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 1). 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 they become available. Seminars from previous academic years are available via the menu on the right. This page will contain the current academic year of seminars (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023).
Spring 2023
4/5/23
Invited Speaker: Rina Agustina, MD, PhD, Head of Human Nutrition Research Center, IMERI, Assistant Professor, University of Indonesia
Promotion of child and maternal gut microbiota on infection, obesity and cognition
4/12/23
Invited Speaker: Christine Stewart, PhD, Professor of Nutrition, Director, Institute for Global Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis
Scaling-up SQ-LNS: an overview of the SQ-LNS taskforce
4/19/23
Invited Speaker: Lauren Au, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis
Increased WIC Cash Value Benefit for fruits and vegetables is associated with higher redemption, satisfaction, and household food security across race/ethnicity groups
4/26/23
Invited Speakers:
Rafael Perez-Escamilla, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Director, Office of Public Health Practice, Yale University School of Public Health
Kadee Russ, PhD
Professor of Economics, International Trade and Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, UC Davis
Slides: Lancet 2023 Series on Breastfeeding: The marketing of milk formula has altered infant & young child feeding ecosystem.pdf
5/3/23
Invited Speaker: Sonja Hess, PhD, Research Nutritionist, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis
Common sources of inconsistency in available estimates of the national prevalence of iron, vitamin A and zinc deficiency
5/10/23
Invited Speakers:
Alison Gernand, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State College of Health & Development
Mihaela Ciulei, PhD, Research Epidemiologist, Micronutrient and Pregnancy Lab, Penn State College of Health & Development
Balanced energy protein supplementation for pregnant women
5/17/23
Invited Speaker: Lindsay Allen, PhD, Research Scientist, USDA ARS WHNRC, Professor Emeritus, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, USDA, UC Davis Campus
Slides: Preliminary results from the Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) study, and challenges in data interpretation.pdf and Current Status of Developing Harmonized Nutrient Reference Values - for Global Application.pdf
5/24/23
Invited Speakers:
Tanya Khara PhD, Emergency Nutrition Network (ENN) Technical Director on Wasting and Stunting
Slides: Anthropometric criteria for identifying children at high risk of mortality, work of the Wasting & Stunting Technical Interest Group.pdf
Andre Briend, MD, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Tampere Center for Child, Adolescent and Maternal Health Research, Global Health Group, Finland
Slides: Identifying children with a high risk of death in need of treatment--need of frequent screening.pdf
5/31/23
Invited Speaker: Guy-Marino Hinnouho, MD, PhD, Helen Keller International, Phnom Penh, Research Coordinator and Analyst
Video: High consumption of unhealthy commercial foods and beverages tracks across the complementary feeding period among young children in rural/peri-urban Cambodia
6/7/23
IGN Picnic in the UC Davis Arboretum
Winter 2023
1/11/23
Invited Speaker: Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley
Video: Targeting Uncertainty to Secure the Future - Food Security in Animal Models
1/18/23
Invited Speaker: Chris Kuzawa, PhD, John D. MacArthur Professor & Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University
Video: Fetal Developmental Plasticity as Signal-Noise Problem: The Case of Nutrients and Stress Physiology
1/25/23
Invited Speaker: Rolf Klemm, PhD, Vice President for Nutrition, Helen Keller International and Faculty Appointment at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Video: Research or Program Implementation in the Non-Governmental World—Can You Have Your Cake and Eat It Too? Reflections from Someone Trying to Bridge the Two Worlds
2/1/23
Invited Speaker: Susana Matias, PhD, Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology, UC Berkeley
Gestational Weight Gain, Breastfeeding and Childhood Obesity
2/8/23
Invited Speaker: Elizabeth Prado, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, UC Davis
Hemoglobin Concentration Thresholds That Discriminate Functional Outcomes Among Children Age 6-30 Months in 8 Countries: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis
2/15/23
Invited Speaker: Ty Beal, PhD, Research Advisor, Knowledge Leadership team at GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition), Washington DC
Video: Micronutrient Deficiencies Among Preschool-Age Children and Women of Reproductive Age Worldwide: A Pooled Analysis of Data from Population-Representative Surveys
3/1/23
Invited Speaker: Hanqi Luo, PhD, Assistant Research Professor, and Chair of the Data Management Group for the BRINDA Project, Emory University
Development of Software to Streamline Information Analysis in Global Nutrition
3/15/23
Invited Speaker: Lindsay Allen, PhD, Director, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center (WHNRC)
Video: Current Status of Developing Harmonized Nutrient Reference Values -for Global Application
Fall 2022
9/21/22
Invited Speaker: Lauren Au, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Nutrition, UC Davis
A Diet Quality Index for U.S. Infants Predicts Dietary & Adiposity Outcomes at 2-4 Years Old
9/28/22
Invited Speaker: Sonja Hess, PhD. Research Nutritionist, Dept. of Nutrition, UC Davis
Accelerating Action to Reduce Anemia: Review of Causes and Risk Factors and Related Data Needs
10/5/22
Invited Speaker: Becky Tsang, MPH, Technical Officer, Food Fortification Initiative (FFI) Asia, Global Fortification Data Exchange
The Global Fortification Data Exchange: Applications for Research, Programmatic, and Country Use
10/12/22
Invited Speaker: Alissa Pries, MPH
Senior Research Advisor for Helen Keller International’s Assessment and Research on Child Feeding (ARCH) Project, Helen Keller International, New York
Nutritional Quality of Infant and Young Child Diets and Food Environments: Findings From the ARCH (Assessment and Research on Child Feeding) Project
10/19/22
Invited Speakers:
Ayala Wineman, PhD, Research Coordinator, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF), Seattle, WA
Video: School Meal Programs Around the World: Results From the 2021 Global Survey of School Meal Programs
10/26/22
Invited Speaker: Isabel Madzorera, ScD, Assistant Professor, Food Systems, UC Berkeley
Diet Quality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Measurement, the Role of Food Systems and Implications for Health Outcomes
11/2/22
Invited Speaker: Rochelle Werner, PhD, UC Davis Nutrition Dept. and Institute for Global Nutrition, UC Davis
Evaluation of the Potential for Eggs, Fish, and Meat to Improve Vitamin A, Iron, and Anemia in Young Malawian Children
11/30/22
Invited Speaker: Gretchen Stevens, PhD, Department of Health Statistics and Information Services, World Health Organization
Associations Between Type of Blood Collection, Analytical Approach, Mean Haemoglobin and Anaemia Prevalence in Population-Based Surveys: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis