The ILSI Research Foundation was formed in 1984 to create a vehicle for ILSI to support research. The Research Foundation helps ensure scientific credibility of all ILSI-sponsored activities by undertaking the responsibility to address critical issues affecting public health. It meets this obligation by convening expert panels, seminars, and workshops, through resourceful publications, and through both basic and applied research awards, underpinned by broad-based fundraising in order to adequately guarantee a diversity of stakeholders in ILSI’s mission and programs. Click here for a complete list of 2005 & 2006 publications. By supporting scientific work related to ILSI’s core interests, the Research Foundation enhances the Institute’s global reputation for scientific quality and impartiality.
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CARES, Cumulative and Aggregate Risk Evaluation System, is a state of the art software program designed to conduct complex exposure and risk assessments for pesticides, such as the assessments required under the 1996 Food Quality Protection Action (FQPA).
The Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy People project is a three-country pilot project in Latin America which is an initiative of the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), the Pan American Health Organization, Regional Office of the World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The overall goal of the project is to contribute to the development of sound obesity prevention approaches through diet and physical activity interventions in Latin America by 2007, by improving the quality of program evaluation and enhancing dissemination and replication of well-evaluated, effective health promotion programs.
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RF launches $3 million campaign in celebration of ILSI 30th Anniversary
- The ILSI Research Foundation is proud to participate in ILSI's 30th Anniversary Celebration by increasing its ability to advance scientific discourse and to make a difference in global public health. This fall, the Research Foundation launched a $3 million campaign to support research focused on risk assessment and community interventions. Dr. Jerry Hjelle is the Campaign Chair and Dr. Hiroyuki Ishii and Prof. Peter van Bladeren are campaign co-chairs. The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods and Nestle have made initial contributions to the campaign. Over $250,000 has been raised to date.Contact Susie Harris at sharris@ilsi.org for further information.
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New Food Safety Publication
The ILSI Research Foundation has recently published a Review article on data collection for microbial risk assessments in the Journal of Food Protection. The paper presents a framework on data needs and data collection approaches for microbial risk assessment that will be useful for national governments especially in developing countries. Framework for Identification and Collection of Data Useful for Risk Assessments of Microbial Foodborne or Waterborne Hazards: A Report from the International Life Sciences Institute Research Foundation Advisory Committee on Data Collection for Microbial Risk Assessment, Journal of Food Protection, Vol. 70, No. 7, 2007, pages 1744-1751.
TAKE 10!® in the News
TAKE 10!® has been recognized as an innovative classroom-based physical activity intervention in a book published in late 2006 entitled Physical Activity Interventions in Children and Adolescents by Dianne Ward, Ruth P. Sanders, and Russell R. Pate. The book is published by Human Kinetics Publishers and is widely available. For more information on the ILSI Research Foundation's TAKE 10! program, please visit their website at: http://www.take10.net/.