Program in International Nutrition -- Seminars

Program in International and Community Nutrition

1998-99 Seminars

Spring 1999 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
4/7	Progress on Nutrition in Nepal	Lindsay Allen Kenneth Brown PIN Faculty
4/14	Progress on Nutrition in Nepal (continued)	Lindsay Allen Kenneth Brown PIN Faculty
4/21	No seminar (EB '99 meetings)
4/28	An informal presentation about the nutrition activities within the United Nations University	Dr. Cutberto Garza Cornell University
5/5	Program of Nutrition and Food Security in the North of Quiche, Guatemala	Hugo Melgar Visiting Researcher Dept of Nutrition
5/12	Do the Diets of Wild Primates Have Nutritional Lessons for Us?	Katharine Milton Professor Dept. of Anthropology UC Berkeley
5/19	Development Investments in Africa and Asia--When Budgets Shrink	Joanne Hale Director USAID Mission Nepal
5/26	The Dietary Management of Diarrhea Project	Kenneth Brown PIN Faculty
6/2	Reducing Postharvest Food Losses to Improve Food Security and Nutrition (Note: Held in 2154 Meyer)	Lisa Kitinoja, Ph.D. Extension Systems International
6/9	Incorporating Nutrition into a Livestock Development Program in Central Asia	Mary Carpenter PIN Student

Winter 1999 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
1/6	Zinc supplementation and child morbidity--pooled analyses	Kenneth Brown PIN Faculty
1/13	Ethical issues in nutritional supplementation trials	Erich Loewy Professor Internal Medicine
1/20	Discussion of paper: Martinez J, Moulton LF, Penny ME, Ram M, Underwood B. Randomized trial to assess benefits and safety of vitamin A supplementation linked to immunization in early infancy. Lancet 1998; 352:1257-1262.	Alison Lemon PIN Student
1/27	Field research methods	Susan C. Watkins University of Pennsylvania
2/3	Discussion of paper: Menendez C, et al. Randomised placebo-controlled trial of iron supplementation and malaria chemoprophylaxis for prevention of severe anaemia and malaria in Tanzanian infants. Lancet 1997: 350: 844-849.	Swati Despande PIN student
2/10	Indonesia child feeding survey	Sangita Sharma PIN Post-doc
2/17	The role of specific food components (glutamine, carnitine, short-chain fatty acids) on intestinal function	Michael Haight Professor Pediatrics
2/24	Discussion of paper: Wafaie, W, et al. Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1-infected women in Tanzania. Lancet 1998: 351: 1477-1482	Peggy Papathakis PIN Student
3/3	Integrated management of childhood illness: the role of nutrition	Sandy Gove WHO Consultant
3/10	A developmental view of malnutrition among infants and toddlers.	Ernesto Pollitt PIN Faculty

Fall 1998 Seminar Topics

Date	Topic	Speaker
10/7	Introductory Seminar	PIN Faculty
10/14	Discussion of background document for Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman's talk on October 16.	Kenneth Brown Kathryn Dewey PIN Faculty
10/21	Discussion of paper: Effects on birth weight and perinatal mortality of maternal dietary supplements in rural Gambia: 5 year randomised controlled trial	Jonathan Siekmann PIN Student
10/28	Discussion of paper: HIV and infant feeding: A review of HIV transmission through breastfeeding	Joel Kimmons PIN Student
11/4	Discussion of papers: Donnen P. et al. Vitamin A supplementation but not deworming improves growth of malnourished preschool children in eastern Zaire. Fawzi W. et al. The effect of Vitamin A supplementation on the growth of preschool children in the Sudan.	Beth Tohill PIN Student
11/11	Folk Myth, Maternal Convenience and Child Risk: The Determinants of Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Peru	Tu Jarvis Cesar Revoredo Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics
11/18	Acute Infections and Vitamin A Status: The Impact of Urinary Retinol Excretion	Charles Stephensen Western Human Nutrition Research Center
11/25	Village Banking in Bolivia and its Impact on Maternal and Child Health	Barbara MkNelly Stu Bresnick Freedom From Hunger
12/2	Effect of two methods of data cleaning on interpretation of anthropometric survey results from Indonesia	Sangita Sharma PIN Post-doc
12/9	Cultural influences on the child-parent feeding relationship	Lucia Kaiser, PhD Cooperative Extension Specialist Dept. of Nutrition

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