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2007 - 2008 Seminars
 

2007 - 2008 Seminars
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The Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
Seminar Series

Graphic:Foods and their impact on the human body.

Seminars are held September through May on Tuesdays at 1:00 PM (unless otherwise noted).


2007 - 2008 Seminars
 
October
November
December
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February
March
April
May

2006 - 2007 Seminars
   

Tuesday October 9, 2007
BHNRC Director’s Hour
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122

Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Rhonda Kane
FDA, Center of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
“Proposed Rule on Gluten-Free Labeling of Foods”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: Deirdra Chester

Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Greg Wilson, IT Specialist
USDA, ARS
“Using Sharepoint”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Ellen Harris

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Tiffany Gary
Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
“Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Diabetes Between African Americans and Whites: Recognizing Cultural Components”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Deirdra Chester

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
No Seminar

Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Raymond Boston
School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
"SAAM: A Computer System for Exploring Biology"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Steve Britz

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Jed W. Fahey
Johns Hopkins University
“Whole Food or Phytochemicals? Considerations for Chemoprevention Against Cancer and Other Chronic Diseases”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Steve Britz

Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Keecha Harris and Tamara Schryver
ADA and General Mills Foundation
“Small Grants Make a Big Difference: Evaluation Results of Champions for Healthy Kids” Campaign
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Ellen Harris

Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Joseph A. Vita
Boston University, School of Medicine
“Flavanoids and Endothelial Function”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Steve Britz

Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Jay Hirschman and Pat McKinney
USDA, Food and Nutrition Service
“School Nutrition Dietary Assessment III Study”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: Jaspreet Ahuja

Tuesday, December 18, 2007
No Seminar
Holiday Party, 1-3

Tuesday, January 8, 2008
BHNRC Director’s Hour
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21

Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Kiran Panickar
Diet, Genomics and Immunology Lab, BHNRC
“Neurobiological actions of dietary polyphenols”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Jaspreet Ahuja

Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Joshua Reece
Diet, Genomics and Immunology Lab, BHNRC
"Porcine Modeling of Allergic Diseases"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Ellen Harris

Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Mona Calvo
Food and Drug Administration
"Health Disparities in Vitamin D Status and the Vitamin D Adequacy of the US Food Supply"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: David Baer

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
George Liu
Bovine Functional Genomics Lab, BARC
“Structural and Functional Characteristics of the Cattle Genome”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Joshua Reece

Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Joseph Sharkey
Texas Healthy Aging Research Network
“Understanding Nutrition Challenges Faced by Families in Rural Areas: The Role of the Spatial and Non-Spatial Access to the Food Environment and Neighborhood Characteristics”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: Deirdra Chester

Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Laura E. Murray-Kolb
Johns Hopkins University
“Vitamin and Mineral influences on Cognitive and Motor Development”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Joshua Reece

Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Amy Subar
National Cancer Institute, NIH
“Background, Development, and Demonstration of a Web-Based Automated Self-Administered 24-hour Recall”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: Jaspreet Ahuja

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Mary Murphy
Environ
"Using USDA Food Composition Data to Address Food Industry Issues"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Jaspreet Ahuja

Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Michael J. Quon
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH
"Reciprocal Relationships Between Insulin Resistance and Endothelial Dysfunction: from cells to humans"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Joshua Reece

Tuesday, March 18, 2008
David Artis
Dept. of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Balancing Immunity and Inflamation in the Gut"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Joshua Reece

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Michael F. Holick
Bone Health Care Clinic, Boston University Medical Center
“Vitamin D Deficiency: The Silent Epidemic”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: Craig Byrdwell

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
BHNRC Seminar Poster Day
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Craig Byrdwell / David Haytowitz

Tuesday, April 8, 2008
No Seminar
Experimental Biology Meeting

Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Richard A. Forshee
Center For Food, Nutrition and Agriculture
University of Maryland - College Park
“High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity: What Does the Science Say?”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: David Haytowitz

Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Paul Wescott
Economic Research Service, USDA
"Ethanol Expansion in the U.S. How the Sector is Adjusting”
Location: Bldg. 005, Rm. 21
Host: David Haytowitz

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Fran Thompson, National Cancer Institute, NIH
Cay Loria, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH
"Hispanic Communities Health Study"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: David Haytowitz

Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Lora Wilder & Sara Wilson
Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
"IBIDS Clinical and the Dietary Reference Intake (DRI) Research Synthesis Database: Two Web-based Research-Oriented Databases You Should Know About"
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Deirdra Chester

Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Andrew L. Waterhouse
University of California - Davis
“A Toast to Your Health – The Benefits of Wine Phenolics”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Craig Byrdwell

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sharon M. Nickols-Richardson
Pennsylvania State University
“Nutrition and Nanotechnology”
Location: Bldg. 307C, Rm. 122
Host: Deirdra Chester

Tuesday, May 27, 2008
No Seminar
Summerfest, 1pm – 3pm


     
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