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Interactions of Nutrition, the Gastrointestinal Microbiome & Health

Program Date: 26 September 2023

Publication Date: 17 July 2024

Continuing Education Credits: Nurse Contact 0.5 CE; Dietitian 0.5 CPEU

Course Description

In this course, Hannah D. Holscher, PhD, RD, will describe the interaction between diet, microbiota, and health; define prebiotics and list accepted and candidate prebiotics; and recall health benefits of prebiotic consumption. Originally presented live at the 121st Abbott Nutrition Research Conference on 27 September 2023.

Course Objectives
  • Describe the interaction between diet, microbiota, and health.
  • Define prebiotics and list accepted and candidate prebiotics.
  • Recall health benefits of prebiotic consumption.

Performance Indicators: 4.1.2, 8.1.5

Activity Code: 183552

Course Instructor Bio(s)

Hannah D. Holscher, PhD, RD

Associate Professor, Nutrition 
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
Champaign, IL, USA

Dr Hannah Holscher is an Associate Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and a member of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, the Institute of Genomic Biology, and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois. She completed postdoctoral training focused on the human microbiome, a PhD in Nutritional Sciences, and a Bachelor of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois. She is also a Registered Dietitian. 

Dr Holscher’s laboratory uses clinical interventions and computational approaches to study the interactions of nutrition, the gastrointestinal microbiome, and health. Her creative use of machine learning approaches to determine microbial biomarkers of food intake and human health status resulted in her recognition as a 2017 New Innovator in Food and Agricultural Research and a 2020 National Academy of Medicine Emerging Leader. She has published 68 peer-reviewed manuscripts and given many presentations for the National Academy of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USDA, and more.

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Category
CE CPEU All Life Stages General Nutrition

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This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.