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PICN Seminars
The weekly Seminar in International and Community Nutrition provides students and faculty from different departments with an opportunity to discuss a variety of research topics and programmatic issues related to international and community nutrition. The format ranges from formal presentations of research findings and programmatic experiences by outside speakers and UCD professors to informal, critical discussions of recent scientific articles or preliminary data from student or faculty research projects.
The seminar is held on Wednesdays from 12:10 to 1:00 p.m, unless otherwise indicated. This quarter, the seminar is held in the Foster Room (first floor of Meyer Hall, southeast). Anyone who is interested is welcome to attend.
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 9/30 | Introduction to PICN and Summary of current research | Kathryn G Dewey, Ph.D. Christine P. Stewart, Ph.D. Lia Fernald, Ph.D. |
| 10/7 | Summary of current research | Marjorie Haskell, PhD Lucia Kaiser, PhD Charles B. Stephensen, PhD Stephen Vosti, PhD |
| 10/14 | Summary of current research | Lindsay H. Allen, Ph.D. Caroline Chantry, M.D. (to be confirmed) Bo Lonnerdal, Ph.D. Joshua Miller, Ph.D. |
| 10/21 | Paleolithic vs. modern diets: implications for infant nutrition Required Reading: Eaton SB, Eaton SB. Paleolithic vs. modern diets – selected pathophysiological implications. Eur J Nutr 2000, 39: 67–70. |
Kathryn G Dewey, Ph.D. Director PICN |
| 10/28 | Discussion of article: Klemm R et al. Scaling up micronutrient programs: what works and what needs more work? The 2008 Innocenti Process. |
Joshua Jorgensen PICN Graduate Student |
| 11/4 | Early initiation of breastfeeding and newborn mortality in Ghana and Nepal Required Readings: Edmond, K et al. Delayed Breastfeeding Initiation Increases Risk of Neonatal Mortality. Pediatrics 2006; 117: e380-e386. Mullany, C. et al. Breast-Feeding Patterns, Time to Initiation, and Mortality Risk among Newborns in Southern Nepal, The Journal of Nutrition 2008; 138: 599-603. |
Khadija Begum PICN Graduate Student |
| 11/11 | Veteran's Day Holiday -- no seminar | |
| 11/18 | The cost of scaling-up nutrition programming Required Reading: Horton S, Shekar M, McDonald C, Mahal A. Scaling up nutrition: what will it cost? World Bank, 2009, in press. |
Katie Pittenger Ph.D. Student Agricultural and Resource Economics Steve Vosti, PhD PICN faculty Agricultural and Resource Economics |
| 11/25 | Discussion of article: Huybregts, L. et al. Prenatal food supplementation fortified with multiple micronutrients increases birth length: a randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso. Am J Clin Nutr 2009 doi:10.3945/ ajcn.2009.28253 |
Andrea Pointe Eaton PICN Graduate Student |
| 12/2 | Maternal Folic Acid Supplement Intake and Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders: Are the hypotheses correct? Required Readings: Rogers EJ. Has enhanced folate status during pregnancy altered natural selection and possibly Autism prevalence? A closer look at a possible link. Med Hypotheses 2008 (Sep);71(3):406-410. Leeming RJ, Lucock M. Autism: Is there a folate connection? J Inherit Metab Dis 2009 32:400–402. |
Rebecca J. Schmidt, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow; Epidemiologist The M.I.N.D. Institute |