January 2010 People & Events

CADE Invites Program Accreditation Input 

Accredited dietetics education programs are periodically reviewed to ensure they uphold the standards set forth by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education. Part of the program review process is the consideration of third-party input on a program's practices, procedures, and educational outcomes. Members with concern as to a program's compliance with the standards are encouraged to forward their comments to CADE.

A list of programs under review for initial or renewed accreditation and a corresponding site visit scheduled is available at http://www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/CADE_821_ENU_HTML.htm.

The Accreditation Standards are located at www.eatright.org/cade.

Any comments on substantive matters related to the quality of any of these educational programs must be sent 30 days prior to the program's scheduled site visit or by the designated review date to: The American Dietetic Association, ATTN: Ulric Chung, PhD, 120 South Riverside Plaza, Suite 2000, Chicago, IL 60606.

Latest CADE Accreditation Decisions Published Online 

The Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) is ADA's accrediting agency for education programs preparing students for careers as Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered. CADE establishes and enforces eligibility requirements and accreditation standards that ensure the quality and continued improvement of nutrition and dietetics education programs.

The accreditation decisions made at the most recent CADE meeting are available at www.eatright.org/cps/rde/xchg/ada/hs.xsl/CADE_824_ENU_HTML.htm and include status of programs which have received candidacy for accreditation, initial accreditation, continued accreditation, probationary accreditation and withdrawal from accreditation.

Donating Journals 

Members often inquire about donating their old Journals to a good cause, but don't know where to start. The Web site for the Health Sciences Library at the University of Buffalo provides a list of organizations that accept donations of old journals and redistribute them to developing countries, found at http://libweb.lib.buffalo.edu/dokuwiki/hslwiki/doku.php?id=book_donations. The Journal encourages our readers to take advantage of this opportunity to share our knowledge.

Clinical Nutrition Management Symposium 

April 10-13, 2010, Parc 55 Hotel San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Pioneering the Future of Clinical Nutrition Management: Innovative Leadership in 2010 and Beyond. Please join your colleagues in San Francisco to experience a program that will provide scientific knowledge, frameworks, programs, processes, and strategies that will help you and your dietitians take our dynamic profession to the next level. Brochures with registration information will be sent to all Clinical Nutrition Management (CNM) dietetic practice group (DPG) members in January. If you are not currently a CNM DPG member and would like to receive the mailing when available, please e-mail your request to pollackmtg@aol.com or fax it to 312/475-1405. If you would like to consider sponsorship or exhibiting at the symposium, please contact Kim Brenkus, RD, LD, at 440/477-3029 or kbrenkus@avifoodsystems.com no later than February 15, 2010.

International Probiotic Conference 2010–IPC 2010 

June 15-17, 2010, Kosice, Slovakia. The International Probiotic Conference 2010 (IPC 2010) program will focus on current advances in the science and research of probiotics, prebiotics, and their present and future role in maintaining health and preventing diseases. New developments in their selection, identification, production, application, and delivery will be discussed, and safety, regulatory issues, and claim substantiation will be also addressed by internationally renowned experts from industry and academia.

In addition, novel strains and controversial but scientifically solid ideas and approaches will be presented, and worldwide cooperation between scientists and institutions facilitated. For more information visit: www.probiotic-conference.net.

International Society of Hypertension Meeting 

September 26-30, 2010, Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. The International Society of Hypertension (ISH) invites you to participate in their 23rd Scientific Meeting, ISH 2010, and meet with the world's leading scientific and medical specialists to address the current state of knowledge and research in cardiovascular health and risk reduction. Keynote presentations, industry- and investigator-initiated symposia, oral and poster presentations, public forums, and exhibits will focus on the risk reduction theme and stress new integrative approaches to cardiovascular diseases.

Obituaries 

Alice Ruth Sundstrom, MS, RD, October 2009, was the registered dietitian on the Oklahoma State Health Department hospital survey team. Sundstrom attended Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and the University of Oklahoma, where she earned both a bachelor and master's degree.

