Field of Nutrition Seminars
Field of Nutrition Seminar, Fall 2009
Monday, 4:00pm, 100 Savage Hall
| August 31 Dr. Martha Stipanuk, Cornell University "Regulation of cysteine dioxygenase in response to sulfur amino acid intake - is minimizing H2S production the goal?" |
| September 7 Dr.Hyun (Michel) Koo, University of Rochester (host: Dr. Dennis Miller) "The role of extracellular polysaccarides (EPS) matrix in the pathogenicity of oral biofilms. EPS - A therapeutic target?" |
| September 14 Dr. Steve Kritchevsky, Wake Forest Medical Center (host: Dr. Pat Cassano) "Vitamin D: Something New Under the Sun" |
| September 21 Dr. Kathleen Rasmussen, Cornell University "Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines" |
| September 28 Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus, Cornell University "Keeping babies of HIV-positive mothers healthy in rural Zimbabwe: exclusive breastfeeding, and then what?" |
| October 5 Dr. Harriet Friedmann, University of Toronto (host: Christine Porter) "The Ontario Foodshed Project: Research on the Organizational Ecology of an Emerging Regional Agri-Food System" |
| October 12 Fall Break |
| October 19 Dr. David Abbott, University of Wisconsin (host: Dr. Marla Lujan) "A nonhuman primate model for development programming of ovarian and metabolic dysfunction in polycystic ovary syndrome" |
| October 26 Dr. Mark Johnston, University of Colorado-Denver (host: Dr. Zhenglong Gu) "Feasting, Fasting and Fermenting: Glucose sensing by a simple eukaryotic cell" |
| November 2 Dr. Colin Campbell, Cornell University "Nutrition--What It Could Be" |
| November 9 Dr. Lindsay Allen, UC Davis (host: Dr. Dennis Miller) "Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Causes, Consequences and Interventions in Developing and Industrialized Countries" |
| November 16 Dr. Alan R. Saltiel, University of Michigan (host: Dr. Ling Qi) "Exploring inflammatory links between obesity, diet and diabetes" |
| November 23 Dr. Katherine Dickin, Cornell University Canceled |
| November 30 Jennifer Cowan, Cornell University "RHEALTH Program: Results from a Pilot Intervention Promoting Healthy Eating Among Men in Residential Drug Treatment Facilities" |