View from FDA

Barbara Schneeman, Ph.D.

Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements, FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

Pfendler (PFEN), Room 241 - Deans Auditorium

September 4

Mechanisms Underlying the Heterogeneous Distribution of Atherosclerosis in the Peripheral Circulation

Sean Newcomer, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

September 11

Responsible Conduct of Research: An Introduction to Basic Concepts

Jon A. Story, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

September 18

Energy Balance, Metabolism, and Cancer: Lessons from Mutant Mice

Stephen D. Hursting, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Professor and Margaret McKean Love Chair in Nutrition, Cellular and Molecular Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, and Professor of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas-M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Pfendle (PFEN), Room 241 -Deans Auditorium

September 25*

Animal Self-Medication in the Wild and Its Potential as a Translational Medicine Tool

Christine Keller

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Pudue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

October 2

Clinical Trials: The Power and Pitfalls of Chemoprevention Research

Lisa M. Hess, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Simon Cancer Center, Indiana University School of Medicine

Pfendler (PFEN), Room 241 - Deans Auditorium

October 9*

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Approach to Study Representation of Oral Fatty Stimulus in Human Brain

Bhushan V. Kulkarni

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

October 16

New Insight Into Arachidonic and Docosahexaenoic Acid Function Using the Delta-6-Desaturase Knockout Mouse

Manabu T. Nakamura, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Pfendler (PFEN), Room 241 - Deans Auditorium

October 23*

Genistein in Prostate Cancer Prevention: timing makes a difference

Yan Li

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

November 6*

Measuring the Food Environment: Linking the Built Environment to Dietary Intake

Bethany Six

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

A Gene x Diet Interaction: PPAR and Dietary Fat Influence Bone Mineral Density

Rebecca McCreedy

Department of Foods and Nutiriton, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

November 20

Vitamin D-Mediated Prostate Cancer Prevention: Evidence from Controlled Animal Studies

James C. Fleet, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering (BRNG), Room 2280

November 27

THANKSGIVING VACATION

December 4

Morbidity and Mortality After Breast Cancer: Role of Diet and Body Weight

Cynthia Thomson, Ph.D., R.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Arizona

Pfendler, Room 241 -Deans Auditorium

WEDNESDAY

December 9*

Biomarkers of Dietary Intake: Establishing diet-disease relationships

TusaRebecca Schap

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Lilly (LILY), Room G126

December 11*

Heather White

Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University

Beering Hall (BRNG), Room 2280