Fall 2024
Wednesdays 1:30-2:30pm

 

September 4
Periconceptional Arsenic Exposure, One-Carbon Metabolism Biomarkers, and Population-Based Risk of Neural Tube Defects

Heather Guetterman+^, PhD, MS, RD
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Associate
Michigan State University

 

September 11
CSCU Workshop: An Introduction to Survival Analysis

Lynn Johnson, PhD, MS
Director and Consultant
Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit 

 

September 18
Creating Comprehensive Search Strategies for Systematic Reviews

Matt Kibbee, PhD
Evidence Synthesis Coordinator
Evidence Synthesis Hub, Mann Library, Cornell University

 

September 25
Fish consumption during pregnancy and maternal and child health

Emily Oken, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health
President of the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute

 

October 2
Oh the places you'll go! Early career research reflections on Maternal and child nutrition (MCN) and beyond

Kevin Klatt, PhD, RD
Assistant Research Scientist
Department of Nutrition Sciences and Toxicology, University of California Berkeley

 

October 9
Development of a vaccine for congenital CMV: from bench to congress
 

Sallie Permar, MD, PhD
Chair
Department of Pediatrics, Weill Cornell Medicine
Pediatrician-in-Chief, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital

 

October 16

Cornell Fall Break - No Seminar

 

October 21-22

Cornell Maternal Health Symposium
NYC

 

October 30

Dan Raiten, PhD, FASN
Senior Nutrition Scientist
Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health

 

November 6

Cornell Faculty Advancing Inclusive Mentoring (FAIM)
Colleen McLinn, PhD
Associate Dean for Professional Development, Cornell University


Evelyn Ambríz, PhD, MPA
Postdoctoral Researcher for Mentoring & Faculty Engagement, Cornell University

 

November 20

Mandi de Mestre, PhD, PGCAP, MRCVS
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University

 

November 27

Thanksgiving Break - No Seminar

 

December 4

MCN Trainee Presentations

 


Previous MCN Seminars

Spring 2024

 

February 7

Matthew Kibbee, PhD
Evidence synthesis and research librarian 
Evidence Synthesis, Cornell University 

 

February 14

Matt Thomas, PhD, MS 
Statistical consultant 
Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, Cornell University 

 

February 21

Meghan Azad, PhD 
Director of Science & Knowledge Mobilization, Canada Research Chair in Early Nutrition & The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
Professor, Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba
Director of Science & Knowledge Mobilization, THRiVE Discovery Lab
Co-Director, Manitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC)
Scientific Director, International Milk Composition (IMiC) Consortium
Deputy Director, CHILD Cohort Study
CIFAR Fellow, Humans & the Microbiome Program

 
 

March 6  

Rebecca Stoltzfus^, PhD MA 
President
Goshen College  

 

March 13

Kate Dickin*^, PhD MS 
Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University 

 

March 20

Rinat Ran-Ressler+, PhD MBA 
Senior Principal Scientist
Nestle Health Sciences 

 

March 27

Grace Marquis+^, PhD MSc 
Associate Professor
School of Human Nutrition, McGill University 

 

April 10

Elizabeth Fox^, PhD RDN 
Assistant Professor of Practice
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University 

 

April 17

Bridget Young+^, PhD 
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry 

*NICHD T32 Trainers
+MCN T32 Alumni
^Cornell Nutrition Alumni

If you would like to join our Maternal and Child Nutrition seminar series please contact us at mcnprogram@cornell.edu.

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