Below are the seminar listings for the 2013-2014 Academic Year (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.