Participation in Scientific Conferences and Invited Lectures

International Conferences - Invited Lectures

2003, Troen AM, The Potential for Neuroprotection through Folate Supplementation and Homocysteine-Lowering in Alzheimer’s disease, The 32^ndAnnual Scientific Meeting of the American Aging Association Conference, Baltimore MD, June 6-9, 2003. Invited Plenary Lecture

2004, Troen AM, Animal Models of Hyperhomocysteinemia, The 5^th International Congress on Neuropsychiatry; Athens, Greece. October 14-19, 2004. Symposium on Homocysteine & MTHFR Polymorphism in Psychiatry: State of the Art. Invited Lecture

2005, Troen AM, Child Nutrition in Israel & Palestine: Seeking Joint Initiatives. International Conference under the joint auspices of TuftsUniversiy, AlQuds University and Ben-Gurion University, Beersheba, Israel. February 6-9, 2005. Conference Organizer and Co-Chair, Micronutrient Deficiencies Session

2005, Troen AM, Homocysteine and Brain Dysfunction: Insight from Animal Models 5th International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, Milan, Italy. June 26-30, 2005. Invited Plenary Lecture

2006, Troen AM, Neurotoxicity, vascular or metabolic insult?  Modeling homocysteine-related brain dysfunction, FASEB Summer Conference on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon metabolism. Indian Wells CA, August 5-10, 2006. Invited Plenary Lecture

2007, Troen AM, Cognitive Dysfunction and Brain Phospholipids in a Rat Model of Dietary Homocsyteinemia: Relation to Folate and Methionine, 6th Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism, World Congress on Hyperhomocysteinemia, Saarbruecken, Germany June 5-9, 2007. Invited Lecture

2007, Troen AM, Panel on animal models of Vascular Cognitive Impairment - A mouse model of homocysteine-related vascular cognitive impairment, The Vas-Cog Congress, 2007 San Antonio TX, July 11-14, 2007. Invited Lecture

2009, Troen AM, Marabou Conference on Nutrition and the Aging Brain, Marabou Foundation for the promotion of nutritional research: Stockholm, Sweden June 12-24, 2009:  Invited discussant

2010, Troen AM, Dietary regulation of cerebral microvascular plasticity, hemodynamics and cognitive function in rat, FASEB Summer Research Conference on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon metabolism: Carefree, Arizona August 2010. Invited Plenary Lecture

2010, Hallacoglu B, Sassaroli A, Rosenberg IH, Fantini S and Troen AM,  Detection of decreased cerebral blood volume and oxygen saturation in folate deficient rats using non-invasive near-infrared spectroscopy,  Biomedical Optics: Miami, Florida, 2010. (Presentation by PhD student; Dr. Troen is PI)

2011, Troen AM, Mechanisms of disturbed brain function, experimental evidence, 8th International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism: Lisboa, Portugal, June 2011. Invited Plenary Lecture

2011, Troen AM, Folic acid and Vitamin B12: Function and Importance for Cognitive Development, 70th Nestlé Nutrition Institute Workshop Program - Meeting Micronutrient Requirements for Health and Development: Cebu, Philippines, March 2011. Invited Plenary Lecture

2012, Troen AM, Insights into mechanisms of neurological complications in hyperhomocysteinemia, Advances and Controversies in B-Vitamins and Choline:, March 5-8, 2012 Leipzig Germany. Invited Plenary Lecture

2013, Troen AM, Brain microvascular changes in animal models of VCI: Non-invasive detection by absolute Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS); 6th Congress of the International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders; (VASCOG); June 26-28, 2013 Toronto Canada. Oral Presentation and Session Chair on Animal Models of Vascular Cognitive Impairment

2013, Troen AM, Modeling the metabolic modulation of behavior – The case of B-vitamins and dementia International Behavioral Neuroscience Society Meeting; Dublin, Ireland, June 25-30, 2013. Invited  Symposium Lecture

2013, Troen AM, Iodine Status in Israel, The International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD) Global Network Satellite Symposium; Sept. 7^th 2013, Leiden, The Netherlands. Invited Lecture.

2013, Troen AM, Reversible cerebrovascular impairment in hyperhomocysteinemic rats – is metabolic background important? 9^th International Conference on Homocysteine Metabolism and One-Carbon Metabolism, Sept. 8-12, 2013, Dublin, Ireland. Invited Plenary Lecture.

