Global Nutrition Research Colloquium

Faculty, students and alumni are invited to our Global Nutrition Research Colloquium on Sept. 13. Topics include teaching nutrition-focused physical exams in other countries, the relationship between socio-economic status and nutrition outcomes. improving diets globally and increasing research capacity at the Tanzania food and nutrition center.

Sponsored by the Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions, in collaboration with the Department of Urban-Global Public Health at the School of Public Health, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences. Continental breakfast & light lunch will be provided Please RSVP to nusrat.epsi@rutgers.edu.

Date: Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Stanley S. Bergen Building, 3rd Floor Auditorium
65 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07107

Zoom Link: https://shprutgers.zoom.us/j/92

Agenda: 

Program

Dr. Gwendolyn M. Mahon & Dr. Perry N. Halkitis

9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:20 a.m. Opening Remarks by Dr. Gwendolyn M. Mahon, (Dean, Rutgers School of Health Professions)

9:30 a.m. Keynote Speech by Dr. Richard G. Marlink, (Director, Rutgers Global Health Institute, Henry Rutgers Professor of Global Health)

9:50 a.m. How do prenatal environmental exposures impact children’s growth and cardiometabolic function? Dr. Emily S. Barrett, Associate Professor, EOHSI – Exposure Science and Epidemiology

10:05 a.m. A hybrid approach to teaching physical examination around the globe. Dr. Jennifer A. Tomesko, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences

10:20 a.m. Socio-economic status, nutrition outcomes, and care provision. Dr. Irina B. Grafova, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems and Policy

10:35 a.m. Coffee Break

10:50 a.m. Building research capacity with the Tanzania food and nutrition centre. Dr. Pamela Rothpletz-Puglia, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences

11:05 a.m. Food systems approaches to improving diets globally. Dr. Shauna Downs, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Systems and Policy

11:20 a.m. The food insecurity and obesity paradox among HIV positive women in Ghana. Dr. Joachim Sackey, Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences

11:35 a.m. Closing Remarks by Dr. Perry N. Halkitis, Dean, Rutgers School of Public Health

11:45 a.m. Lunch and Networking

Moderator: Dr. Laura D. Byham-Gray, Professor & Vice Chair of Research, Department of Clinical and Preventive

Nutrition Sciences

Collaborators:

Dr. Riva Touger-Decker Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences Associate Dean of Global Affairs School of Health Professions; Dr. Leslie M. Kantor Professor and Chair, Department of Urban-Global Public Health Director, Urban Health Concentration Rutgers School of Public Health; Dr. Marian R. Passannante Associate Dean for Educational Program Development, Professor, Department of Epidemiology Rutgers School of Public Health