This course delivers fundamental NGx concepts and addresses barriers that impede translation of research results from laboratories to people by bringing together researchers and practitioners in NGx concepts ranging from cell biology to dietetics. Designed for graduate students, health professionals and nutrition scientists from academia, agencies, and industry.
Presented by: UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) and UNC Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC)
Presenters are from departments of Nutrition, Genetics, Epidemiology, Psychology and Neuroscience, School of Pharmacy, and the Nutrition Research Institute at UNC-Chapel Hill; UNC Charlotte; Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA-ARS; Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genomica; University of Illinois; and Baylor College of Medicine USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center.
The NRI has produced this short course annually since 2016 (with the exception of 2020 due to the pandemic) with attendees and presenters from around the world. Annual attendance is capped at 80 and past attendees have included graduate students, postdocs, faculty, industry researchers, physicians, and registered dietitians.
Registration fees include accommodations, see details below.
NGx will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Concord Golf Resort & Spa. Registration fees include the full conference and a single room in the hotel for the nights of 5/15 – 5/18, as well as continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily (no dinner on 5/19). Also included is transportation between event venues during the short course. Transportation to and from the conference is not included.
Robert A. Waterland, PhD is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Department of Molecular & Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center.
In celebration of the NRP’s 10th Anniversary and Clinical Trials Day 2022, we are pleased to offer several events and education sessions in appreciation of everything you do!
Cultivate the confidence, strategy, and communication skills to be dynamic persuasive communicators who more easily speak up for themselves, their ideas, and their companies. They develop the ability to manage fear and self-defeating thoughts connected to "going for the yes," and learn how to address other people's objections by staying flexible, listener-centered, and on message.
This session is free and open to all UNC researchers, research professionals, and research staff.
Alexia Vernon, Founder and President of Step Into Your Moxie
To learn more about NRP Researcher Appreciation Week and its other events, please click here. If you have any questions regarding this event, please contact Emily Olsson at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Join NCATS for an inaugural stakeholder “teatime” discussion. This event is an opportunity for supporters, advocates, and educators to participate in a discussion on the status of NCATS as they approach the May 19–20 NCATS Advisory Council meeting.
The 45-minute event will feature a short presentation from Joni L. Rutter, PhD, NCATS acting director, followed by a conversation moderated by Esther Krofah, MPP, executive director of FasterCures and the Center for Public Health at the Milken Institute, about how we can build relationships, raise awareness and work together to advance the mission of NCATS.
Join NC TraCS and the SOM CRSO for a presentation for current and future Principal Investigators on Investigator-Initiated Trials (IIT). Susan Pusek, the Director of Education Programs for NC TraCS, will present on definition, design, and regulatory considerations of an IIT, finding sponsors and funding for IITs, and the role of IITs in investigator career development. Zoom information will be provided to participants after registration.