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
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
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