Program in International Nutrition -- Seminars

Fall 2005 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
10/5	Introduction to PIN and summary of current research	PIN Faculty
10/12	Summary of current PIN research (continued)	PIN Faculty
10/19	Effects of the timing of clamping of the umbilical cord on infant iron status in Mexico: a randomized controlled trial	Camila Chaparro PIN Student
10/26	Discussion of article: Perez EM, et al. Mother-infant interactions and infant development are altered by maternal iron deficiency anemia. J Nutr. 2005; 135:850-855	Jinan Banna PIN Student
11/2	Impact of the poverty alleviation program "oportunidades" on child growth and anemia in urban Mexico	Dr. Lynnette M. Neufeld National Institute of Public Health Cuernavaca, Mexico
11/9	Caregivers' participation in nutritional interventions in Ghana: The importance of being ‘in the know’	Krista Jacobs Doctoral Student Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics
11/16	Discussion of articles: Park S, et al. Living in low-latitude regions in the United States does not prevent poor vitamin D status. Nutr Rev, 2005; 63:203-209. Scragg R, et al. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, diabetes, and ethnicity in the third national health and nutrition examination survey. Diabetes Care, 2004; 27:2813-2818.	Laura Zercher PIN Student
11/23	Discussion of article: Brooks WA, et al. Effect of weekly zinc supplements on incidence of pneumonia and diarrhea in children younger than 2 years in an urban, low-income population in Bangladesh: randomized controlled trial. Lancet 2005; 366:999-1004.	Bakhtiar Hossain PIN Student
11/30	Obesity and poverty in the developing world: Evidence from Mexico	Lia Fernald Assistant Professor Public Health Nutrition UC Berkeley
12/7	Efficacy and acceptability of three types of micronutrient supplements added to complementary foods in Ghana	Seth Adu-Afarwuah PIN Student

Date	Topic	Speaker
3/29	Trends in obesity and chronic diseases in Meso-America	Dr. Manuel Ramirez Research Scientist Institute of Nutrition of Central America & Panama
4/5	A comparison of the public health efficacy of different iron supplementation schemes for young infants in Mexico	Homero Martinez, M.D., Ph.D. Head Ntl. Health Research Coordination Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Mexico
4/12	Kinetic analysis and dynamics of inflammation-induced hyporetinolemia	Dr. John (Sin H.) Gieng Pennsylvania State University
4/19	Ethnic-cultural background, maternal body size and pregnancy outcomes in a diverse Swiss cohort	Dr. Katharina Quack-Loetscher Dept of Public Health University of California, Berkeley
4/26	Vitamin D deficiency: An emerging global and local problem?	Charles Stephensen, Ph.D. Senior Scientist WHNRC
5/3	New insights into folate metabolism	Andrew J. Clifford, Ph.D. Professor Department of Nutrition UC Davis
5/10	The Scope on Vitamin E	Dr. Carroll Cross Professor Pulmonary-Critical Care Medicine UCD Medical Center
5/17	Should we be paying more attention to vitamin B-6?	Joshua Miller Associate Professor Dept. Pathology UCDMC
5/24	The new WHO growth charts	Kathryn G. Dewey PIN Faculty
5/31	No seminar (Monday class schedule)
6/7	Increasing iron intake in children through complementary foods	Kathryn G. Dewey PIN Faculty

Date	Topic	Speaker
1/4	Overview of mini-symposium on "Scaling up nutrition interventions,"; IZiNCG's 5-year strategic plan to alleviate zinc deficiency	Kenneth H. Brown, M.D. PIN Faculty
1/11	Discussion of article: Penny ME, et al. "Effectiveness of an educational intervention delivered through the health services to improve nutrition in young children: A cluster-randomised controlled trial." The Lancet, 2005; 365:1863-1872.	Bineti Vitta PIN Student
1/18	No seminar -- administrative Monday	--
1/25	Starting from scratch: Mounting large micronutrient intervention trials in rural southern Asia	Keith P. West, Jr., DrPH, R.D. Professor Center for Human Nutrition School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University
2/1	Evolution of the healthy beginnings program: the roles of collaboration and program monitoring in shaping a community-based intervention	Elizabeth Yakes PIN Student
2/8	Discussion of article: Curran S, et al. Process evaluation of a store-based environmental obesity intervention on two American Indian reservations. Health Education Research, 2005; 20:719-729.	Grant Aaron PIN Student
2/15	Systematic approach to establishing research priorities to control zinc deficiency	Sonja Hess, Ph.D. Executive Officer International Zinc Nutrition Consultive Group (IZiNCG)
2/22	Scaling up zinc supplementation for treatment of diarrhea	Carol A. Marzetta, Ph.D. VP Consulting Services Applied Strategies Consulting
3/1	The Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service (IDPAS)—providing advocacy and technical assistance in support of iron intervention programs	Gary Gleason, Ph.D. Director Iron Deficiency Project Advisory Service
3/8	The importance of formative research in scaling up large-scale public health programs	Homero Martinez, M.D., Ph.D. Head Ntl. Health Research Coordination Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social Mexico
3/15	Application of social marketing apply to nutrition education	Diana Cassady, MPH, DrPH Director Center for Advanced Studies in Nutrition and Social Marketing School of Medicine UC Davis