2013, Troen AM, A role for microvascular disease in cognitive impairment: Non-invasive detection by Absolute Near Infra Red Spectroscopy (niaNIRS), 8th International Congress on Vascular Dementia (ICVD 2013), 17-20 October, Athens Greece. Invited Lecture.

2015, Troen AM, 12th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium: Cognition and Brain Health,  Lausanne, Switzerland, 21-23 October 2015. Invited Participant. Participation in the Symposium is by personal invitation only. Each participant is selected for excellence in research in the field.

2015, Troen AM, 9th International Congress on Vascular Dementia – ICVD 2015,16-18 October, 2015, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Member of Consensus Working Group on Animal Models of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.

2016, Troen AM, One-Carbon Metabolism and Cerebrovascular Function, FASEB Summer Meeting on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12, and One-Carbon Metabolism, August 7-12, 2016  Steamboat Springs, CO, USA. Invited Lecture.

2016, Troen AM, 13th Nestlé International Nutrition Symposium: Nourishing the World.  Lausanne, Switzerland, 26-29 October 2016. Invited Participant. Participation in the Symposium is by personal invitation only. Each participant is selected for excellence in research in the field.

2017, Troen AM, “Neurocognitive Outcomes in Homocysteine-Lowering Trials“ 7^th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders in the Middle East, February 23-25, Abu Dahbi, United Arab Emirates, Invited Lecture.

2017, Troen AM, “Cognition, dementia and B vitamins – animal models, trials and epidemiology”, 11th International Conference on Homocysteine and One-Carbon Metabolism, May 14 - 18, 2017, Aarhus, Denmark, Invited Lecture.

2017, Troen AM Co-chair EUThyroid Satellite Session, European Thyroid Association, September 9^th, Belgrade, Serbia.

2018, Troen AM, “Neuroprotective nutritional interventions”,  BIRAX Ageing Meeting, September 4-6, King’s College London, UK, Invited Lecture.

2018, Troen AM, “Overcoming deficiencies in Nutrition and Public Heath – Iodine Status in Israel”, European Thyroid Association / Iodine Global Network meeting, September 15, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, Invited Lecture.

2018, Troen AM, “Les aliments, les nutriments ou la diète peuvent-ils agir sur le vieillissement du cerveau? (Can foods, nutrients or diets prevent brain aging?)” 11ème Colloque Scientifique Franco-Israélien CERVEAU et NUTRITION, November 18, Paris, France, Invited Lecture.

2019, Troen AM, “Is the evidence sufficient to recommend dietary interventions to reduce the risk of AD? - Pro“ 13th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology (CONy) April 4-7, Madrid, Spain, Invited Debate. 

2020, Troen AM, 1 Carbon Metabolism and Brain Function, FASEB Virtual Summer Research Conference on Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 and One-Carbon Metabolism, August 17-19, 2020. (Invited Session Chair).

2020, International Conference on Controversies in Neurology (CONy), London, (Invited Session Chair) Postponed

2020, Troen AM, “The COVID Trifecta in Israel: Health, Economics and Politics” Tufts University COVID-19 Research Symposium November 17-18, 2020, Boston MA, USA, (Virtual https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/about-speakers-covid-19-research-symposium), Invited Lecture.

2021 International Webinar on Food Security in the Days of Corona, International Webinar, hosted by Hebrew University in collaboration with Tel Aviv University, Ben Gurion University, Haifa University and Ariel University, Featuring former USA Secretary of Agriculture, the Hon. Dan Glickman, Deputy Director, Trade and Markets Division, UN Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), Dr. Joseph Schmidhuber, and a round panel of Government of Israel senior civil servants and policymakers discussing the challenges and need for a holistic and integrated food policy for Israel in the wake of the pandemic. March 2^nd, 2021. Convener and Webinar Chair.

2022, Troen AM, Hiding hunger in the measurement of food insecurity, Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Conference on Food Security Cornell University Ithaca NY, April 7-9, 2022, Invited lecture (pending).  

Other Lectures

2006, Troen AM, Evaluating Cognitive Function in Renal Transplant Recipients: An Ancillary Study of the FAVORIT Trial, Kidney Interagency Coordinating Subcommittee Meeting, NIH, Bethesda MD. March 24, 2006. Invited Lecture

2008, Troen AM, Dietary folate deficiency severely impairs dopamine release in rat brain, Society for Neuroscience Meeting, Washington, DC. November 15-19, 2008. Oral Presentation

2008, Troen AM, Hot Topic: B-vitamins and Cognition Nutrition Agenda 2008 and Beyond – The Friedman School Symposium; Boston MA, September 24-26, 2008. Invited Plenary Lecture

2013, Troen AM, Can niaNIRS be used for the early detection and monitoring of brain microvascular disease? Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2013; July 13-18, Boston, MA, USA.

