SCAND 2025 Annual Meeting

Program

2025 Sponsors

2025 Abstracts

The Committee anticipates approval for 8.5 CPEUs. Please click here to download the schedule.

Thursday, March 27

9:00 AM: Volunteer Event at Low Country Foodbank (no charge, optional)

11:00 AM: Registration Opens

12:00 PM; Welcome and Opening Remarks

12:15 PM: Fuel for Thought: The Role of Iodine in Early Brain Development, Lauren Manaker, MS, RDN, LD

1:15 PM: Healing from Within: The Crucial Role of Nutrition in Wound Recovery, Karen Sudders, MS, RDN, LD

2:30 PM: Rooted in Color: Empowering Dietitians of Tomorrow, Roniece Weaver, MS, RD, LD and June Thompson, MS, RD, LD

3:30 PM: Precision Nutrition - Recent Advances and Controversies in Genetic Testing, Ahmed El-Sohemy, PhD

SCAND Social

Friday, March 28

8:30 AM: Business Meeting, SCAND Members

9:00 AM From Science to Simple: Making the Science of Nutrition and Well-Being Accessible, Positive, and Practical for Consumers, Susie Kundrat, MS, RDN, LDN

10:00 AM: Navigating AI: The New Frontier in Dietetics, Drew Helmer, MSc, RD, CDN, FAND

11:30 AM: Posters, Exhibits, Lunch

1:00 PM: Nutrition Considerations for Those on GLP1-RA Weight Loss Medications, Mary Finckenor, MA, RDN, CDCES, BC-ADM, CSSD, CCRP

2:00 PM: Awards

2:30 PM: Food is Medicine: A Food First Approach, Olivia Myers, RDN, LD