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Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) Archive

Last Chance: Register Now for the Water Quality and Food Safety Symposium

September 9, 2013
IIT's Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) and the Food Research Institute housed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are teaming up to host the 2013 Water Quality and Food Safety Symposium which takes place on Thursday, September 19 at the Hyatt Regency O-Hare in Rosemont.
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Learn About Diet and Health in Nutrition and Wellness Course

August 23, 2013
Are you interested in taking an elective that will help you learn more about diet and health? IIT is offering the course Nutrition and Wellness, which will provide you with an introduction to the basic principles of nutrition and the relationship of the human diet to health and wellness. You can apply what you learn to yourself!
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Phytonutrients Research Volunteers Needed

August 15, 2013
Investigators at IIT are studying the effects of fruit polyphenolics (phytonutrients) on risk factors for chronic disease and are in need of research participants.
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Nutrition Study Seeks Participants

August 7, 2013
You may be eligible to participate in this nutrition research study if you are a healthy individual who: Is between 18–45 years of age Is a non-smoker More details on this study: There is a total of three study visits Each study visit will last ~10 hours at the Nutrition Center Blood samples will be collected at each study visit A dinner meal will be provided the day before each study visit, and a breakfast meal, a snack and three beverage drinks will be provided during the study visit You will be compensated up to $400 for completing the study.
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IIT Institute for Food Safety and Health Launches New Academic Unit

July 17, 2013
Illinois Institute of Technology's Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT IFSH) has launched a new academic unit, the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. The department is housed within IIT School of Applied Technology.
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Clinical Nutrition Research Center Seeks Strawberry Study Participants

July 17, 2013
IIT/IFSH nutrition investigators are interested in discovering if strawberry components can help with inflammation.
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Phytonutrients Research Volunteers Needed

July 9, 2013
Investigators at IIT are studying the effects of fruit polyphenolics (phytonutrients) on risk factors for chronic disease and are in need of research participants.
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IIT IFSH Sprout Safety Alliance Wins the FDA Group Recognition Award

June 21, 2013
Participants in the IIT Institute for Food Safety and Health Sprout Safety Alliance will be recognized at the 53rd Annual United States Food and Drug Administration Honor Awards Ceremony with the Group Recognition Award. This award recognizes “superior achievement of the agency’s mission through teamwork, partnership, shared responsibility, or fostering collaboration and coalition to achieve FDA goals.”
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Fruit Polyphenolics Research Volunteers Needed

May 22, 2013
Would you be interested in participating in a research study? Investigators at IIT are studying the effects of fruit polyphenolics (phytonutrients) on risk factors for chronic disease.
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Natural Products Insider reports that the results of a study suggesting that grape seed extract improves blood pressure will be presented this week at the Experimental Biology 2013 conference by IIT Institute for Food Safety and Health Research Assistant Professor Britt Burton-Freeman and Senior Clinical Study Coordinator Eunyoung Park

April 25, 2013
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