2015, Troen AM, From liver to brain dysfunction – a pilot study in methionine and choline deficient rats, 10th Conference on One Carbon Metabolism, Vitamins B and Homocysteine, France, July 7th – 11th, 2015.

2015, Troen AM, The dihydrofolatereductase (DHFR) 19 base-pair deletion polymorphism modifies the association of folate status with memory , 10th Conference on One Carbon Metabolism, Vitamins B and Homocysteine, France, July 7th – 11th, 2015.

2015, Troen AM, Metabolic interpay of B-vitamins and homocysteine with neurocognitive and cerebrovascular risk; Invited Lecture, Sapienza University, Rome, October 18th 2015.

2016, Troen AM, Interactions between vitamin status and gene-variants in the folate and homocysteine pathway influence cognitive outcomes in a cross-sectional multi-ethnic cohort; The 10th Conference of the International Society of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics (ISNN), Tel Aviv, Israel, May 22-26, 2016.

2018, Troen AM, Better biomarkers for brain metabolism? – Flash presentation. ILSI Europe Symposium on ‘Nutrition for the Ageing Brain: Moving Towards Clinical Applications’, August 30-31, Madrid, Spain.

2019, Troen AM, “Memory Matters in the Aging Brain“; Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning (SILL), Sarasota, Florida, February 19, 2019. Invited Lecture.  

2019, Troen AM, “Finding hope and avoiding hype in dementia prevention research“; Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning (SILL), Sarasota, Florida, February 20, 2019. Invited Lecture.

2019, Troen AM, Modeling Metabolic Risk for (µ)Vascular Cognitive Impairment, August 6^th, 2019.  Virginia Tech, VA USA. Invited Lecture

2020, Troen AM, The Homocysteine Hypothesis of Dementia and the Liver-Brain Axis. February 24^th, 2020, The Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; February 25^th, The Nutrition Department, Kings College London, London, UK. Invited Lecture.

2020, Troen AM and Eileen Kennedy, Nutrition, Food Security and COVID-19: Sustaining ourselves and our communities in a pandemic. The Consulate General of Israel to New England, Tufts University and American Friends of the Hebrew University. July 27^th, 2020. (Invited Lecture, Via Zoom and FaceBook).

2021, Troen AM, Food Security, Bringing Science and Politics to the Table“; Sarasota Institute of Lifelong Learning (SILL), Sarasota, Florida, February 25^th, 2021. (Webinar due to COVID) Invited Public Lecture.

2021, Troen AM, Food Fights: When Scientists, Advocates and Politicians Set the Table. April 12^th 2021. Hebrew University “Torch Talks” Alumni Association. (Webinar - Invited Talk)

2021, Troen AM and Malchi T, “Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture: Addressing Health through Agriculture” Harvard School of Public Health, GID Ethiopia Seminar, Boston MA (via zoom) August 30^th, 2021. Invited Lecture.

2021  Troen AM, “Response to Israeli Red/Green Front of Package Labeling (early impressions)”; Food and Beverage Product Reformulation – Global Trends and Consequences Webinar (with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Global Food Research Program), Sept 23^rd 2021, invited lecture.

Local Conferences - Invited Lectures

2012, Troen AM, From Food to Memory and everything in between, Kenes ATID, Israeli Dietetic Association annual meeting, Wingate Institute Israel, September 14, 2012. Invited Plenary Lecture

2012, Troen AM, Opportunities and Challenges for Nutritional Neuroprotection, The 5^th Conference on Food Innovation (FOODLAB); Feb. 9, 2012, Rehovot, Israel. Invited Lecture

2012, Troen AM, Narrowing the evidence gap: B-vitamins for Neuroprotection, The Israeli Nutrition Week & The 2012 AODA Regional Conference; Sept 12-14, 2012, Tel Aviv, Israel. Invited plenary lecture and Session Chair.

2015, Troen AM, The metabolic interplay of B-vitamins and homocysteine with cerbrovascular risk, The 3rd Sagol Symposium on Cognitive Function in Metabolic Syndrome, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, November 11, 2015, Tel Aviv Israel. Invited Lecture.

2019, Troen AM, Nutritional prevention of dementia – do we have enough evidence yet? ATID dietetic association and Peres Academic College, Rehovot, Israel, May 14, 2019. Invited Lecture.

