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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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