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Translating Bioactive Research into Recommendations for Consumers
October 28, 2026
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Translating Bioactive Research into Recommendations for Consumers
Interest in dietary bioactives is growing rapidly, but the translation of emerging evidence into guidance has not kept pace. For consumers, health professionals, researchers, and industry to appropriately interpret and apply this science, clearer guidance is needed. At the same time, bioactives face unique regulatory challenges because many do not fit neatly within existing Dietary Reference Intake, labeling, or health-claim frameworks. This can create added uncertainty around responsible communication and application. This webinar will explore how scientific evidence can be translated into evidence-based bioactive intake recommendations and, importantly, how those recommendations can then be translated into meaningful, responsible applications for companies, health professionals, researchers, regulators, and consumers. The webinar will set the stage by exploring why bioactives are becoming an increasingly important focus in nutrition science and among consumers, how they differ from traditional vitamins and minerals, and why establishing evidence-based intake recommendations for bioactives is important. It will then explore practical applications, including how companies may use these recommendations to support product communication and help consumers better understand potential benefits. The webinar will also introduce a new framework for bioactive supplements designed to help map the research landscape and assess whether the evidence is sufficient to support future recommendations. The program will conclude with an expert panel discussion that will focus on the challenges and opportunities involved in translating scientifically supported bioactive intake recommendations into practice, including how regulatory uncertainty, research gaps, consumer interest, and commercial considerations may influence adoption. Objectives:
- Explain how scientific evidence is translated into evidence-based bioactive intake recommendations and demonstrate how existing frameworks can be applied.
- Discuss how bioactive recommendations can be responsibly translated into product development, formulation, scientific communication, consumer education, and marketing.
- Clarify the role of bioactive recommendations within a regulatory environment in which recommendations may be scientifically supported without being formally required or adopted.
- Compare considerations for naturally occurring bioactives with those relevant to bioactives delivered through supplements.
- Identify practical barriers, evidence gaps, communication challenges, and opportunities that may affect implementation.
Registration
Participation is free, but advance registration is required. Click below to register through Zoom and receive your unique link to join the webinar.
Register for the WebinarChair: Johanna Dwyer - Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA
Speakers: Joy Dubost - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Janet Novotny - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
Expert Panel Moderator: Andrew Shao - Niagen Bioscience, USA
Panelists: Kristi Crowe-White - The University of Alabama, USA; Joy Dubost - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Kevin Klatt - University of Toronto, Canada
| Time | Segment | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00- 12:15 p.m. |
Welcome & Setting the Stage | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
| 12:15- 12:40 p.m. |
From Framework to Practice | Joy Dubost | NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA |
| 12:40- 12:55 p.m. |
New Bioactives Supplement Framework | Janet Novotny | Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA |
| 12:55- 1:20 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
Chair: Andrew Shoa | Niagen Bioscience Panelists: Joy Dubost | NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Kevin Klatt | University of Toronto |
| 1:20- 1:28 p.m. |
Q&A | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
| 1:28- 1:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
Webinar Speaker Bios
Chair: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD - Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA
Johanna Dwyer D.Sc., RD is Professor of Medicine (Nutrition) and Community Health at the Tufts University Medical School, Adjunct Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Senior Scientist at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University where she works at the Tufts Medical Center. For the past 30 years her research has focused on nutrition across the life cycle and nutrition policy. Her current research involves population-based studies on intakes of various bioactives in foods and supplements and their effects on health outcomes. She is the author or coauthor of more than 300 research and 400 review articles and three books, and editor of Nutrition Today. Dr. Dwyer has served on many committees, including the 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Scientific Advisory Committee. She is an elected member of the Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Medicine and Sciences, and a past president of both the Society for Nutrition Education and the American Society of Nutrition (then the American Institute of Nutrition). In the past few years she received the Trailblazer Award of the IFT / AND, the Excellence in Nutrition Education Award from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), and gave the WO Atwater Award lecture. She received her DSc and MSc from the Harvard School of Public Health, MS from the University of Wisconsin, and a BS with distinction from Cornell University.
