The Institute for Global Nutrition weekly seminar is a forum to discuss new research and topics related to global nutrition. Seminars are held Wednesdays from 12:10-1:00 pm in the Foster Room (1138 Meyer Hall) both in person and virtually on Zoom. They are open to the UC Davis community and to the public. Students may register for academic credit (NUT 291 section 200). Members of the public and students who do not need academic credit can request access by emailing Maureen Phelan at meaphelan@ucdavis.edu.
Videos of seminars will be posted after the event as speakers allow. Seminars from previous academic years are available via the menu on the right. This page will contain the current academic year of seminars (Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025).
Spring 2025
4/2/25
Invited Speaker: Joshua Petimar, ScD, Assistant Professor, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
4/9/25
Invited Speaker: Lenna Ontai, PhD, Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
4/16/25
Invited Speaker: Allie Reimold, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
4/23/25
Invited Speaker: Katheryn N. Russ, PhD, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California, Davis
4/30/25
Invited Speaker: Brittany Chambers, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Ecology, University of California, Davis
5/7/25
Invited Speaker: Victoria Keeton, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNS, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of California, Davis
5/14/25
Invited Speaker: Alison Brown, PhD, RD, Director, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
5/21/25
Invited Speaker: Cassandra Nguyen, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension, Department of Nutrition, University of California, Davis
5/28/25
Invited Speaker: Patrick Webb, PhD, Chief Nutritionist, USAID
6/4/25
End of year picnic
Winter 2025
1/8/25
Invited Speaker: Fusta Azupogo, Postdoctoral Scholar, Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Dietary Intake and Nutrient Adequacy Among Filipinos: Findings from the 2021 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS)
1/15/25
Invited Speaker: Anthony Wenndt, Technical Officer for Reaching the Very Poor, GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), Washington DC
Amplifying local voices in nutrition-sensitive social protection: the promise of human-centered design (HCD)
1/22/25
Invited Speaker: Caroline Joyce, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Public Health Sciences and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
PhD Exit Seminar: 24-hour Recall Dietary Assessment among adults in rural Sri Lanka
1/29/25
Invited Speaker: William A. Masters, PhD, Professor of Food Policy and Economics, Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University, Massachusetts
Food prices and the affordability of healthy sustainable diets worldwide
2/5/25
Invited Speakers:
Dan Roth, MD, PhD, Staff Physician, Division of Paediatric Medicine & Associate Professor, Dept. of Paediatrics, Sick Kids Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Kelly Watson, MSc, Clinical Research Project Assistant, SickKids Centre for Global Child Health, Toronto, Canada
Height-Age as an alternative child growth outcome in randomized controlled trials
2/12/25
Invited Speaker: Anna Vanderkooy, MA, Senior Experimentation/ Impact Evaluation Analyst, Global Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Canada
The use of Pictorial Recall Aids modifies dietary assessment results: Experiences from Nepal and Senegal
2/19/25
Invited Speakers:
Mywish Maredia, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
Stella Nordhagen, PhD, Senior Technical Specialist, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Washington DC
Evaluating Complex Food Systems Interventions: Evidence from a multi-method study in Kenya
2/26/25
Invited Speaker: Emmanuel Momoh, PhD Candidate and 2023-2024 SLLC Green Fellow, African Food Basket Project
Geography Graduate Group, UC Davis
The role of culturally tailored student gardens in improving the food security of international students and immigrant communities, using the African Food Basket as a case study
3/5/25
Invited Speaker: Ed Frongillo, PhD, Professor, Professor and Director, Global Health Initiatives, University of South Carolina
Advancing assessment and monitoring of U.S. nutrition security and global healthiness of diets
3/12/25
Invited Speakers:
Reina Engle-Stone, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition & Chair of the DE in Global Nutrition,
UC Davis
Sika Kumordzie, PhD
Associate Research Scientist Department of Nutrition and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Effects of household use of multiple micronutrient-fortified bouillon on micronutrient status among women and young children in northern Ghana: preliminary results from the CoMIT project
Fall 2024
9/25/24
Invited Speaker: Gaby Proaño, MS, RDN, Dietitics and Nutrition, Florida International University
Cracking the Code to Better Infant Nutrition in Rural Guatemala: Saqmolo’ Study Results
10/2/24
Invited Speaker: Eric Deeble, DVM, Deputy Under Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs, USDA, Washington DC
Video: Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in livestock
10/9/24
Invited Speakers:
Wenhui Feng, PhD, Health Plan Professor of Health Care Policy Research, Tufts University School of Medicine
Sean Cash, PhD, Bergstrom Foundation Professor in Global Nutrition, Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Dollar stores, food access, and household food insecurity
10/16/24
Invited Speaker: Monica Pasqualino, PhD, Assistant Scientist, Center for Human Nutrition
Johns Hopkins University
Results of an egg intervention trial in Bangladesh
10/23/24
Invited Speaker: Emily Becher, BS, PhD Candidate, Department of Nutrition, and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Video: Child dietary patterns and impact of bouillon fortification on child development in northern Ghana
10/30/24
Invited Speakers:
Christine McDonald, ScD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
Yvonne Goh, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
Effects of quintuply-fortified salt on micronutrient status of non-pregnant women of reproductive age in Punjab, India: Presentation of preliminary findings
11/6/24
Invited Speaker: Mackenzie Ferrante, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Making healthy food choices easier for families using optimal defaults
11/13/24
Invited Speaker: Elise Reynolds, MPH, PhD Candidate, Department of Nutrition, and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Adolescent food insecurity, food choice, and school food environments in Cape Coast, Ghana
11/20/24
Invited Speaker: Cristina Moraga, BS, PhD Candidate, Department of Nutrition, and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Helping or hindering? Public health implications of market-led food fortification: Analysis using Circana Consumer Network and Purchase to Plate Crosswalk
11/27/24
Thanksgiving Holiday
12/4/24
Invited Speaker: Danielle Lemay, PhD, Research Molecular Biologist, Associate Adjunct Professor, USDA ARS and WHNRC, UC Davis
Next Generation Dietary Data Assessment and Analysis