price categories. For information and online booking visit: https://aws.passkey.com/event/14422984/owner/9492505/home Programme Visit Programme dd 10 March 2016 Abstract Keynote lecturer: Prof. Hannelore Daniel Costs The course fee includes breaks, lunches, one course dinner on Tuesday evening and course material. 1. NuGO Member Organisations:   Cost£150.00 2. Non-member Organisations:      Cost£200.00 3. Newcastle University Members: Cost£75.00 Registration Please register at: http://webstore.ncl.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&catid=32&prodid=461 The final registration date is June 13th, 2016 Grants: CLOSED The Nutrigenomics Association (NuGO) will make grants available for PhDstudents and Postdocs of its partners to participate in this course, visit [grant information]  for detailed information about these grants. Flyer Visit [flyer] for more information  
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