Joy Dubost, PhD, RD - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA;
With 20+ years of experience, Dr. Dubost is a registered dietitian and former food industry executive with both domestic and global consumer packaged goods and trade association experience. Dr. Dubost owns her own scientific consulting company, NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Her consulting business focuses on food policy and advocacy, scientific strategy, and health communications. Dr. Dubost has served as a national media spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is frequently quoted in local and national publications.
Dr. Dubost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Chemistry from Hood College, a Master's degree in Food Science from the University of Georgia and a Doctorate in Food Science from Pennsylvania State University. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of Michigan Hospitals.
Dr. Dubost welcomes you to connect with her on LinkedIn.
Janet Novotny, PhD - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
Janet A. Novotny is a Research Physiologist with the USDA's Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, where she conducts clinical nutrition studies and directs a chromatography and mass spectrometry analytical lab. Holding degrees in mathematics, nutrition, and biophysics, Dr. Novotny combines her areas of expertise to conduct studies on diet, pharmacokinetics, and health and serves as an advisor to USDA's FoodData Central. Dr. Novotny's research has encompassed a wide range of nutrients and bioactives, including carotenoids; anthocyanins; glucosinolates and isothiocyanates; vitamins A, E, K, and D; and molybdenum. Dr. Novotny is active in the American Society for Nutrition, is a member of the International Life Sciences Institute US & Canada Committee on Bioactives, and has served as an external advisor on bioactives for the Department of Defense and multiple commodity and industry groups.
Expert Panel Moderator: Andrew Shao - Niagen Bioscience, USA
Dr. Shao has spent over 25 years in the global nutrition industry, assuming leadership roles in various nutrition, scientific, regulatory and government affairs functions. Prior to joining ChromaDex Dr. Shao held several leadership positions at Herbalife Nutrition, and served as Sr. VP Scientific & Regulatory Affairs for the Washington, DC-based trade association, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). Before joining CRN, he was a senior scientist at General Nutrition Corporation (GNC), and previously, in research and development at Kemin.
Dr. Shao is the author or co-author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, trade articles and book chapters and serves on the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals. He is a past Chair of the Sustaining Partners Roundtable of the American Society for Nutrition, currently serves as Chair of the ASN Publications Committee and is member of the Tufts Nutrition Council.
Dr. Shao holds a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry and master's in human nutrition science, both from Tufts University, and a bachelor's in biology from Brandeis University.
Expert Panelists: Kevin Klatt, PhD, RD - University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Klatt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Molecular Nutrition from Cornell University and completed his clinical dietetic (RD) training at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. His research focuses on using both preclinical models as well as human intervention studies to better understand nutrient metabolism, signaling and requirements, and has a special emphasis on pregnant nutrient requirements and metabolism, as well as the placenta. In addition to research, Dr Klatt is a current Associate Editor at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a Section Editor of the graduate-level nutrition textbook, Biochemical Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition, 5e, and a member of the Research Committee of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Expert Panelist: Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD - University of Alabama, USA
Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD is a professor of human nutrition at the University of Alabama. She received her PhD at the University of Maine, where she held a doctoral fellowship with the National Science Foundation. Dr. Crowe-White's research focuses on understanding the influence of bioactive compounds and functional foods on clinical outcomes of cardiometabolic disease and aging. Further, her lab examines the role of bioactives and dietary patterns on gut microbial composition and gut-derived metabolites involved in chronic disease prevention and treatment. Dr. Crowe-White has funding from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the American Heart Association, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics among others. As a result of her body of research, she led the development of the first-ever dietary guideline on bioactive food compounds (flavan-3-ols) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on functional foods. Additionally, she serves as a media spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists to advance scientific understanding of nutrition in the prevention of chronic disease.