ADA 50-Year Member Filomena R. Manor Dies 

Colonel (Ret) Filomena R. Manor, MA, RD, October 2009, was a dedicated leader in US Air Force dietetics for over 33 years. She was a 50-year ADA member, served on the ADA Dietetic Internship Board, and was the first civilian commissioned as an officer into the newly created Air Force Women's Medical Specialist Corps in 1950. She was awarded the prestigious Legion of Merit upon retirement in 1983. She led development of Air Force enlisted diet therapy job standards and training courses. Colonel Manor was instrumental in creating the officer dietetic residency and the Air Force Dietetic Internship in 1972, serving as Director for 12 classes. She was the Military Consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General from 1972-1982 when the Air Force-Navy Diet Manual, Medical Food Service Space Criteria, and Manpower Standards were published. She served on the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services. Key wartime accomplishments include support during the 1953 return of United Nations prisoners of war from the Korean Conflict, the Repatriated Prisoner of War Nutritional Plan, and improved Therapeutic In-Flight Meals during aeromedical evacuation flights from Vietnam. She completed a bachelor of science degree at Russell Sage College, dietetic internship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, and master's degree at The Ohio State University. Her legacy has touched us all.

Copher Award Winner Aimee N. Moore Passes

Aimee Nott Moore, PhD, RD, passed away on October 7, 2009, in Columbia, MO. Moore was born in Myrtle Beach, SC, in 1918. She graduated from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, in 1939, receiving the first of many honors, the Danforth scholarship. With the outbreak of World War II, Moore enlisted as one of the first dietitians in the US Army Medical Corps, setting up hospitals in North Africa and Europe, and kindling her lifelong love of exploring new places, cultures, and experiences. Professionally, she worked with hospitals and students in Turkey, China, Thailand, the Caribbean, and the US Virgin Islands. Moore also traveled extensively in her personal life, visiting friends, students, and family around the world.

Returning from the war, Moore earned her master's degree at Columbia University and taught at Cornell University. In 1961, after receiving her doctorate at Michigan State, she was recruited by the University of Missouri to manage the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at the Medical Center and develop undergraduate and graduate programs. Moore was a pioneer in computer-assisted foodservice management, and the recipient of many awards in the fields of dietetics and institutional management, including the American Dietetic Association's most prestigious award, the Marjorie Hulsizer Copher Memorial Award. But her greatest legacy is the generations of graduate students she nurtured and the networks of friends and colleagues she established. Scholarships in her name support undergraduate student in dietetics at the University of Missouri and graduate students throughout the nation, and Moore's students and colleagues remember her fondly:

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“Dr Aimee Moore was a force of nature. As one of the founding members of the Foodservice Systems Management Education Council (FSMEC), Aimee was a strong and outspoken advocate for foodservice management education within the realm of dietetics education. Dr Moore's research was required reading during my graduate studies and her influence on our area of practice was significant. Aimee Moore made an indelible imprint on the profession of dietetics through her teaching, her research, and her mentoring of students, many who have gone on to distinguished careers within our field. The dietetics profession has lost a legend and we grieve her passing.” —Deborah D. Canter, PhD, RD, LD

“Dr. Moore was a role-model for mentoring long before mentoring was a popular topic in the literature. As her graduate student, you were at her elbow in FNCE and Foodservice Systems Management Education Council (FSMEC) meetings and were introduced to ADA leaders whose research and books you studied. Aimee's living room in the winter, or her back yard in the summer, served as conference rooms for some of the most robust professional discussions outside of formal seminars. And the attendees included not only her students, but the honor-roll of the foodservice systems experts in our profession, most of whom happened to be her friends.

Aimee had many strengths; but the combination of her intellect, expertise, and common sense made her a formidable leader. She was respectful of those with different opinions; however, she earned the covert name of 'lovable bulldozer' from her graduate students who studied her ability to implement plans in spite of resource and system challenges. Some say Aimee was born 30 years too soon, but I disagree. You see, she was one of those women who pushed doors open for future generations of women and changed the world. She made a difference.” —Linda Lafferty, PhD, RD, FADA