The Use of Adversarial Collaboration to Advance Nutrition & Obesity Research

Speaker(s)

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  David Allison, PhD

  Dean & Distinguished Professor
  Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
  Bloomington, Indiana, United States

  Disclosure information not submitted.
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  Cory Clark, PhD

  Executive Director
  University of Pennsylvania Adversarial Collaboration Project

  Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
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  James Hill, PhD

  Professor and Chair
  Department of Nutrition Sciences
  University of Alabama at Birmingham
  Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  Disclosure(s): Gelesis: Stock Shareholder (excluding mutual funds) (Ongoing)
  General Mills: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)
  McCormick Science Institute: Advisory Committee/Board Member (Ongoing)

Moderator(s)

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  Drew Sayer, PhD

  Assistant Professor
  Department of Family and Community Medicine
  The University of Alabama
  Birmingham, Alabama, United States

  Disclosure(s): General Mills Inc.: Grant/Research Support (Ongoing)
  National Cattlemen's Beef Association: Grant/Research Support (Terminated)

The fields of nutrition and obesity research have many ongoing scientific debates with two sides displaying opposing and deeply-held theoretical and often ideological viewpoints. Adversarial collaboration is a framework intended to resolve these debates by calling on scholars with opposing views to make good faith efforts to articulate each other's positions; work together to design methods that both sides agree constitute a fair test and that they agree have the potential to change their minds; and publish the results, regardless of "who wins, loses or draws." Attend this event and learn about this innovative effort that culminates in a call for proposals and provides a research team with a planning grant to collaborate on a project that aims to resolve an important question to advance the field.

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Presentations:

• 4:00 PM – 4:05 PM ET

  Welcome and Introductions - The Use of Adversarial Collaboration to Advance Nutrition & Obesity Research
  

  Speaker: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham
• 4:05 PM – 4:12 PM ET

  Introduction: Adversarial Collaboration in Nutrition and Obesity Research
  

  Speaker: David B. Allison, PhD – Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington
• 4:12 PM – 4:30 PM ET

  The Adversarial Collaboration Framework
  

  Speaker: Cory Clark, PhD – University of Pennsylvania Adversarial Collaboration Project
• 4:30 PM – 4:35 PM ET

  A Call for Proposals
  

  Speaker: Drew Sayer, PhD – The University of Alabama
• 4:35 PM – 5:00 PM ET

  Panel Discussion and Live Q&A - The Use of Adversarial Collaboration to Advance Nutrition & Obesity Research
  

  Moderator: Drew Sayer, PhD – The University of Alabama

  Speaker: David B. Allison, PhD – Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington

  Speaker: Cory Clark, PhD – University of Pennsylvania Adversarial Collaboration Project

  Speaker: James O. Hill, PhD – University of Alabama at Birmingham