1. Nutrition HIC Dr. Terezie Mosby MS, RD, EdD, CLC, LDN, FAND
Assistant Professor Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion
Director, Dietetic Internship
Mississippi State University
Dr. Paul Rogers, MBChB, FRCPC, FRCP(Lond), MBA
Clinical Professor
Division of Pediatric Oncology/Hematology/BMT
BC Children's Hospital & University of BC

3. History
IPONG PODC Nutrition SIOP Nutrition Network Nutrition LMIC (PODC) Nutrition HIC

4. Goals and Objectives of Nutrition Network
Develop and disseminate educational materials and support to health care professionals.
Establish guidelines for the nutritional support of young people with cancer.
Encourage the translation of knowledge about nutrition into clinical pediatric oncology practice.
Facilitate networking and the exchange of research data on relevant issues in nutrition.
Provide opportunity, including funding, for research projects related to nutrition in children and adolescents with cancer.

5. Specific responsibilities of the Network involve, but are not limited to:
Organizing the annual SIOP-Nutrition pre-meeting or post meeting day, if approved by the Board.
Reviewing the abstracts related to nutrition for the main conference if requested by the Scientific Committee. Propose symposiums to the Scientific committee relevant to nutrition or Integrative Therapies
Co-ordinating regular communication between group members via and teleconferencing, using Cure 4 Kids.
Responding to requests for information/assistance from the Board with respect to matters on nutrition.
Interacting with other SIOP committees such as PODC and Supportive Care.
Fostering collaboration with external organizations approved by the Board.

6. Nutrition HIC - Objectives
Provide training and development for HCP in pediatric oncology nutrition
Contribute to building impact evidence for nutrition interventions in pediatric oncology
Establish a global directory for pediatric oncology nutrition practitioners and a platform to share resources.
Provide ongoing support, training and networking to HCP
Develop a research consortium to write a grants to answer clinical and translational research questions within the network.
Establish a research network to propose research questions that a collaborative consortium could develop.
Develop Competencies and Standards for pediatric oncology nutrition

7. 1. Provide training and development for HCP in pediatric oncology nutrition
Once per year during SIOP nutrition meeting
Satellite meeting to decrease cost?
SIOP Japan
eSIOP Czech Republic - committee
When is the time to start planning?
In collaboration with other Oncology Nutrition Groups (example Oncology Group under Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

8. 2. Contribute to building impact evidence for nutrition interventions in pediatric oncology
Publish present and disseminate results

9. 3. Establish a global directory for pediatric oncology nutrition healthcare practitioners and a platform to share resources.
Platform to share resources Cure4kids
Directory under formal IPONG on cure4kids (Nutrition HIC)

10. 4. Provide ongoing support, training and networking
Cure4kids working meetings
Support for HCP from HIC to initiate interest in global pediatric oncology nutrition

11. 5. Develop a research consortium to write a grants to answer clinical and translational research questions within the network.

12. 6. Establish a research network to propose research questions that a collaborative consortium could develop.
Possible research areas:
Body Composition studies to decrease long term side effects of therapy
Effect of (Anticancer) Diet X Standard American Diet
Fasting and Intermittent fasting as a therapy

13. 7. Develop International Competencies and Standards for pediatric oncology nutrition
Committee: Sara Day PhD, Jen Cohen PhD, Alexia Murphy PhD, Karen Ringwald Smith, Nancy Sacks Collaboration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

14. Other ideas?

15. Thank you