Beyond Academia

May 19, 2023

12:00 – 1:00 PM ET

Hosted by the ASN Early Career Nutrition Interest Group

Sponsored by National Dairy Council

Join an expert panel of six early career nutrition researchers who hold careers outside of academia for this interactive, fireside chat webinar. Two representatives from three career options beyond academia (government, NGO/Health Associations, and industry) will take part in the panel. Speakers will briefly introduce their career path, share their motivations for a career outside of academia, and give advice on how to secure a career in their chosen career sector. This 60-minute panel will include three 15-minute sections devoted to each sector, during which the two representatives will give an informal 5-minute presentation, followed by 5 minutes of sector focused questions and answers between attendees and panelists. The final portion of the webinar will be a 5-minute open forum between the attendees and panelists. This is meant to be a highly interactive session, so questions for panelists can be anonymously submitted to organizers prior to the webinar or to the moderator during the webinar.  

Learning Objectives

At the end of this program, attendees will be able to:

• Identify at least two career possibilities beyond academia for early career nutrition scientists and professionals.
• Analyze your CV for at least three components that hiring managers or others making hiring decisions for careers beyond academia look for in a strong candidate.
• Choose at least two techniques for navigating a transition from academia to a career outside academia.

Speakers

• Moderator:
  • Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND, Ketchum
• Opening/Closing Remarks:
  • Kuda Mako-Mushaninga, MPH, MS, RD, Vice President of Scientific Affairs, National Dairy Council
• Government Panelists:
  • Dana DeSilva, PhD, RD, ORISE Health Policy Fellow, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Sabrina Young, PhD, Research Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• NGO/Health Association Panelists:
  • Allison Lacko, PhD, Research Scientist, Food Research and Action Center
  • Whitney Fung Uy, PhD, CPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition 
• Industry Panelists:
  • Stephen Fleming, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, Traverse Science
  • Bridget Hannon Esteves, PhD, MS, RD, Senior Scientist, Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Glanbia Performance Nutrition

Disclosure Policy and Disclosures

The American Society for Nutrition supports fair and unbiased participation of individuals in its education activities. Any real or potential conflicts of interest must be identified and managed. All relevant financial relationships with commercial interests that directly impact and/or might conflict with ASN activities must be disclosed, or disclosure that no relevant financial relationships exist must be documented. Other relationships that could cause private interests to conflict with professional interests must also be disclosed. This policy is intended to openly identify any potential conflict so that participants in an education activity are able to form their own judgments about the presentation. In addition, disclosure must be made of presentations on drugs or devices or uses of drugs or devices that have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Speakers  

Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND, Ketchum
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Stephen Fleming, PhD, Co-Founder and CEO, Traverse Science 
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Whitney Fung Uy, PhD, CPH, Postdoctoral Fellow, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition  
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  

Bridget Hannon Esteves, PhD, MS, RD, Senior Scientist, Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Glanbia Performance Nutrition 
Discloses the following financial relationships:  
Employee: Kraft Heinz Company, Glanbia Performance Nutrition  

Allison Lacko, PhD, Research Scientist, Food Research and Action Center 
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.  

Kuda Mako-Mushaninga, MPH, MS, RD, Vice President of Scientific Affairs, National Dairy Council 
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Dana DeSilva, PhD, RD, ORISE Health Policy Fellow, Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Sabrina Young, PhD, Research Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture 
No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

Planners 

The planners of this webinar have no financial relationships to disclose. Planners include: 

• Dylan Bailey, MS, RD, FAND, Ketchum 
• Nadine Mikati, PhD, RDN, LDN, Nova Southeastern University 
• Patricia Wolf, PhD, RDN, Purdue University