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Panel Discussion / Questions and Answers - Nutrition AI for Dietary Assessment & Real-Time Feedback: State of the Science, Accuracy, and Ethics and Nutrition Education and Behavioral Science (NEBS) GEM Forum

Monday, July 27, 2026
3:40 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Location: Maryland Ballroom A

    Chair(s)

  • Debbie S. Fetter, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor of Teaching
    University of California, Davis
    Davis, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Dairy Council of California: Consultant (Ongoing)
    International Food Information Council Foundation: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Terminated)

    • Speaker(s)

  • Lauren E. Au, PhD, RDN (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    University of California, Davis
    Davis, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor and Dean for Research Strategy
    Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
    Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Diana M. Thomas, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Professor
    West Point
    West Point, New York, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Fengqing Zhu, PhD (she/her/hers)

    Associate Professor
    Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
    West Lafayette, Indiana, United States

    Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Panelist(s)

  • Catherine P. Ward, PhD, RD

    Clinical Lead, Nutrition Science, Adjunct Professor
    Google, Stanford University
    San Francisco, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Google Health: Employee (Ongoing)

Disclosure(s):
Debbie S. Fetter, PhD: Dairy Council of California: Consultant (Ongoing)
International Food Information Council Foundation: Independent Contractor (including contracted research) (Terminated)
Lauren E. Au, PhD, RDN: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Erin Hennessy, PhD, MPH: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Fengqing Zhu, PhD: No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.
Catherine P. Ward, PhD, RD: Google Health: Employee (Ongoing)