🎧 Foodomics with Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh
This is the first in a new special series produced in partnership with the Periodic Table of Food Initiative!
You might be asking, "What is 'foodomics"? Fundamentally, foodomics is the science dedicated to comprehensively studying what's in our food, from its genetic building blocks to its chemical composition.
Welcome to the inaugural episode of a special series on the Foodie Pharmacology podcast, produced in collaboration with The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI)! The PTFI is spearheading a global effort to decipher the makeup of foods, aiming to enhance both human and environmental health. Our guest today is Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh, a distinguished nutritional scientist and the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Verso Biosciences. Additionally, Tracy holds the position of Director of Technology Partnerships at the PTFI. With over 15 years in product development and scientific communication, she has played pivotal roles at various life science corporations. In this episode, we delve into how foodomics is demystifying the composition of crucial foods, including tomatoes.
We address some important questions, such as:
What are challenges and opportunities for foodomics for advancing our understanding of food and health for people and the planet?
How does the multi-omics data that the PTFI is generating complement both existing food composition data - as well as existing foodomics efforts?
How do you envision the data being generated by the Periodic Table of Food Initiative to be utilized? What are your hopes?
What does a nourishing food system look like to you? What are you most hopeful about for the future of food?
This podcast is sponsored by The Periodic Table of Food Initiative in association with the American Heart Association. The views and opinions in this podcast are those of the presenters and represent the synthesis of science. For more information on the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, please visit their website.
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About Tracy
Dr. Tracy Shafizadeh is a nutritional scientist and the Director of Programs and Partnerships at Verso Biosciences. She serves as the Director of Technology Partnerships at the Periodic Table of Food Initiative, a global effort to utilize food composition data to transform human and planetary health. Dr. Shafizadeh has over 15 years of experience in product development and scientific communications, serving in leadership roles at numerous life science companies. Tracy received her PhD in nutritional biology from the University of California, Davis, studying infant nutrition and intestinal development in newborns.
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