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schedule poster presentations and symposia with
similar topics at different times.
New Business: Jacquelina Woods started the
meeting welcoming everyone, new and old members,
and thanking them for attending the Seafood Safety
and Quality PDG. Jacquelina introduced herself as
the new PDG Chair and Evelyn Watts introduced
herself as new Vice-Chair. A brief introduction was
given by each attendee. Around 20 people introduced
themselves as more attendees arrived for the meeting.
Executive Board liaison announcements were given by
Manan Sharma. During his talk, he encouraged
individuals to joining committees and the mentor/
mentee initiative. Also, encourage submitting symposia
and webinars. Selina Parveen was congratulated
on her diversity award! Manan indicated that he was
happy to help if needed. Evelyn reviewed the Antitrust
guidelines for everyone. The 2023 symposia and
technical sessions were reviewed, S7, S32, S21, T10.
Tori mentioned that she shared a list of seafood related
sessions and Jacquelina offered to send to anyone
who may not have the document.
The student liaison was not able to attend due to
visa issues and Student PDG was unable to assign a
replacement on such short notice. Jacquelina reviewed
student updates. These updates included meet your
favorite scientist, 3-minute thesis competition, and
proposal submissions. Ellen Mendez is the Student
PDG chair can be contacted for additional information.
Updates presentations: Rachel Rodriguez " Validation
of Detection Methods for Enteric Viruses in Seafood,
from Gulf Coast Seafood Laboratory, " Margaret
Malkoski, " It's not a Sprint, but a Marathon, Traceability
Rules, " from National Fisheries Institute. " Enhancing
Production of Food-Grade Seaweed in the U.S. " from
Cornell Cooperative Extension. Lots of questions from
the attendees.
Brainstorming discussion on session proposals for
2024 IAFP Annual Meeting. Multiple ideas developed
and champions/points of contact identified for
numerous topics. Session proposals for the topics
will be further developed and refined via email/virtual
meetings prior to the submission deadline. Additionally,
discussed and agreed upon recommendations for the
Board (as provided below). Submissions due October
3, 2023.
Recommendations to the Executive Board:
Approve Jacquelina Woods and Evelyn Watts as
Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively. Recommend the
Board avoid scheduling student events during the
1pm PDGs to ensure appropriate dissemination of
information and record keeping or provide a volunteer.
For example, provide a student scan badges upon
entry into PDG and provide a student to give the
student PDG updates.
Next Meeting Date: July 14-17, 2024, Long Beach,
California.
Meeting Adjourned: 2:57 p.m. July 16, 2023.
Chairperson: Jacquelina Woods.
Student PDG
Attendees: Manita Adhikari, Grace Akumu, Basim
Alohali, Courtney Aminirad, Juan Archila, Aadeya
Arora, Jyoti Aryal, Arzu Irem Aydogdu, Jakob Baker,
Charles Bakin, Akshaya Balaji, Grace Bannister,
Ronny Barrera, Michael Batz, Adwy van den Berg,
Laura Pineda- Bermudez, Sujitha Bhumanapalli, Micah
Black, Hannah Blackwell, Jack Burnett, Isabella
Casas, Hema Sai Samhitha Chalamalasetti, Sergio
Nieto-Chavez, Linyun Chen, Pavana Harathy
Chennupati, Sejin Cheong, Sneha Chhabra, Daria
Clinkscales, Paola Corea, Sitara Cullinan, Michelle
Danyluk, Brenna DeRocili, Aakankshya Dhakal,
Ujjalpreet Kaur Dhatt, Megan Dixon, Aaron Dudley,
Cyril Nsom Ayuk Etaka, Savana Everhart, Jeff Farber,
Loretta Friedrich, Julia Fukuba, Yupawadee Galasong,
Gabriella Gephart, Binita Goshali, Luis Guzman, Olivia
Haley, Nicolette Hall, Ruth Harper, Yawen He, Eelco
Heintz, Haknyeong Hong, Allison Howell, Minji Hur,
Divya Joseph, YeonJin Jung, Tom Kasputis, Erin Kealey,
Arshpreet Kaur Khattra, Minji Kim, Minho Kim, Ian Klug,
Anne Lamson,Ivannova Lituma, Mallika Mahida, Adeel
Manzoor, Ariel Martin, Kyle McCaughan, Ellen Mendez,
Abigail Aba Mensah, Marlee Mims, Markanna Moore,
Nooshin Moradi, Juan Moreira, Caroline Motzer, Claire
Murphy, Cecil Barnett-Neefs, Kasey Nelson, Kefang
Nie, Alexis Omar, Keorimy Ouk, Chelsey Patch,
Pranita Patil, Gabriella Pinto, Breanna Polen, Jorge
Quintanilla Portillo, Rodrigo Portillo, Simone Potkamp,
Shivaprasad Doddabematti Prakash, Chenhao Qian,
Rawane Raad, Erin Ramsay, Aishwarya Rao, Gustavo
Reyes, Nadira Espinoza Rock, Alyssa Rosenbaum,
Zachary Rosenzweig, Kaylee Rumbaugh, Joy Saha,
Amaryllis Rivera-Santiago, Mari Schroeder, Sofie
Schryvers, Elisa Guardado Servellon, Aakash Sharma,
Katherine Sierra, Amritpal Singh, Yesutor Soku, Doina
Solis, Pauline Spagnoli, Sloane Stoufer, Sriya Sunil,
Dushyanth Kumar Tammineni, Vianca Tashiguano,
LaTaunya Tillman, Marvin Tzirin, Pranaya Udash,
Sasikala Vaddu, Claudia Pegueros Valencia, Leya
Susan Viju, Xiaohong Wei, Kelli Woods, Linghuan
Yang, Caroline Yates, Galante Yu, Yuzhen Zhang.
Number of Attendees: 123.
Meeting Called to Order: Sunday, 11:00 a.m.
Eastern Time, July 16, 2023.
Minutes Recording Secretary: Jyoti Aryal.
Old Business: The meeting was called to order and
the chair extended warm welcome to all participants.
The Anti-trust guidelines were discussed to ensure
compliance. The chair introduced and acknowledged
the all the outgoing and incoming Board members.
Attendees were encouraged to approach the Board
members for any questions, networking opportunities
or getting more involved with IAFP.
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