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 2015, Winter 2016, Spring 2016).
Spring 2016
4/20/16
Naomi Fugakawa, M.D., Ph.D.
Center Director, USDA, ARS Beltsville, Maryland Human Nutrition Research Center
Air pollution and metabolic dysfunction
Seminar Video
4/27/16
Shirley Luckhart, Ph.D.
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Department of Entomology and Nematology, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Global malaria elimination and eradication – a perspective on the science and challenges behind these efforts
Seminar Video
5/4/16
Alex Brito, Ph.D.
Nutritionist, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
New directions in vitamin B12 deficiency research. From diagnostics to international nutrition
Seminar Video
5/11/16
Mary Arimond, M.S.
UC Davis Project Manager for the International Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Project (iLiNS)
Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women of Reproductive Age: Introducing A Guide for Measurement
Seminar Video
5/18/16
Lindsay Allen, Ph.D., R.D.
Director of the USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
The Mothers, Infants and Lactation Quality (MILQ) study
Seminar Video
5/25/16
Sridevi Krishnan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scientist, USDA ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, UC Davis
WHNRC’s Dietary Guidelines Study; how to measure the effects of a dietary pattern
Seminar Video
Spring 2016 Seminars not Recorded
3/30/16
Edye Kuyper, M.S., Nutrition Advisor, UC Davis CA&ES International Programs Office
Effective Nutrition Promotion within Agricultural Extension
4/13/16
Christopher Golden, Ph.D., Research Associate, Harvard University, Dept. of Nutrition
The effect of wildlife and fisheries declines on human nutrition
Winter 2016
1/6/16
Guy-Marino Hinnouho
Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis, Dept. of Nutrition, Lao Zinc Study
Metabolically Healthy Obesity and Risk of Chronic Diseases
Seminar Video
1/13/16
Amy Pickering
Stanford University, Senior Fellow, Center for Innovation in Global Health
Sanitation and child growth: new evidence from a community-led sanitation intervention in rural Mali
Seminar Video
1/27/16
Teresa Steele
Associate Professor, Chancellor's Fellow, Evolutionary Anthropology Wing Chair, UC Davis Dept of Anthropology
The Evolution of Human Diets from an Archaeological Perspective
Seminar Video
2/3/16
Christine Stewart
Associate Professor
UC Davis Department of Nutrition, Program in International and Community Nutrition
The Sustainable Development Goals: where does nutrition fit in?
Seminar Video
2/10/16
Elizabeth Maga
Adjunct Professor, UC Davis Department of Animal Science
Determining how milk can influence intestinal health in a pig model of malnutrition
Seminar Video
2/17/16
Alexandra Greenwald
PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, UC Davis
Breastfeeding, Weaning, and Early Childhood Diet in Prehistoric California Hunter-Gatherers
Seminar Video
Winter 2016 Seminars not Recorded
1/20/16
Steve Vosti
Adjunct Professor, UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics
Optimization Modeling for Informing MN Intervention Program Decisions: Addressing Efficiency and Equity Concerns in the Context of Cameroon
2/24/16
Sonja Hess, Associate Research Nutritionist, UC Davis Program in International Nutrition
The Niger Maternal Nutrition Project – what next?”
Fall 2015
9/30/15
Kathryn Dewey, Robert Hijmans, Steve Vosti, Christine Stewart, UC Davis PICN
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty: Robert Hijmans, Steve Vosti & Christine Stewart
Seminar Video
10/7/15
Lindsay Allen, Reina Engle-Stone, Kay Dewey
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty: Lindsay Allen, Reina Engle-Stone, Kay Dewey
Seminar Video
10/14/15
Elizabeth Prado, Ryan Wessells, Charles Stephensen
Research Overviews by PICN Faculty Elizabeth Prado, Ryan Wessells, Charles Stephensen
Seminar Video
10/21/15
Elizabeth Mitcham
Director, UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center
Enhancing consumption of fruits and vegetables
Seminar Video
10/28/15
Carrie Waterman
Rutgers University, Dept of Plant Biology and Pathology
Meet Moringa: A medicinal superfood ready for development
Seminar Video
11/18/15
Kay Dewey
Distinguished Professor, Director, UC Davis PICN
The Rang-Din Nutrition Study: Effectiveness of home-fortification approaches in the first 1000 days for preventing maternal and child undernutrition
Seminar Video
Fall 2015 Seminars not Recorded
11/4/15
Anne Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow,Emory University
Effectiveness of a behavior change intervention to improve maternal dietary diversity in the context of a cluster randomized trial in rural Kenya
11/25/15
Deanna Olney, IFPRI, Washington, DC
Preventing Malnutrition in children under 2 years of Age (PM2A): IFPRI studies in Guatemala and Burundi
12/2/15
Shasha Jumbe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Healthy Birth, Growth and Development Knowledge Integration