Harvard School of Public Health
Department of Nutrition Seminars
Monday, Feb 13, 2006
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Improving the DASH diet: results of the OmniHeart trial
Frank Sacks, Ph.D.
Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
Dept of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-0760, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
12:30-1:30 p.m.
The Influence of Maternal Schooling, Cognitive Skills, and Cognitive Ability on Child Care Practices Among Rural Guatemalan Women
Aimee Webb, Ph.D.
Post-doctoral Candidate
Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Program in Nutrition and Health Sciences
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Harvard School of Public Health
FXB, G-12
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Vanessa Boulanger for more information (617-432-1333, vboulang@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Feb 6, 2006
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Lipid Profiling in Metabolic Disease Research and Drug Development Applications
Steven M. Watkins, Ph.D.
President and Chief Scientific Officer
Lipomics Technologies, Inc.
West Sacramento, CA
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-0760, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Dec 19th, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Student Presentations:
Artificial sweeteners: A healthy choice?
Vasanti Malik
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
The feed me better campaign: Using the media to change nutrition policy
Eilis O'Reilly
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Dec 12th, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Student Presentations
Iron Fortification in China: From Science to Practice
Yi Ning
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
The Lipophilicity Index
Eric Ding
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
Does Vitamin D Play a Role in the Development of Tuberculosis?
Todd Reed
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Dec 5th, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Student Presentations
Safety and Quality of Probiotics: Should consumers be concerned?
Kassandra Munger
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
Unlocking the Mystery of Diabetes: Could the Foregut Hold the Key?
Ida Hatoum
Doctoral Candidate
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Nov 21st, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
The Danish National Birth Cohort II: Association of milk consumption in pregnancy with increased fetal growth
Sjurdur Olsen, MD, MSc, PhD, DMSc
Senior Scientist
Danish Epidemiology Science Centre,
Statens Serum Institute
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, Nov 14th, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Maternal Nutrition and adiposity & insulin resistance in the offspring
Yajnik Chittaranjan Sakerlal, M.D., FRCP
Director
Diabetes Unit
KEM Hospital Research Center
Rasta Peth
Pune, INDIA
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
Monday, October 31st, 2005
12:30-1:20 p.m.
Dairy and Risk of Parkinson's Disease
Honglei Chen
Investigator,
Epidemiology Branch,
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Harvard School of Public Health
François-Xavier Bagnoud Building, Room G13
651 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Contact Colleen Stover for more information (617-432-1851, cstover@hsph.harvard.edu)
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