NUTRITION 2025 Plenary Session - Nourishing Hope: Nutrition on the Frontlines in Global Health

Chair(s)

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  Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA

  Horn Distinguished Professor, Associate Vice President for Research & Director, Obesity Research Institute
  Nutritional Sciences
  Texas Tech University
  Lubbock, Texas, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Keith West, DrPH, MPH (he/him/his)

  George G. Graham Professor of Infant and Child Nutrition
  International Health
  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  Baltimore, Maryland, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Speaker(s)

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  Love Anderson, ABD, CHW, CLE (she/her/hers)

  Chair, North Carolina Breastfeeding Coalition
  Support and Advocacy for Feeding in Emergencies Team
  Durham, North Carolina, United States

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Howarth Bouis, PhD

  Founding Director, HarvestPlus; Emeritus Fellow, IFPRI
  HarvestPlus

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  Masako Horino, DrPH, MPH, RD

  Public Health Research Specialist
  United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
  Amman, 'Amman, Jordan

  Disclosure(s): Kirk Humanitarian Foundation: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
  Vitamin Angels Alliance: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)

In a world marked by rapid change and rising challenges—from population growth and climate disruption to conflict and food insecurity—nutrition science is more vital than ever. This energizing opening plenary will explore how the nutrition community is driving innovation, adapting under pressure, and preparing to feed the future.

Designed to inspire and unite, this session reinforces the profound importance of transdisciplinary nutrition science and celebrates the ability of those in the field to lead through complexity, rise to new demands, and help shape a healthier, nourished future for all.

Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:02 PM ET

  Welcome to NUTRITION 2025
  

  Chair: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA – Texas Tech University
• 4:02 PM – 4:10 PM ET

  Welcome to NUTRITION 2025
  

  Chair: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA – Texas Tech University
• 4:10 PM – 4:35 PM ET

  Meeting Infant Nutritional Needs after Disaster in the US: Nourishing Communities
  

  Speaker: Love M. Anderson, ABD, CHW, CLE (she/her/hers) – Support and Advocacy for Feeding in Emergencies Team
• 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Improving Human Nutrition through Biofortification: Agriculture in Action Across the Globe
  

  Speaker: Howarth Bouis, PhD – HarvestPlus
• 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM ET

  Antenatal Multiple Micronutrient Supplementation: A Strategy Going Global
  

  Speaker: Keith P. West, DrPH, MPH (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• 5:15 PM – 5:25 PM ET

  Child Nutrition in Conflict:  A Frontline of Global Health
  

  Speaker: Masako Horino, DrPH, MPH, RD – United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)
• 5:25 PM – 5:30 PM ET

  Closing Remarks - NUTRITION 2025 Plenary Session - Nourishing Hope: Nutrition on the Frontlines in Global Health
  

  Chair: Naima Moustaid-Moussa, PhD, FTOS, FAHA – Texas Tech University

  Chair: Keith P. West, DrPH, MPH (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health