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Seminar Speakers - Fall 2007 - Spring 2008
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| Date | Seminar Speaker | Topic | Institution |
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Fall 2007 |
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| September 19, 2007 | Lin Sun Ph.D. | "Late Endosomal Tubular Trafficking is Critical for Lipid Mobilization in Lipid Storage Diseases" | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Bethesda, MD |
| September 26, 2007 | Natalia A. Riobo Ph.D. | "The Hedgehog Signaling Pathway in Development, Cancer, and Tissue Regeneration" | University of Pennsylvania |
| October 10, 2007 | Jennifer Anderson Ph.D., R.D. and Kenneth Allen Ph.D. | "Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) Enriched Functional Foods and Gestational Duration" | Colorado State University |
| October 17, 2007 | Punam Ohri-Vachaspati Ph.D., R.D., L.D. | "City Fresh - Improving Access to Fresh Produce in Low-Income Neighborhoods" | Rutgers University |
| October 24, 2007 | Kimberly O'Brien Ph.D. | "Maternal/Fetal Calcium and Iron Partitioning During Pregnancy: Whose Needs Predominate?" | Cornell University |
| October 31, 2007 | William K. Hallman, Ph.D. | "Americans' Responses to the Recall of E. Coli Contaminated Spinach in September 2006" | Rutgers University |
| November 7, 2007 | Joshua Rabinowitz, Ph.D. | "Towards a Comprehensive Understanding of Cellular Metabolism" | Princeton University |
| November 14, 2007 | Carey A. Williams, Ph.D. | "Antioxidants and Oxidative Stress in Exercising Horses" | Rutgers University |
| November 21, 2007 | Stephen Schneider, M.D., F.A.C.P. | "Metabolic Obesity" | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| November 28, 2007 | James Mukasa |
"Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase and Metabolism: Implications in Human Diseases" - 2:15pm Foran Hall, Rm 138A | University of Wisconsin |
| December 5, 2007 | Sarah Booth, Ph.D. | "Vitamin K & Bone - Not So Hip" | Tufts University |
| December 12, 2007 | Lidan Du, Ph.D. | "The World Bank Review of Global Malnutrition and it's Nutrition Strategy" | Rutgers University NJAES |
| Date | Seminar Speaker | Topic | Institution |
Spring 2008 |
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| January 23, 2008 | Kathleen Morgan, D.M.H., D.T.R | "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Screening African American Women for Osteoporosis" | Rutgers University Family and Community Health Sciences |
| January 30, 2008 | Lisa Hark, Ph.D., RD | "Preventing and Treating Pediatric Obesity: Lessons Learned from the Front Lines" | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| February 13, 2008 | Joel Gittelsohn, Ph.D. | "Environmental Interventions for Chronic Disease Prevention: Recent Work of the Healthy Stores Projects" | Johns Hopkins University |
| February 20, 2008 | Paul Copeland, Ph.D. |
"Selenium, It Cures What Ails You... Doesn't It?" | Robert Wood Johnson Medical School |
| March 5, 2008 | Stella Volpe, Ph.D. | "Environmental Approaches to Prevent Obesity" | University of Pennsylvania |
| March 26, 2008 | Don Schaffner, Ph.D. | "Understanding Foodborne Disease Risk Through the Application of Computer Models" | Rutgers University Extension Specialist |
| April 2, 2008 | Timothy Fisher | "Role of PCSK9 in Regulating Plasma LDL Cholesterol Levels" | Merck |
| April 23, 2008 | Noel Cameron BEd, MSc, Ph.D, CBiol, FIBiol |
"Human Growth in Social and Economic Transition: Understanding the Legacy of Apartheid" | Loughborough University, UK |
| April 30, 2008 | David J. Moore Ph.D. | "Spectroscopic Studies of Membrane Lipid Organization and Dynamics: From Liposomes to Cells to Tissue" | International Specialty Products |
| May 14, 2008 | James Harwood | "Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase Inhibitiion as a Treatment for Diabetes, Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome" | Delphi BioMedical Consultants |
| May 19, 2008 | Henry Ginsberg Ph.D. |
"Insulin Resistance, Hepatic Steatosis, Increased VLDL Secretion: Is There a Unifying Pathophysiology?" | Columbia University |