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Translating Bioactive Research into Recommendations for Consumers
Interest in dietary bioactives is growing rapidly, but the translation of emerging evidence into guidance has not kept pace. For consumers, health professionals, researchers, and industry to appropriately interpret and apply this science, clearer guidance is needed. At the same time, bioactives face unique regulatory challenges because many do not fit neatly within existing Dietary Reference Intake, labeling, or health-claim frameworks. This can create added uncertainty around responsible communication and application. This webinar will explore how scientific evidence can be translated into evidence-based bioactive intake recommendations and, importantly, how those recommendations can then be translated into meaningful, responsible applications for companies, health professionals, researchers, regulators, and consumers. The webinar will set the stage by exploring why bioactives are becoming an increasingly important focus in nutrition science and among consumers, how they differ from traditional vitamins and minerals, and why establishing evidence-based intake recommendations for bioactives is important. It will then explore practical applications, including how companies may use these recommendations to support product communication and help consumers better understand potential benefits. The webinar will also introduce a new framework for bioactive supplements designed to help map the research landscape and assess whether the evidence is sufficient to support future recommendations. The program will conclude with an expert panel discussion that will focus on the challenges and opportunities involved in translating scientifically supported bioactive intake recommendations into practice, including how regulatory uncertainty, research gaps, consumer interest, and commercial considerations may influence adoption. Objectives:
- Explain how scientific evidence is translated into evidence-based bioactive intake recommendations and demonstrate how existing frameworks can be applied.
- Discuss how bioactive recommendations can be responsibly translated into product development, formulation, scientific communication, consumer education, and marketing.
- Clarify the role of bioactive recommendations within a regulatory environment in which recommendations may be scientifically supported without being formally required or adopted.
- Compare considerations for naturally occurring bioactives with those relevant to bioactives delivered through supplements.
- Identify practical barriers, evidence gaps, communication challenges, and opportunities that may affect implementation.
Registration
Participation is free, but advance registration is required. Click below to register through Zoom and receive your unique link to join the webinar.
Register for the WebinarChair: Johanna Dwyer - Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA
Speakers: Joy Dubost - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Janet Novotny - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
Expert Panel Moderator: Andrew Shao - Niagen Bioscience, USA
Panelists: Kristi Crowe-White - The University of Alabama, USA; Joy Dubost - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Kevin Klatt - University of Toronto, Canada
| Time | Segment | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00- 12:15 p.m. |
Welcome & Setting the Stage | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
| 12:15- 12:40 p.m. |
From Framework to Practice | Joy Dubost | NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA |
| 12:40- 12:55 p.m. |
New Bioactives Supplement Framework | Janet Novotny | Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA |
| 12:55- 1:20 p.m. |
Panel Discussion |
Chair: Andrew Shoa | Niagen Bioscience Panelists: Joy Dubost | NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA; Kevin Klatt | University of Toronto |
| 1:20- 1:28 p.m. |
Q&A | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
| 1:28- 1:30 p.m. |
Closing Remarks | Johanna Dwyer | Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA |
Webinar Speaker Bios
Chair: Johanna Dwyer, DSc, RD - Jean Mayer USDA HNRC on Aging at Tufts and Professor of Medicine, Tufts Medical School, USA
Johanna Dwyer D.Sc., RD is Professor of Medicine (Nutrition) and Community Health at the Tufts University Medical School, Adjunct Professor at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and Senior Scientist at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University where she works at the Tufts Medical Center. For the past 30 years her research has focused on nutrition across the life cycle and nutrition policy. Her current research involves population-based studies on intakes of various bioactives in foods and supplements and their effects on health outcomes. She is the author or coauthor of more than 300 research and 400 review articles and three books, and editor of Nutrition Today. Dr. Dwyer has served on many committees, including the 2000 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Scientific Advisory Committee. She is an elected member of the Academy of Medicine, National Academy of Engineering, Medicine and Sciences, and a past president of both the Society for Nutrition Education and the American Society of Nutrition (then the American Institute of Nutrition). In the past few years she received the Trailblazer Award of the IFT / AND, the Excellence in Nutrition Education Award from the American Society for Nutrition (ASN), and gave the WO Atwater Award lecture. She received her DSc and MSc from the Harvard School of Public Health, MS from the University of Wisconsin, and a BS with distinction from Cornell University.
