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Program in International and Community Nutrition |
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Program in International and Community Nutrition |
Spring 2000 Seminar Topics
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 4/5 | Vitamin A, Infection and Immune Function | Charles
Stephensen
Adjunct Professor Dept. of Nutrition |
| Tues
4/11 |
International Projects in Iron Nutrition | John
L. Beard
Professor Dept. of Nutrition Pennsylvania State University |
| 4/19
9:00- 10:00 |
Food is the Key for Nutrition Research with Indigenous Peoples | Harriet
Kuhnlein
Director of the Centre for Nutrition and the Environment of Indiginous Peoples (CINE) McGill University |
| 4/26 | Estimating vitamin A requirements of infants age 0-6 months shows why the WHO Multi-Center trial found no impact of providing vitamin A to infants through the EPI. Report of a WHO Consultation by Allen and Haskell, Geneva, March 2000. | Lindsay
Allen
PIN Faculty |
| 5/3 | Measuring food security in the US and in developing countries | Lucia
Kaiser
PIN Faculty |
| 5/10 | Developmental Risk and Nutritional Factors | Ernesto Pollitt
PIN Faculty |
| 5/17 | New thoughts on assessment of zinc status | Janet C. King
Professor Department of Nutrition |
| 5/24 | Discussion of paper:
Marek T, et al. "Successful contracting of prevention services: fighting malnutrition in Senegal and Madagascar" Health Policy and Planning 14(4): 382-389 |
Mette Hawck
PIN Student |
| 5/31 | Control of iron deficiency | Fernando
Viteri
Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences UC Berkeley |
| 6/7 | Review and Discussion of Topics in International Health/Nutrition CD ROM Tutorial | Virginia Bennett
Joel Kimmons Daniel Lopez de Romaña PIN Students |
Winter 2000 Seminar Topics
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 1/5 | Happy new millenium* -- pizza and PIN web site working session | Kenneth H.
Brown
PIN Faculty |
| 1/12 | Cochrane data base of meta-analyses | Sangita Sharma
Visiting Researcher |
| 1/19 | Studies of acute respiratory infections in Indonesia: A combined ethnographic and epidemiologic approach | Arthur
L. Reingold
Prof. of Epidemiology School of Public Health UC Berkeley |
| 1/26 | Use of data reduction techniques in analysis of nutritional data | Janet M. Peerson
PIN Statistician |
| 2/2 | No seminar | |
| 2/9 | Discussion of paper:
Zimmermann M, et al. Persistence of goiter despite oral iodine supplementation in goitrous children with iron deficiency anemia in Cote d'Ivoire. Am J Clin Nutr 71: 88-93 |
Joanne Graham
PIN Student |
| 2/16 | Approaches to improving complementary feeding practices: what works? | Kathryn
Dewey
PIN Faculty |
| 2/23 | Nutritional stunting in Tibet | Pat Crawford
UC Berkeley |
| 3/1 | Current reports on vitamin B12 in Latin America | Miriam Anaya
PIN Student |
| 3/8 | Discussion of paper:
Du S, Zhai F, Wang Y, Popkin B. Current methods for estimating dietary iron bioavailability do not work in China. J Nutr 130: 193-198, 2000. Article available here. |
Alison Lemon
PIN Student |
* Actually, we're still in the old millenium. --
Your
webmistress & calendar girl.
Fall 1999 Seminar Topics
| Date | Topic | Speaker |
| 10/6 | Introductory Seminar -- Overview of faculty research interests | PIN Faculty |
| 10/13 | Discussion of paper:
"Efficacy of Intermittent Iron Supplementation in the Control of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Developing Countries: An Analysis of Experience" by Beaton and McCabe. (draft report) |
Lindsay
Allen
PIN Faculty |
| 10/20 | Overview of faculty research interests (continued) | PIN Faculty |
| 10/27 | HIV and Breastfeeding | Kathryn
Dewey
PIN Faculty |
| 11/3 | Effect of Vitamin A Supplementation on Immune Factors. | Erin Reid
PhD Student Dept. of Nutrition |
| 11/10 | Are Transferrin Receptors a Useful Index of Iron Status in Children with Malaria? | Jonathan Siekmann
PIN Student |
| 11/17 | Estimation of global prevalence of zinc deficiency using national food balance data. | Sara Wuehler
PIN Student |
| 11/24 | Effects of iron supplementation on iron status, growth and morbidity of breastfed infants 4-9 months of age in Sweden and Honduras: A Randomized Intervention Study | Magnus Domellof
University of Umea, Sweden |
| 12/1 | Effects of Iron and Deworming on Nutritional Status, Morbidity, and Development of Zanzibari Preschool Children | Rebecca J. Stoltzfus
The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health |
| 12/8 | Rapid Rural Assessment and Participatory Rural Assessment Tools for Nutrition and Food Security | Ryan Marlin
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