27th International Conference of Functional Food Center

Conference Speakers will be announced after the abstract submission deadline is past, May 31st, 2019.

Conference is organized by Functional Food Center and Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory at Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Teaching Hospital

• Jin-Rong (Joseph) Zhou, PhD, Conference co-chairman, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Nutrition/Metabolism Laboratory at Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• Danik Martirosyan, PhD, Conference co-chairman, President, Functional Food Center/Functional Food Institute, Dallas, TX, USA

Organizing Committee Members:

• Kanakaraju Kaliannan, MD, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
• Amrendra Ajay, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• Machelle Seibel, MD, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• Uma Naidoo, MD, Director of Nutritional and Lifestyle Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital (Mood-Food Expert), Instructor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
• Leena Pradhan-Nabzdyk, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. Principal Investigator and Co-Director of Research Training Programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
• Nancy J. Emenaker, PhD, Program Director, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
• Gabriela Riscuta MD, CNS, Program Director, Nutritional Science Research Group, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA 

The registration fee will cover the Conference Proceedings book (Abstract book) and lunches and refreshments for two days. It will also cover a 12-month membership to the Academic Society for Functional Foods and Bioactive Compounds. Each registration allows the registrant to present up to 3 accepted abstracts maximum. Registration includes access to the entire program and Expo, meals, presentation materials and networking with expert speakers and organizing committee members.

Cancellation Policy: Before May 30, 2019: 75% refund; before June 30, 2019: 50%refund; after June 30, 2019: No refund. Reimbursements will be sent after the conference. Notice of cancellation of registration must be received in writing to the Conference Secretariat, at: ffc@functionalfoodcenter.com. All refunds will be provided after the conference within 14 days.

You may click here to make a payment for the conference registration fee.