Joy Dubost, PhD, RD - NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC, USA;
With 20+ years of experience, Dr. Dubost is a registered dietitian and former food industry executive with both domestic and global consumer packaged goods and trade association experience. Dr. Dubost owns her own scientific consulting company, NJOY Health & Nutrition, LLC and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health at the University of South Florida. Her consulting business focuses on food policy and advocacy, scientific strategy, and health communications. Dr. Dubost has served as a national media spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and is frequently quoted in local and national publications.
Dr. Dubost earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Chemistry from Hood College, a Master's degree in Food Science from the University of Georgia and a Doctorate in Food Science from Pennsylvania State University. She completed her dietetic internship at the University of Michigan Hospitals.
Dr. Dubost welcomes you to connect with her on LinkedIn.
Janet Novotny, PhD - Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, U.S. Department of Agriculture, USA
Janet A. Novotny is a Research Physiologist with the USDA's Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center, where she conducts clinical nutrition studies and directs a chromatography and mass spectrometry analytical lab. Holding degrees in mathematics, nutrition, and biophysics, Dr. Novotny combines her areas of expertise to conduct studies on diet, pharmacokinetics, and health and serves as an advisor to USDA's FoodData Central. Dr. Novotny's research has encompassed a wide range of nutrients and bioactives, including carotenoids; anthocyanins; glucosinolates and isothiocyanates; vitamins A, E, K, and D; and molybdenum. Dr. Novotny is active in the American Society for Nutrition, is a member of the International Life Sciences Institute US & Canada Committee on Bioactives, and has served as an external advisor on bioactives for the Department of Defense and multiple commodity and industry groups.
Expert Panel Moderator: Andrew Shao - Niagen Bioscience, USA
Dr. Shao has spent over 25 years in the global nutrition industry, assuming leadership roles in various nutrition, scientific, regulatory and government affairs functions. Prior to joining ChromaDex Dr. Shao held several leadership positions at Herbalife Nutrition, and served as Sr. VP Scientific & Regulatory Affairs for the Washington, DC-based trade association, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN). Before joining CRN, he was a senior scientist at General Nutrition Corporation (GNC), and previously, in research and development at Kemin.
Dr. Shao is the author or co-author of over 60 peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, trade articles and book chapters and serves on the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed journals. He is a past Chair of the Sustaining Partners Roundtable of the American Society for Nutrition, currently serves as Chair of the ASN Publications Committee and is member of the Tufts Nutrition Council.
Dr. Shao holds a doctorate in nutritional biochemistry and master's in human nutrition science, both from Tufts University, and a bachelor's in biology from Brandeis University.
Expert Panelists: Kevin Klatt, PhD, RD - University of Toronto, Canada
Dr Klatt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Molecular Nutrition from Cornell University and completed his clinical dietetic (RD) training at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. His research focuses on using both preclinical models as well as human intervention studies to better understand nutrient metabolism, signaling and requirements, and has a special emphasis on pregnant nutrient requirements and metabolism, as well as the placenta. In addition to research, Dr Klatt is a current Associate Editor at the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a Section Editor of the graduate-level nutrition textbook, Biochemical Physiological and Molecular Aspects of Human Nutrition, 5e, and a member of the Research Committee of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Expert Panelist: Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD - University of Alabama, USA
Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD is a professor of human nutrition at the University of Alabama. She received her PhD at the University of Maine, where she held a doctoral fellowship with the National Science Foundation. Dr. Crowe-White's research focuses on understanding the influence of bioactive compounds and functional foods on clinical outcomes of cardiometabolic disease and aging. Further, her lab examines the role of bioactives and dietary patterns on gut microbial composition and gut-derived metabolites involved in chronic disease prevention and treatment. Dr. Crowe-White has funding from agencies such as the National Institutes of Health National Cancer Institute, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the American Heart Association, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics among others. As a result of her body of research, she led the development of the first-ever dietary guideline on bioactive food compounds (flavan-3-ols) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics position paper on functional foods. Additionally, she serves as a media spokesperson for the Institute of Food Technologists to advance scientific understanding of nutrition in the prevention of chronic disease.
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