Program in International Nutrition -- Seminars

Program in International and Community Nutrition

1997-98 Seminars

Spring 1997 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
4/ 8	Improving iron status through local food sources of ascorbic acid; a community-level trial in rural Mexico (2154 Meyer Hall)	Olga Garcia PIN Student
4/15	Discussion of article: Maria Nieves Garcia-Casal et al. Vitamin A and ß-carotene can improve nonheme iron absorption from rice, wheat and corn by humans. J Nutr 1998; 128:646-650	Daniel Lopez de Romaña PIN Student
4/22	Do common processes underlie nutritional and environmental contributions to development?	Theodore Wachs Professor Dept. of Psychological Science, Purdue University
4/29	The SALSA Study	Mary Haan Asst Professor Epid & Prev Med
5/ 6	Assessment of dietary intake of Kenyan schoolers in a nutrition intervention study	Sybille Bunch GGN Student
5/13	Effect on nutrition on microflora of infants - the role of lactoferrin, iron, and nucleotides	Bo Lönnerdal PIN Faculty
5/20	Role of a USDA Human Nutrition Research Center in testing the efficacy of nutritional interventions	Janet King Director, USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center Professor, UC Berkeley
5/27	A developmental function of activity level among nutritionally at-risk toddlers	Ernesto Pollitt PIN Faculty
6/3	Impacts of agricultural diversification on household food security and nutritional status of women in Northern Vietnam	Le Vuong PIN Student
6/10	Dietary influences on intestinal mucosa integrity	Stanley Marks Asst Professor, Medicine & Epid

Winter 1997 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
1/ 7	Welcome Back! Informal meeting to discuss upcoming quarter	Kenneth Brown PIN Faculty
1/14	Vitamin C fortification of blended foods	Molly Mugnolo PIN Student
1/21	Nutritional aspects of HIV infection	Peggy Papathakis PIN Student
1/28	Endocrine determinants of growth and appropriate methods for field assessment	Dennis Styne Professor Pediatrics
2/ 4	Nutrition and immunology: the quick and the dead	Eric Gershwin, M.D. Division of Rheumatol and Allergy, UCDMC
2/11	Adherence to iron supplementation - Tanzania to Central Asia	Mary Carpenter PIN Student
2/18	Linking Agricultural Development Project to Human Nutrition in Western Nepal	Prof. Lindsay Allen PIN Faculty Dr. Marjorie Haskell PIN Researcher
2/25	Detection and prevention of silicosis in a remote region of Brazil	Dr. Marc Schenker Professor/Chair, Epid & Prev Med
3/ 4	Informal chat with David Alnwick, UNICEF Health Director
3/11	Probiotic and prebiotic therapies and nutritional support	Joel Kimmons PIN Student

Fall 1997 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
10/1	The WHO Multicentre Growth Study: Rationale, Design and Methods	Kathryn Dewey PIN Faculty
10/8	Discussion of articles: Gross R, et al. Daily versus weekly iron supplementation: Programmatic and economic implications for Indonesia. Food and Nutrition Bulletin, 1997;18:64-70. Angeles-Agdeppa I, et al. Weekly micronutrient supplementation to build iron stores in female Indonesian adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:177-83.	Jonathan Siekmann PIN Student
10/15	Discussion of articles: Caulfield LE, et al. Is prolonged breastfeeding associated with malnutrition? Evidence from nineteen demographic and health surveys. International Journal of Epidemiology, 1996;25:693-703. MØLBAK K, et al. Letters to the Editor. Is malnutrition associated with prolonged breastfeeding? International Journal of Epidemiology. 1997;26:458-459.	Beth Tohill PIN Student
10/22	Discussion of article: Northrop-Clewes CA, et al. Lactose maldigestion in breast-feeding Gambian infants. JPGN. 1997;24:257-263.	Jimi Francis PIN Student
10/29	Discussion of articles: Mitra AK, et al. Long-term oral supplementation with iron is not harmful for young children in a poor community in Bangladesh. J Nutr, 1997;127:1451-1455. Brunser O, et al. Chronic iron intake and diarrhoeal disease in infants. A field study in a less-developed country. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1992;47:317-326.	Jennifer Casterline PIN Student
11/5	Impact of Credit with Education on Maternal and Child Nutrition in Ghana	Barbara MkNelly Freedom from Hunger
11/12	Discussion of article: Grantham-McGregor SM, Walker SP, Cahng SM, Powell CA. Effects of early childhood supplementation with and without stimulation on later development in stunted Jamaican children. Am J Clin Nutr. 1997;66:247-53	Gina Ermis PIN Student
11/19	Discussion of article: Cobra C et al. Infant survival is improved by oral iodine supplementation. J Nutr. 1997;127:574-578	Anna Lartey PIN Student
11/26	Policies and programs of international organizations to foster early child development	Ernesto E. Pollitt PIN Faculty
12/3	Discussion of article: James WPT. Long-term fetal programming of body composition and longevity. Nutrition Reviews, 1997;55:S31-S43	Stuart Bresnick PIN Student

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