Conferences & Webinars
Thank you for attending the conference!
The 2025 Annual Conference on April 11, 2025, at Washtenaw Community College was a great success! Thank you to everyone who attended. Please visit our Virtual Exhibit Hall to see resources and videos from our conference Sponsors and Exhibitors.
Conference attendees can download the Conference Brochure, if needed, for their Professional Development Portfolio files. Handouts will remain available in the Member Area for attendees until June 2025.
The Generous Plate webinar series
Join MiAND for The Generous Plate webinar series! This series seeks to spark curiosity and provide knowledge on hot nutrition topics. These webinars are open to everyone, so feel free to tell your colleagues, friends, and family about these engaging sessions!
While these webinars are free, donations are greatly appreciated. All donations will go toward MiAND’s policy and advocacy efforts in Lansing, the same efforts that successfully pushed for our licensure.
Webinar Information and Registration
Nutrigenomics: Insights from a Patient & Practitioner
Sarah Amidon, MS, RDN, LDN, IFNCP
Join Sarah on her exploration of nutrigenomics. First, as a chronic illness patient herself, genomics unlocked a new understanding of the limitations of her body that started within her own DNA. Sarah went back to school to become a registered dietitian when she discovered that this vocation was the most equipped to practice in this area of nutrition science, and could bring our profession front and center in helping patients and clients towards their own healing and recovery. Finally, observe how biochemistry applications and real life cafe studies present a compelling reason to incorporate genomics into your own area of practice.
Learning objectives:
- Identify key differences between genetics and epigenetics
- State 2 bioactive compounds
- Name 2 methyl donors
- Describe 1 genetic SNP’s role
- Describe how a nutrigenomics approach could benefit long COVID patients or athletes
- Review case studies
Sarah is a highly sought after expert in functional and integrative health, specializing in genomics for a variety of chronic conditions, and sports nutrition with her practice, Root & Fruit Nutrition (Indianapolis, IN). She is a published researcher, and the developer of The Genomic Edge, a first-of-its-kind program for elite athletes to optimize sports performance utilizing evidence-based DNA testing to target nutrition, recovery, and supplement recommendations.
As a former Division 1 athlete, Sarah is actively and passionately bringing the sports world up to speed on advances in nutrition science, interpreting and translating genomic research into actionable interventions with her Pillars of Precision Sports Performance Framework. She works with many Team USA dietitians, medical doctors, Olympians, and medalists to leverage the athlete DNA blueprint on the playing field with precision results that reduce injury risk, maximize competition winnings, lengthen careers and cultivate lasting legacies for professional athletes in their respective sports.
This activity has not been submitted by MiAND for CPE prior approval, but it is CPEU Eligible (you can submit it in your Activity log). CPEU Eligible means activities that are not Prior Approved by CDR for CPEUs but that meet the relevant activity type definitions and adhere to CDR’s Content Criteria. It is the responsibility of practitioners to ensure that the activity meets an activity type definition and adheres to CDR’s Content Criteria before recording the activity in the Step 2 Activity Log.
Registration
Capacity is limited to the first 100 registrants. All registrants will receive a link to the virtual meeting room at least 24 hours prior to the event.
Changing Diabetes in MI: New ways to eat to prevent diabetes
Clisty Kinlin, MS, RDN, CDCES, DipACLM and
Mark Thiesmeyer Hook, MPH, MS, RD, ACSM-EP
- Why is there so much conflicting research on what I should eat?
- How do I use nutrition science to my advantage?
- What are 3 things I can do with my diet to reduce my diabetes risk?
Clisty and Mark, co-chairs of the MiAND Diabetes Prevention Task Force, present their latest findings on how to eat to reduce diabetes risk. They’ll walk through an amazing list of practical things you can do right now to improve your health. Plus, they’ll reveal how you can advance the effort to change diabetes in Michigan with a donation to the Michigan Academy. You will not want to miss this talk.
This activity has not been submitted by MiAND for CPE prior approval, but it is CPEU Eligible (you can submit it in your Activity log). CPEU Eligible means activities that are not Prior Approved by CDR for CPEUs but that meet the relevant activity type definitions and adhere to CDR’s Content Criteria. It is the responsibility of practitioners to ensure that the activity meets an activity type definition and adheres to CDR’s Content Criteria before recording the activity in the Step 2 Activity Log.
Food is Medicine: Where Flavor Meets Function
Tessa Nguyen, Med, RD
Tessa provides an engaging overview of the Food is Medicine concept, framing language and principles, considerations in practice, and culinary application. Tessa will then guide attendees through an interactive demo of building meals, utilizing the Food is Medicine principles as a foundation. It’s sure to be a great time!
Connect with Tessa on Instagram & TikTok @thetessanguyen and YouTube @TessasTable
TN Media is a consulting agency that provides culinary development, cultural auditing, bespoke content development, speaking engagements, healthcare guidelines and resources, and countless media work for clients across the healthcare, food, nutrition, and agriculture industries. This includes collaborating with healthcare practitioners, farmers, food producers, non-governmental organizations, commodities boards, and related agencies to achieve client-related goals. TN Media’s work, as a whole, centers on health equity by taking into account social determinants of health before providing appropriate, accessible, and affordable services to underserved and marginalized communities of color.
This activity has not been submitted by MiAND for CPE prior approval, but it is CPEU Eligible (you can submit it in your Activity log). CPEU Eligible means activities that are not Prior Approved by CDR for CPEUs but that meet the relevant activity type definitions and adhere to CDR’s Content Criteria. It is the responsibility of practitioners to ensure that the activity meets an activity type definition and adheres to CDR’s Content Criteria before recording the activity in the Step 2 Activity Log.
Friday Forums Webinars
Thanks to everyone who attended our 2024 Friday Forums Webinars! Check back in the fall for an exciting line-up for the 2025 FF Series!
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