The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
This seminar is held in the Learning Resource Center on Tuesdays at Noon. If you are interested in presenting a seminar, please contact
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Melissa Lopez-Pentecost, PhD, MS, RDN, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, South Florida Cancer Control Training in Disparities and Equity (C-TIDE) T32, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida | "Informing Lifestyle Interventions for Cancer Prevention in Hispanics of Mexican Ancestry" | Watch Video |
| January 30 | Jeff Browning, MD, Professorship in Clinical Nutrition Research, Internal Medicine – Digestive and Liver Diseases – Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas | "Tracing hepatic metabolism in health and disease" | Watch Video |
| February 6 | Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RD, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Co-Lead, UVA Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention & Population Health Program, Director, Community Based Health Equity Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia | "Addressing Obesogenic Behaviors and Bridging the Digital Divide within Rural Communities" | Watch Video |
| February 27 | Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Program for Maternal Health Equity, Center for Urban Bioethics, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "Using a Social Ecological Approach to Optimize Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period" | Watch Video |
| March 5 | Elizabeth Parks, PhD, Investigator, NextGen Precision Health Initiative, Professor, Dept of Nutrition of Exercise Physiology, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Associate Director at Clinical Research Center, University of Missouri Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (iCATS), Columbia, Missouri | "Contributions of Lipgenesis to Fatty Liver" | No Video |
| March 19 | Whitney Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, Assist Professor, St Louis University, Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics, Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, St. Louis, Missouri | "Nutrition Research and Practice with Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations" | Watch Video |
| March 26 | Ian Paul, MD, MSc, University Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, Chief, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine | "Primary Prevention of Obesity Through Infancy-Based Interventions" | Watch Video |
| April 16 | Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | "Thinking Through Food is Medicine Interventions" | Watch Video |