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Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise

HNFE Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise Graduate Seminar
Fall 2009
Monday's 3:00-4:00 PM
Fralin Auditorium

• August
  • August 24  Introduction
  • August 31  Elena Serrano, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: “The Effect of Portion Size on Preschoolers’ Energy Intake (A Review of Literature)”.
    
    
• September
  • September 7  Kevin Voelker, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech.  Title: “Effect of Leucine and Exercise on MDX Mice”
  • September 14  Jennie Hill, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: “Using mixed methods to explore social and built environments for physical activity“.
  • September 21  Timothy Lightfoot, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of North Carolina-Charlotte.  Title: Is Voluntary Physical Activity Really Voluntary?: The Genetics of the Regulation of Physical Activity", Host: Deborah Good, Ph.D.
  • September 28  David Gerrard, Ph.D., Professor and Head, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, Virginia Tech. Title: “TBD “. Host: Kevin P. Davy, Ph.D.
    
    
• October
  • October 5  Brenda M. Davy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: "I'll Drink to That! Beverage Consumption and Adult Weight Management"
  • October 12  Ed McAuley, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Kinesiology, University of Illinois. Title: "Physical Activity and Aging: Brains, Brawn, and Happiness?" Host: Paul Estabrooks, Ph.D.
  • October 19  Susan Hutson, Ph.D., Department Head and Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: “Leucine Signaling: Fact and Fancy “.
  • October 26  Michael J. Berry, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University.  Title “Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease:  Dealing with that SOB “. Host: Kevin P. Davy, Ph.D.
    
    
• November
  • November 2  Alanna Moshfegh, M.S., R.D.  Research Leader, Food Surveys Research Group, Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center.  Title: “What we Eat in America: The collection and reporting of national dietary intake data”.  Host: Brenda M. Davy, Ph.D.
  • November 9  Hang Shi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Sticht Center on Aging, Wake Forest Health Sciences.  Title: “Inflammation and Insulin Resistance“.  Host: Kevin P. Davy, Ph.D.
  • November 16  Eva Schmelz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: “Sphingolipids in cancer: Good lipids gone bad?“.
  • November 23  Thanksgiving
  • November 30  Madlyn Frisard, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Tech. Title: “Mitochondrial Biology in Health and Disease”
    
    
• December
  • December 7  Randall Mynatt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Title: “Carnitine and Insulin Resistance” Host: Mathew Hulver, Ph.D.