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People & Events

ACADEMY CALENDAR

2013 Food & NutritionConference & ExpoOctober 19-22, 2013Houston, TX

Tell Us Your Issue.We care about the concerns ofAcademy members and want to hearfrom you. There are four easy ways tosubmit your issues:� E-mail issuesmgmt@eatright.org.� Fax 312/899-4790.� Phone 800/877-1600 ext 5000.� Contact your delegate.You will receive immediateconfirmation that your message hasbeen received and action will betaken within 2 months. For moreinformation, visit the Academy’smember home page and click onMember Issues or visit www.eatright.org/issues.

Deadline for submitting material forthe People and Events section is thefirst of the month, 3 months beforethe date of the issue (eg, May 1 forthe August issue). Publication of aneducational event is not anendorsement by the Academy of theevent or sponsor. Send material to:Ryan Lipscomb, Editor, Journal of theAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics,120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000,Chicago, IL 60606; journal@eatright.org; 312/899-0040, ext. 4829; or fax,312/899-4790.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Notice of the Food & NutritionConference & Expo (FNCE)

Member Meeting of the Academyof Nutrition and Dietetics

Notice is hereby given that, pursuantto the Board of Directors, the annualmeeting of members will convene atthe Academy’s Food & Nutrition Con-ference & Expo at 4 PM on Saturday,October 19, 2013, at the George R.Brown Convention Center in Houston,TX. Full registration for members is

$359 if postmarked on or before Sep-tember 6, 2013 or $449 after Sep-tember 6, 2013.

Dr Glenna McCollum, MPH, RDNPresident, Academy of Nutrition and

Dietetics

Standards of ProfessionalPerformance Reaffirmed

“Dietetics Educators of Practitionersand American Dietetic AssociationStandards of Professional Performancefor Registered Dietitians (Generalist,Specialty/Advanced) in Education ofDietetics Practitioners,” originally pub-lished in the Journal of the AmericanDietetic Association in April 2009, hasbeen reaffirmed at this time and itsreview date has been extended untilAugust 2015. The Nutrition and DieteticEducators and Preceptors DieteticPractice Group (DPG) will be utilizingthe Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’revised 2012 Standards of Practice(SOP) and Standards of ProfessionalPerformance (SOPP) for RDs. For moreinformation on the SOP and SOPPcurrently being developed by Nutritionand Dietetic Educators and PreceptorsDPG, please contact Karen Hui, RD,LDN, manager of Quality Managementat the Academy at khui@eatright.org or Sharon McCauley, MS, MBA,RD, FADA, director of Quality Manage-ment at the Academy at smccauley@eatright.org.

EDUCATIONALOPPORTUNITIES

E-Learning Module on Vitamin DThe alarming increase in vitamin Dinsufficiency in the United States hasironically coincided with an increasingrecognition that vitamin D likely has abroader contribution to the protectionof health and prevention of diseasethan previously appreciated. Thisinteractive self-study session will putinto perspective the rapid decline invitamin D status in the United States;the implications of vitamin D insuffi-ciency on skeletal, inflammatory, andmetabolic health among the popula-tion; and practical guidelines for howto get vitamin D from diet, sun

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exposure, and supplements. Eligible for1.5 hours of level 2 CPE credit. Availablefor download at www.eatright.org/cpd/online.

ABOUT PEOPLE

ObituariesHonorary Member Dominic P.DePaola DiesDominic P. DePaola, DDS, PhD, whowas named an honorary member ofthe Academy in 2001, passed away onApril 16, 2013, at the age of 70. DePaolawas a leading researcher in the areaof nutrition and oral health, and atireless advocate for the inclusion ofdietetics practitioners in dental educa-tion, research, and practice.DePaola received a Bachelor of Sci-

ence degree from St Francis Collegeand a dental degree from the New YorkUniversity College of Dentistry. He

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completed a general dentistry intern-ship at Beth Abraham Hospital in NewYork City and later earned a doctoratein nutritional biochemistry and meta-bolism from the Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology. DePaolo served asdean of the Dental School at the Uni-versity of Texas Health Science Centerat San Antonio; the New Jersey DentalSchool at the University of Medicineand Dentistry of New Jersey; and theBaylor College of Dentistry, Dallas. Healso served as president and chiefexecutive officer of the Forsyth Groupin Boston and, at the time of hisdeath, was academic dean of the NovaSoutheastern University College ofDental Medicine in Fort Lauderdale, FL.DePaola was a leader in his field,

publishing dozens of scholarly articles,delivering more than 1,000 nationaland international lectures and educa-tion seminars, and serving as presidentof both the American Dental Education

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Association and the American Associa-tion of Dental Research. In his workwith these organizations and others,such as the American Society of ClinicalNutrition, the National Academy ofSciences, and the International Associ-ation of Dental Research, DePaola was apioneer in his support of nutrition as acomponent of systemic and oral health.

Hildegard Knopp, RD, May 2013,was a member of the Academy, theKansas Dietetic Association, and theKansas City Dietetic Association formore than 50 years. After immigratingto the United States from Germany atage 14, she went on to earn a BS inDietetics from Kansas State Universityin 1944, and she was one the first di-etetic interns at the University of Kan-sas (KU) Medical Center. In 2008,Knopp received a Life Long LearningAward from the dean of the School ofHealth Professions at KU MedicalCenter.

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