Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series Speakers

2006 – 2007

George A. Burdock, Ph.D.
Burdock Group, Washington, DC
Food Toxicology Issues Involving Nutrition and the Food Industry

Mary Frances Picciano, Ph.D.
Office of Dietary Supplements, NIH
Dietary Supplement Use in the United States: Who’s Using What?

A. Catharine Ross, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State University
Vitamin A in the Lungs and Immune System

Vadim N. Gladyshev, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska
Selenoproteomes

James S. Scolapio, M.D.
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville
Trophic Factors for Treatment of GI Dysfunction

Linda M. Castell
Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, U.K.
Endurance Exercise, Immunodepression, and Supplements

Dwight E. Matthews, Ph.D.
University of Vermont
Protein/Amino Acid Nutrition

2005 – 2006

Xingen Lei, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Intriguing Roles of Antioxidant Enzymes Se-GPX1 and Cu, Zn-SOD in Oxidative Stress and Diabetes

Linda Bartoshuk, Ph.D.
Yale University School of Medicine
Things Don't Taste the Same to Everyone: Impact on Food Intake and Health

Eric Hentges, Ph.D.
Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA
USDA's Food Guidance System: Translating the Guidelines into Actionable Behaviors

Stephanie Norris, M.S., R.D., L.D./N.
Dairy Council of Florida
Waist Management, DASH, Bone Health: The Role of Dairy

Kenneth A. Kudsk, M.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Critical Illness, Enteral Nutrition, and Mucosal Immunity

David B. Allison, Ph.D.
University of Alabama
Controversies and Confusions Regarding Obesity and Longevity

Diane F. Birt, Ph.D.
Iowa State University
Botanical Supplements

Robert A. Waterland, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
Early Nutritional Influences on Mammalian Developmental Epigenetics

2004 – 2005

Gerald Schmidt, Pharm.D.
Shands Macronutrients as Immune Modulators

Barbara Bowman, Ph.D.
Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC Prevention Research in Response to the Emerging Epidemic of Chronic Disease in the United States: Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

Paul Ernsberger, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine Effect of Diet and Weight Recidivism on Blood Pressure in a Metabolic Syndrome X Model

Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Factors Affecting Food Intake

Paul Leaverton, Ph.D.
University of South Florida Epidemiology and Its Role in Studies of Human Health

Brandon Lewis, Ph.D.
Kemin Industries, Inc. Des Moines, Iowa The Antiordinary Antioxidant: The Science Behind Lutein

2003 – 2004

James M. Ntambi, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Role for Stearoyl- CoA Desaturase in Metabolism

Jose M. Ordovas, Ph.D.
Tufts University
Adding Power to Nutrition and Common Sense to Genetics

Neil F. Shay, Ph.D.
Notre Dame University
Soy Isoflavones Regulate Lipid Metabolism Via PPAR and SREBP Pathways

Thomas W. Sadler, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill
Folic Acid: Not Just a Nutrient during Embryogenesis

Colleen E. Hayes, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vitamin D Nutrition and Autoimmune Disease

Hilary Shallo Thesmar, Ph.D.
Egg Nutrition Center, Washington, DC
Return of the Good Egg

Kevin L. Fritsche, Ph.D.
University of Missouri, Columbia
Impaired Interferon gamma Responsiveness and Diminished Bacterial Clearance Associated with Fish Oil Consumption in Mice

Tomas A. Prolla, Ph.D.
University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Gene Expression Profile of the Aging Process and its Retardation by Nutritional Intervention

 

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