Women's Health Sciences Institute

Invited Lectures and Presentations

    2007    Structuring clinical development to support
               claims in the United States. 4th Inventages
               Summit. Great Exuma, Bahamas.


    2006    Overview of gender-related health issues as
               functional foods targets. Part of the symposium
             entitled: Functional Foods for Women's Health.
               2006 IFT Annual Meeting + Food Expo, Orlando, FL.

    2006    Biomarkers and clinical trials for claim substant-
               iation. Part of the symposium entitled: Nutrigen-
               omics and Metabolomics: Application to Qualified
             Health Claims/Structure-Function Claims. Food
               Drug Law Institute (FDLI), co-sponsored by FDA,
             49th Annual Conference, Celebrating the Centennial of 1906 Pure
             Food & Drugs Act, Washington, DC.

    2006    Clinical trial data as a new requirement for food ingredient safety. Part of the                        symposium entitled:    New Food Ingredients Do Not Need New Food Regulations.                    Society of Toxicology (SOT), 45th Annual Meeting & ToxExpo, San Diego, CA.

    2005    Why use clinical trials for dietary supplements? Associates of Clinical Research                    Professionals, ACRP 2005 Conference & Exhibition North America, Orlando, FL.

    2005    Clinical study design for health claim substantiation. Institute of Food                                    Technologists; 2005 IFT Annual Meeting + Food Expo. New Orleans, LA.

    2003    The growing need for clinical evaluation of food ingredients. The Society of Food                Science and Technology, Institute of Food Technologists, National Meeting, Chicago,                IL.

    2002    Functional foods and the growing need for clinical evaluation of food                                ingredients. American Chemical Society, National Meeting, Boston, MA.

Interviews

2005 Dr. Ioana Carabin was interviewed about the complex process of developing and conducting clinical trials for claim substantiation (i.e., S/F Claims, QHC) in the September 2005 issue of Nutraceuticals World. The interview followed Dr. Carabin's well attended and received presentation entitled “Clinical Study Design for Health Claim Substantiation, as part of the Qualified Health Claims and New Regulations; A Critical Juncture” symposium at the 2005 IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo. The interview is found in the article entitled “CROs / CSOs: Changing the Landscape of the Nutraceutical Market”.

Featured Article

2006 The article entitled “The Skinny on Supplements” appeared in the December/January 2006 issue of the Vero Beach Magazine (VBM), showcasing Women’s Health Sciences Institute, its achievements and work in the area of dietary supplements and women’s health.