Colloquium (Seminar) Series

Fall 2019 Graduate Program Colloquium Series
Mondays 4:00–5:00 PM 117 Henderson Building

September 9	Interplay between dietary fiber and gut microbiota in liver cancer: The dark side of fermentation Matam Vijay-Kumar (Vijay), PhD Associate Professor and Director, UT Microbiome Consortium, Physiology & Pharmacology, Medical Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Toledo
September 16	The science behind the portion size effect and the art of downsizing portions of energy dense foods for children and adolescents Marion Hetherington, BSc (Hons), DPhil Professor and Thomas Ward Endowed Chair in Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, School of Psychology, University of Leeds
September 23	Diagnosing malnutrition: Understanding the new guidelines. Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLAM) Gordon L. Jensen, M.D., Ph.D. Senior Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Medicine and Nutrition, The Larner College of Medicine, University of Vermont
September 30	Replacing the nutrients in milk: The impact on cost, calories and food intake Christopher J. Cifelli, PhD Vice President, Nutrition Research, National Dairy Council
October 7	Evaluating nutrient adequacy during complementary feeding and identifying pathways to improvement: Results from the MAL-ED 8 site study Laura Caulfield, PhD Professor, Center for Human Nutrition, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
October 14	Diet quality, nutrient intake, and risk of mortality in the oldest old: Results from the Geisinger Rural Aging Study Yi-Hsuan (Lisa) Liu, MS, RD, PhD Candidate Advisor: Xiang Gao, PhD and Gordon Jensen, PhD
October 28	Bio-behavioral variation in human water needs: How adaptations, early life environments, and the life course affect body water homeostasis Asher Yoel Rosinger, PhD MPH Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Global Health, De-partments of Biobehavioral Health and Anthropology, PSU
November 4	Potatoes and cardiometabolic health: A randomized crossover study Emily Johnston, MPH, RDN, CDE, PhD Candidate Advisor: Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD
November 11	Dairy livestock interventions for food security in Uganda: What are the implications for women’s empowerment? Elizabeth Ransom, M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor, School of International Affairs, PSU Carmen Bain, M.A., Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Iowa State University
November 18	Dried fruit and cardiometabolic health: A randomized crossover trial Valerie Sullivan, RDN, PhD Candidate Advisor: Penny Kris-Etherton, PhD
December 2	Dietary nicotine intake and risk of Parkinson disease Chaoran Ma, M.D., PhD Candidate Advisor: Xiang Gao, PhD