Field of Nutrition Seminar (NS 6190) - Mondays at 4:00 p.m. in 100 Savage Hall (unless otherwise indicated). No registration is required to attend this event.
DNS Field Seminars
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
February 11, 2019    
February 18, 2019    
February 25, 2019 NO SEMINAR; winter break  
March 4, 2019 Hazel Szeto TBD
March 11, 2019 The Clive M. McCay Lecture with guest speaker David Sinclair, PhD, AO; Professor in the Department of Genetics and co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School

TBD

The Clive M. McCay Lectureship was established in 1985 through the generosity of Dr. McCay's wife, Jeanette McCay.
March 18, 2019    
March 25, 2019 Lawrence Kazak, PhD; Assistant Professor in the Department Biochemistry at McGill University TBD
April 1, 2019 NO SEMINAR; spring break  
April 8, 2019 Kathryn J. Fiorella, PhD; Assistant Professor in Population Medicine in Diagnostics Sciences and the Masters in Public Health at Cornell University TBD

April 15, 2019

4:00 in Vet School Lecture Theater 1

 

The Life Sciences Lecture Series with guest speaker Mina Bissell, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Title: "Why Don't We Get More Cancer: The critical role of extracellular matrix and microenvironment in malignancy and dormancy?"

Hosts: Claudia Fischbach, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell; Richard Cerione, Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell; Matthew Paszek, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell
April 22, 2019 The Pritchard Lecture in Human Nutrition with guest speaker Theresa A. Davis, Professor of Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center; Baylor College of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Nutrition

TBD

The Klingenstein Pritchard Scholarship Program lecture, established through a generous gift by the Klingenstein Pritchard Fund, is dedicated to human nutrition, from conception through weaning onto adulthood and honors the speakers who have made significant contributions to human nutrition.

April 29, 2019

4:30 in G10 Biotechnology Building

 The Life Sciences Lecture Series with guest speaker Brendan Bohannan, PhD, University of Oregon

Title: "The Ecology and Evolution of Host-Associated Microbiomes"

Hosts: Angela Douglas, Professor, Dept of Entomology, Cornell; Ilana Brito, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell; Steven Ellner, Professor, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell
May 6, 2019 Michael Aschner, PhD; Professor; Harold & Muriel Chair in Molecular Pharmacology; Director, Einstein Center of Toxicology; Albert Einstein College of Medicine TBD
     
     
     
     
Seminar in Nutritional Sciences (NS 7030) - Graduate student presentations of current publications in nutritional sciences - Tuesdays at 12:20 p.m. in 100 Savage Hall - No registration is required to attend this event.
Seminars in Nutritional Sciences
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
January 22, 2019 Brandon Gheller TBD
January 29, 2018 Lauren Varvatos TBD
February 5, 2019 Suze Colt TBD
February 12, 2019 Yifei Gu

TBD
February 19, 2019 Twila Linville TBD
February 26, 2019 TBD TBD
March 5, 2019 Benjamin Steiner TBD
March 12, 2019 Hannah Feinberg TBD
March 19, 2019 Semira Ortiz TBD
March 26, 2019 Jin Shang TBD
April 2, 2019 TBD TBD
April 9, 2019 Pratiwi Ridwan TBD
April 16, 2019 Xu Lan TBD
April 23, 2019 Yiqin Wang TBD
April 30, 2019 Yaeeun Han TBD
May 7, 2019 Shiya Huang TBD
Seminar in International Nutrition (NS 6980) - Thursdays at 12:20 p.m. in 100 Savage Hall - No registration is required to attend this event. Dates and speakers for Spring 2019 to be announced.
Seminars in International Nutrition - Fall schedule coming soon
DATE SPEAKER TITLE
January 24, 2019 NO SEMINAR  
January 31, 2019 NO SEMINAR  
February 7, 2019

speaker to be confirmed

  
February 14, 2019 Kathleen Hefferon, PhD
Microbiology, Cornell University		 "Improving Global Health with Plant-Based Biologics"
February 21, 2019 Anna Herforth, PhD
Independent Consultant global nutrition and food security		 "New metrics for monitoring food and diet globally"
February 28, 2019 speaker to be confirmed  
March 7, 2019 speaker to be confirmed  
March 14, 2019 Peggy Koniz-Booher, PhD
Senior Advisor, Nutrition/SBCC; John Snow, Inc.		 TBD
March 21, 2019 John H. Hoddinott, D.Phil
H.E. Babcock Professor of Food & Nutrition Economics and Policy, Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University		 "Women's participation in community nutrition program in Bangladesh: Unanticipated impacts on intimate partner violence"
March 28, 2019 Dadirai Fundira
Doctoral candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University		 Dissertation seminar
April 4, 2018 NO SEMINAR  
April 11, 2019 speaker to be confirmed  
April 18, 2019 Kate Dickin, PhD
Associate Research Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University		 "Systematic review of behavioral interventions to increase family support for maternal & child nutrition in low- & middle-income countries"
April 25, 2019

Samantha Huey
Doctoral candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University

 Dissertation seminar
May 2, 2019 Vicky Santoso
Doctoral candidate in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University		 Dissertation seminar

Questions or suggestions? Contact: Dr. Kate Dickin, Division of Nutritional Sciences kld12@cornell.edu

Other Seminars of Interest - Dates, Locations, and other details may vary - please see individual listings for information.
Other Seminars of Interest
DATE SPEAKER TITLE

March 11, 2019

4:00 in 100 Savage Hall

The Clive M. McCay Lecture with guest speaker David Sinclair, PhD, AO; Professor in the Department of Genetics and co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging at Harvard Medical School

TBD

The Clive M. McCay Lectureship was established in 1985 through the generosity of Dr. McCay's wife, Jeanette McCay to the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell.

April 15, 2019

4:00 in Vet School Lecture Theater 1

The Life Sciences Lecture Series with guest speaker Mina Bissell, PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Title: "Why Don't We Get More Cancer: The critical role of extracellular matrix and microenvironment in malignancy and dormancy?"

Hosts: Claudia Fischbach, Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell; Richard Cerione, Professor, Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Cornell; Matthew Paszek, Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell

April 22, 2019

4:00 in 100 Savage Hall

 The Pritchard Lecture in Human Nutrition with guest speaker Theresa A. Davis, Professor of Pediatrics, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center; Baylor College of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Nutrition

Title TBD

The Klingenstein Pritchard Scholarship Program lecture, established through a generous gift to the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell by the Klingenstein Pritchard Fund, is dedicated to human nutrition, from conception through weaning onto adulthood and honors the speakers who have made significant contributions to human nutrition.

April 29, 2019

4:30 in G10 Biotechnology Building

 The Life Sciences Lecture Series with guest Brendan Bohannan, PhD, University of Oregon

Title: "The Ecology and Evolution of Host-Associated Microbiomes"

Hosts: Angela Douglas, Professor, Dept of Entomology, Cornell; Ilana Brito, Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Cornell; Steven Ellner, Professor, Dept of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Cornell