The International and Community Nutrition seminar is a forum to discuss new research and topics related to international and community nutrition. Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:10-1:00 pm in the Foster Room (1138 Meyer Hall). They are open to the public and students may register for academic credit (NUT 291 section 1).
Videos of seminars will be posted after the event, as speakers allow. Seminars from previous academic years are available via the seminar Archives.. This page will contain the current academic year of seminars (Fall 2013 and Spring 2014).
Spring 2014
4/23/14
Josh Jorgenson, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of California, Davis
Iron, inflammation, and oxidative stress in postpartum women
Seminar Video
4/30/14
Dr. Rebecca Stoltzfus
Professor, Cornell University
Elucidating the causes of stunting: poor diet, environmental enteropathy, and mycotoxins
Seminar Video
5/7/14
Dr. Robert Black
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Fetal growth restriction: nutritional determinants, consequences in childhood and interventions
Seminar Video
5/14/14
Dr. Alida Melse-Boonstra
Assistant Professor, Wageningen University
Biofortified cassava: a viable option to combat vitamin A deficiency? Trials in Kenya and Nigeria
Seminar Video
5/28/14
Dr. Marilyn Townsend
Nutrition Education Specialist, University of California, Davis
Efficacy of obesity risk assessment tools for preschool children
Seminar Video
2013 - 2014 Seminars not Recorded
Fall 2013
10/2/2013
Kathryn Dewey, Lindsay Allen, Christine Stewart, PICN Faculty
Overview of PICN and faculty research overviews
10/9/2013
Kenneth Brown, Lucia Kaiser, Stephen Vosti, PICN Faculty
Faculty research overviews
10/16/2013
Sonja Hess, Sandra Huffman, Charles Stephensen, Betty Burri, PICN Faculty
Faculty research overviews
10/23/2013
Dr. Christine Stewart, PICN Faculty
Discussion of the Lancet Nutrition Series 2013
10/30/2013
Dr. Bineti Vitta, Postdoctoral Researcher, PICN
"Results from the Alive & Thrive Small Grants Research Program"
11/6/2013
Dr. Per Ashorn, Professor of International Health
University of Tampere, Finland
"Birth outcomes from the iLiNS-DYAD-Malawi trial"
11/13/2013
Dr. Stephen Vosti, Associate Adjunct Professor
Dept of Agricultural and Resource Economics
"Demand for LNS: What have we learned?"
11/20/2013
Dr. Kathryn G. Dewey, Director, PICN
"Birth outcomes from the iLiNS-DYAD-Ghana trial and the RangDin Nutrition Study in Bangladesh"
11/27/2013
Dr. Souheila Abbeddou, Postdoctoral Scholar, PICN
"Evaluation of the optimal amount of zinc to include in LNS for young children. The iLiNS-ZINC study in Burkina Faso"
12/4/2013
Dr. Bo Lönnerdal, PICN Faculty
"Iron nutrition of infants – what is too little and what is too much?"
Spring 2014
4/2/14
Dr. Kevin Laugero, Scientist and Assistant Adjunct Professor, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
A habit of comfort food and loss of dietary flexibility: how early does this develop and who’s vulnerable?
4/9/14
Dr. Jay Belsky, Professor, Dept. Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
Childhood adversity, sexual maturation and health
4/16/14
Dr. Lindsay Allen, Center Director and Research Professor, Western Human Nutrition Research Center
How the Federal Government works to improve dietary quality.