Brief Summary of Minutes of Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting NC-1039 October 7th - 9th, 2009

N-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid and Human Health and Disease

East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Wednesday October 7th

Nutrition Education/eXtension: ABC's of n-3 content. To launch an eXtension website, we need 250

content pages and 100 FAQs. Deb received a grant from the Center for Advanced Food Technology to

pay Deepika to work on this for 3 years. As part of her degree, she will be evaluating the eXtension

website and helping to coordinate content for the eXtension site.

We have proposed to develop three communities of interest (CoI):

1. Omega-3s for Prevalent Health Conditions. Some of these conditions including heart disease; asthma; arthritis; pregnancy; attention deficit disorder; and Alzheimer's disease - This CoI will include individuals with these and other conditions, their caregivers, and some healthcare providers.)

2. Omega-3s for Health - This CoI includes Extension Specialists, County Agents, and the general public.

3. Omega-3s for Higher Education Professional Training - This CoI includes university and college healthcare program educators and students, e.g., those from departments such as nutrition, medicine, nursing, etc.  This one will be developed last and in a year or two.

   
   

Breakout sessions: We created and compiled a list of FAQs and possible headings for content

pages and entered them into Excel. We also began writing the actual responses/pages.

Thursday October 8th

NIFA: Susan Welsh provided an update on CSREES (now NIFA) (handouts provided): NIFA

leadership, priorities, and grant mechanisms (NRI now AFRI); and eXtension.

Group Membership: We discussed membership. Invitations to join the project will be sent to:

Carol Lammi-Keefe, LSU clammi-keefe@agcenter.lsu.edu; Doris Hicks, U of Delaware

Officers for 2010-2011: Doug Mashek (Secretary), Elena Serrano (Chair).

eXtension:

Brief overview of what it will take for a successful eXtension site (for those not present on

Wednesday)

Assistance needed in the following:

• Need help with Jennifer

• Need someone to be in charge of FAQs - Cami

• Someone in charge of ask the expert eventually - not until the website is launched. Mary Harris will take leadership of this.

• Need web expert - Deepika will help input information and provide web support

Plan for further development of content

• Establish ongoing writing/content groups

• Working meetings: in-person and conference call schedule

Friday October 9th

Plan for further development of content and continue of writing

Future Meetings:

Monthly Video-Conference Calls: We will have a monthly video-conference call. Deb will send out an email about possible days/times and connect with the eXtension technical person to make sure the days/times work. Everyone will need to purchase a camera. Doug will follow-up about possible online services that we can use.

Next Annual Meeting: October 20 - 22, 2010, Washington, DC. Susan Welsh will block 12 rooms for the 19th and 20 until the 22nd. Thanks, Susan!

Community of Practice: We will meet in Colorado or Tennessee. Deb will follow-up with everyone about dates and include other people from the CoP. People will also meet at EB on Friday and Saturday on April 23 and 24th. Susan will see if she can book a room.

Short-term Outcomes

Outputs

-Expansion of in vivo (experimental animals fed HED) data for n-3 forms and amounts for health promotion and disease prevention

-Establishing in virto (cell culture) models of n-3 PUFA effects

-In vitro effects of n-3 PUFA forms on biomarkers of health promotion and disease prevention

-Expansion of in vivo (experimental animals fed HED) data for n-3 forms and amounts for health promotion and disease prevention

-Increased database defining the health benefits of n-3 PUFA forms

-Data on n-3 PUFA intakes in diverse populations

-Expansion of food-based n-3 PUFA for optimal health and disease prevention

-Web material development for education and training of nutrition professionals

-Dissemination of data in peer-reviewed journals, scientific and professional meetings

-Expansion of in vivo (experimental animals fed HED) data for n-3 forms and amounts for health promotion and disease prevention

Milestones

(2008): Submission of a competitive grant application to USDA by one or more of the Station representatives

(2010): Symposium presentation of findings at national/international meetings, eg Experimental Biology meeting, International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids (ISSFAL)

(2011): Symposium presentation of findings at national/international meetings, eg Experimental Biology, ISSFAL

(2012): Symposium presentation of findings at national/international meetings, eg Experimental Biology, ISSFAL, American Dietetic Association

(2012): Author a report directed at the governing organizations, such as USDA, IOM, and FDA

(2012): Redefinition of the DRI for n-3 PUFA at the conclusion of the project

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