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Seminar Series

Spring 2008

  • January 3
    10:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Amrita Dutta
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Regulation of zinc homeostasis in cultured cells
  • January 4
    11:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Lisa Vislocky
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: The Impact of an Acute Energy Deficit on Post-Exercise Skeletal Muscle Protein Metabolism and Intracellular Signaling Events in Healthy, Physically Active Adults: Effects of Dietary Leucine
  • February 1
    2:15 pm
    Jones 219
  • Stefan Pasiakos
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: The Impact of an Acute Energy Deficit and Leucine Intake on Resting Skeletal Muscle Protein Utilization and Intracellular Signaling Events in Healthy, Physically Active Adults
  • February 22
    10:00 am
    Jones 219
  • RoseAnna Holliday, MPH, RD
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Prospectus Defense: Anemia Prevention: Development of a Theory-Driven Nutrition Education Instrument
  • March 14
    11:00 am
    Jones 219
  • P.J. Brun
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Prospectus Defense: Effects of Vitamin A Deficiency on Retinoid and Energy Metabolism in Liver and White Adipose Tissue
  • April 18
    11:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Joseph Rattliff
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Apo A-I Milano and recombinant HDL Therapy
  • April 24
    10:30 am
    Young 207/208
  • Michael Puglisi, MS, RD
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Independent and Additive Effects of Raisins or Walking on Biomarkers of Coronary Heart Disease in Men and Women
    Aged 50-70 Years
  • April 25
    9:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Michael Dessalines
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Thesis Defense: The role of sweet potatoes in the diet and nutrition of rural Haitian families.
  • April 28
    9:00 am
    Jones 219
  • Predrag Putnik
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Project: Influence of Acculturation on Recognition, Understanding and Utilization of Dietary Tools Among Latina WIC Participants
    in Connecticut, California, Ohio and Texas
  • April 30
    9:00 am
    Young 207/208
  • Katherine Wetzel
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Thesis Defense: Maternal body image, breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding intentions in a predominately Latina inner-city population.
  • May 7
    1:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Shymaa Ata
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    MS Thesis: Obesity incidence among women from developing countries. The link between adiponectin and the metabolic syndrome.
  • May 16
    3:00 pm
    Jones 219
  • Erin Gaffney Stomberg, MS, RD
    Graduate Student, Department of Nutritional Sciences
    Ph.D. Dissertation Defense: Exploring the mechanisms of dietary protein-induced increases in intestinal calcium absorption.


Please contact Dr. Richard Bruno with questions regarding NUSC Seminars

News and Updates

February 5, 2008 - "What's Happening"

The Spring-Fall 2007 edition of the Department of Nutritional Sciences newsletter, "What's Happening," is available as a pdf here.

January 22, 2008 - Start of the Spring Semester

Welcome new and returning students. Get to know the Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students here at the Department of Nutritional Sciences. And don't miss any of this semester's informative Seminar Series.

 

Positions Open

Assistant Professor in Community Nutrition
Assistant professor, 9 month, tenure track, 50% research/outreach and 50% teaching.
START DATE: August 23, 2008

Professor and Coordinator
Functional Foods Initiative, Department of Nutritional Sciences, 80% research and 20% teaching, 9-month, tenured (or tenure track) position.
START DATE: January 2008