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AAPI’S NUTRITION GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HEALTH: USING PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND NUTRITIONAL GENOMICS
tools. The focus areas of circadian rhythmicity,
caloric restriction and gut health and their
application to practice have been highlighted, and
the approach to and importance of expansive
database creation and access has been discussed.
Finally, the future expansion of systems biology
and nutritional genomics into ancient Chinese
medical thinking has been contemplated.
Colleen Fogarty Draper is a Registered Dietitian
with Food and Nutrition Science degrees from
Tufts University and Florida State University; and
training at the New England Medical Center,
Frances Stern Nutrition Center, and Jean Mayer
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging. She
is trained in Functional Medicine by the Institute
for Functional Medicine and in nutritional genomics
at Tufts University.
Colleen is actively committed to the integration of
nutritional genomics into dietetics practice as a
frequently invited lecturer and writer. Recently, she
successfully facilitated the development of a
networking relationship between the Dietitians in
Integrative and Functional Medicine (DIFM) and
Research Dietetics Practice Groups of the
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) and
the International Society of Nutrigenomics and
Nutrigenetics (ISNN) in order to strengthen the
scientific knowledge base of the dietitian and the
integration of practice methodologies into nutritional
genomics research. As the Nutritional Genomics
Advisor for the DIFM DPG, Colleen is a
committee member of DIFM petition for Board
Certified Specialty Credentials.
Colleen is experienced in nutrition practice,
program/product development, clinical research,
and business development and consulting. In
private practice, she is passionate about using
nutrition therapy to facilitate weight loss, optimize
gastrointestinal health, neurologic and hormone
functioning and treat food allergies and sensitivities
in children and adults. She founded Nugenso
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Nutrition and Company, an innovative strategic
planning, program development consulting company
focused on providing next generation, nutritional
genomics solutions for industry, practitioners, and
individuals interested in its translation and
integration into product portfolio planning, design,
and clinical practice. In business, Colleen is
passionate about creating products and services
that promote and create lifestyle change. The
company’s recent focus is the development and
design of a nutritional healing platform for the spa
industry. She also works with the Optimal Health
and Prevention Research Foundation to research,
design, and direct the Personalized Nutrition and
Genomics Program. Colleen has spent several
years in biotechnology directing nutritional genomics
clinical research and product design. As Program
Director of Nutrigenomics at Interleukin Genetics,
her experiences ranged from directing the design
of a weight management nutritional genetic test to
clinical research trials, program leadership and
planning/forecasting, and other translational science
initiatives.
Colleen is interested in furthering the research
necessary to make nutritional genomics in practice
a reality. As a result, she is pursuing coursework
in preparation for her PhD; and was recently
selected as a recipient of the AND Foundation’s
Mary Swartz Rose Memorial Graduate Scholarship
sponsored by the International Life Sciences
Institute (ILSI).
Colleen is an alumni member of the Functional
Medicine Nutritionist Advisory Board for the
Institute for Functional Medicine; an active member
of the AND; the Nutritional Genomics Advisor for
the Dietitians in Integrative and Functional
Medicine Dietetic Practice Group; the Nutritional
Genomics Advisor for the Food as Medicine
Program of the Center for Mind-Body Medicine;
and a member and RD advisor to the (ISNN).
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