Spring 2017 Symposium

Safety Assessment of Over-The-Counter Botanicals and Nutraceuticals:

Update and Challenges

Time: 4/19/2017, Wednesday, 8:30 AM-4:10 PM

Location: Lister Hill Center Auditorium, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

Registration link:

In person registration: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X2FXJTQ

Webcast registration: https://aim-hq.webex.com/aim-hq/onstage/g.php?MTID=eae77ba5054c30c3f2819202c5a5101d9

There is no fee to attend the event but registration is required by 5 PM, Monday, April 17.

Synopsis:

Like drugs, the efficacy and safety of over-the-counter (OTC) botanicals and nutraceuticals are important to the public health. Their broader accessibility to the public makes the above concerns more prominent. Due to their complexity in nature, the analysis and evaluation of these products are challenging. The goal of the symposium is to provide an update and overview of these challenges from different perspectives.

Lunch: Cafeteria is on the floor below LHC auditorium. Attendees can easily go downstairs and have lunch there.

Tentative Agenda: Please see the draft agenda on the next page.

During our symposium, we will hold a mentoring luncheon from 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM. This event is an opportunity for our members to learn more about careers in academia, government, and industry in an informal setting. Participants to the mentoring luncheon will receive boxed lunches free of charge.Pre-registration by March 27 (using the above link) is required for your participation. Interested mentors and mentees: please contact Dr. Nancy Beck at if you have questions or require further information.

We would also like to invite our NCAC members, undergraduate students, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers to join our Poster Session (12:30-1:30 PM) by submitting and sharing your research projects with our community. Pre-registration by March 27 (using the above link) is required for your participation. Once your registration is complete, please contact Dr. Elena Braithwaite at to provide your poster abstract and acquire additional information.

Participating undergraduate students and graduate students: please keep your receipts/records and contact Dr. Nancy Beck at for travel reimbursements post event.

Spring 2017 Symposium

Tentative Agenda:

Time / Topic / Speaker
8:30-9:00 AM / Registration opens
9:00-9:05 AM / Introductory welcome comments, logistics / Tracy Chen, Symposium Chair
(NCAC-SOT President)
9:05-9:45 AM / Botanical identity, uses, and safety translated to new dietary ingredient notification (NDIN) information / Steven Casper, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
9:45-10:30 AM / Applying toxicology and other data to support clinical development of botanical drugs / Jinhui Dou, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA
10:30-10:45 AM / Break
10:45-11:30 AM / USP botanical quality standards: contributions in quality control & safe use of botanicals / Hellen Oketch, United States Pharmacopeia (USP)
11:30 AM -1:30 PM / Lunch: Cafeteria is on the floor below LHC auditorium.
Mentoring Luncheon: 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
Poster Session: 12:30-1:30 PM / General audience: Lunch on your own.
Participants in the mentoring luncheon will meet at the lobby area to receive boxed lunches and to join the activity. Please contact Dr. Nancy Beck for details.
1:30-2:10 PM / Advising cancer patients regarding risks and benefits of botanicals and nutraceuticals / Jeff D. White, National Cancer Institute (NCI)
2:10-2:50 PM / Analytical developments for identification and authentication of botanicals / James Harnly, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
2:50-3:30 PM / National Institutes of Health support of dietary supplement research / Barbara Sorkin, Adam Kuszak, Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
3:30-4:00 PM / Panel discussions / Moderator: Jinhui Dou
4:00-4:10 PM / Wrap-up / Tracy Chen (NCAC-SOT President)

Interested in joining NCAC-SOT? Please browse our website (homepage and membership) for additional information or contact our board members (list here) if you have questions.