2020, Israeli EAT Lancet Report Launch. Israel Forum for Sustainable Nutrition, Tel Aviv University Museum of Science, March 4^th, 2020. Invited panelist.

2020, COVID-19 Implications for Public Health Nutrition Priorities Round Table (Israel Association of Public Health Physicians and The Hebrew University Webinar, April 26^th 2020. Convener and Chair.

Other Lectures

2017, Troen AM, Overcoming Deficiencies in Nutrition and in Public Health Policy: Micronutrient Fortification for Israel, Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians, June 5, 2017, Ramat Gan, Israel.

2018, Panel Moderator: Populations at Excess Risk of Food Insecurity. First Afula Conference of the National Nutritional Security Council, Afula, Israel, February 13, 2018.

2020, Troen AM, Food Security and National Resilience: Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Israel, MASHAV - Israel's Agency for International Development Cooperation and the Hebrew University-Hadassah Braun School of Public Health Global COVID-19 Forum, May 24^th 2020 (Invited Lecture, International Webinar).

2020, Troen AM, Lessons of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Food and Nutrition Security: The Israeli Experience. Tel Aviv University Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security and MASHAV Agricultural Training Center. June 8^th 2020 (via zoom, Invited Lecture).

2020, Troen AM, Overcoming Deficiencies in (Israeli) Nutrition and Public Health, Ariel University Public Health Nutrition Seminar, December 9^th, 2020. Invited Lecture.

2021, Troen AM, Food Security in Israel During COVID - Between Science and Policy, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Public Health Seminar, Beer Sheva, Israel. May 26^th 2021. Invited Lecture.

Other Lectures and seminars

2007, Troen AM, Nutritional Neuroscience: An Introduction (“What we eat = who we ARE?”)  Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Seminar Series, Tufts University, Boston MA, November 13, 2007

2008, Troen AM, Granny's dementia is about hardening of the arteries after all, Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University – Seminar; Boston MA, March 24, 2008

2008, Troen AM, Rodent models of homocysteine-related cognitive impairment: a role for choline metabolism? University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, April 2, 2008, Seminar, Host: Steven Zeisel

2008, Troen AM, (Mis)understanding nutritional risk for cognitive decline: the case of hyperhomocysteinemia, Boston University Alzheimer Disease Research Center Seminar, Boston MA, May 21, 2008. Invited Lecture

2008, Troen AM, B-vitamins and Brain Aging: The Challenge of Nutritional Neuroprotection, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem: Rehovot, Israel, Dec 30 2008. Invited Seminar

2008, Troen AM, B-vitamins and Brain Aging: The Challenge of Nutritional Neuroprotection, Faculty of Life Sciences, Haifa University: Haifa Israel: Jan 12 2009. Invited Seminar

2008, Troen AM, B-vitamins and Brain Aging: The Challenge of Nutritional Neuroprotection, Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, Tel Aviv University: Tel Aviv Israel: Jan 8 2009. Invited Seminar

2012, Troen AM, Folate and B12 in neurocognitive development: Beyond neural tube defects.  Pears Workshop – Challenges in Global Nutrition; Sept 2-4 2012, Rehovot, Israel. Organizing committee and plenary lecture.

2013, Troen AM, Modeling the metabolic modulation of behavior – The case of B-vitamins and dementia, Metabolic Syndrome Research Club, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot Israel, Jan 23, 2013. Invited Seminar

2016, Troen AM, One carbon metabolism and cerebrovascular disease, Invited Seminar, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, August 17, 2017, Boston MA, USA.

2017, Troen AM, Overcoming Deficiencies in Nutrition and in Public Health Policy: Micronutrient Fortification for Israel, Invited Seminar, Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University, January 18^, 2017, Jerusalem, Israel.

2017, Troen AM, Is there a good biomarker for brain 1C metabolism? Poor correlation of blood and brain 1C metabolites in vivo, Invited Seminar, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, April 6, 2017, Boston MA, USA.

2017, Troen AM, Hunger in the midst of Plenty: Responses to Food Insecurity in Israel, Invited Lecture, Manna Center Summer Institute on Food Security, July 4 2017, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.

2018, Troen AM, "Nutritoinal prevention of dementia - from hype to hope”, Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization. Community Lecture, Haifa, Israel, November 20, 2018

2020, Troen AM, “Hiding Hunger in Plain Sight –Food Security Policy in Israel”, Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization. Community Lecture, Haifa, Israel, March 16^th, 2021