Spring 2025
February 3
Bayesian Methods Workshop
Matt Thomas, PhD, MS
Statistical consultant
Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, Cornell University
February 10
Nutrition and Development: Past Lessons for Future Actions in a Rapidly Changing Environment
Nancy Krebs, MD, MS
Associate Vice Chair of Academic Affairs
Distinguished Professor
Department of Pediatrics- Nutrition, University of Colorado
February 17 - February Break
February 24
Molecular changes in eggs, sperm, and females that are crucial for fertility: insights from the Drosophila model
Mariana Wolfner, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow
Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
March 3
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
Sara Xayarath Hernández, MRP
Associate Dean for Inclusion and Student & Faculty Engagement
March 10
Lauren Osborne, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medicine
March 17
Moeun Son, MD, MSCI, FACOG
Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Weill Cornell Medicine
March 24
Navika Gangrade, PhD RDN
Visiting Assistant Professor
Nutrition and Food Studies
New York University
March 31 - Spring Break
April 7
Camilia Martin, MD, MS
Division Chief of Neonatology
Weill Cornell Medicine
April 14 - Women’s Health Symposium
April 28 - MCN Work in Progress
May 5 - MCN Work in Progress
Previous MCN Seminars
Fall 2024
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
Nutrition ecology for nutritional assessment: Case studies from BEGIN, BOND-KIDS and Anemia
Dan Raiten, PhD, FASN
Senior Nutrition Scientist
Office of Nutrition Research, National Institutes of Health
November 6
Building Success with an Individual Development Plan (IDP)
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
Epidemiology and genetics of miscarriage: Insights from naturally occurring large animal models
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
Spring 2024
February 7
Evidence Synthesis and Systematic Searching
Matthew Kibbee, PhD
Evidence synthesis and research librarian
Evidence Synthesis, Cornell University
February 14
CSCU Workshop: Path Analysis and Mediation
Matt Thomas, PhD, MS
Statistical consultant
Cornell Statistical Consulting Unit, Cornell University
February 21
Modelling Milk & Microbes: New approaches to understanding how breastfeeding supports the infant microbiome and lifelong health
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 13
Leveraging family and community environments to support behavior change in maternal and child nutrition programs
Kate Dickin*^, PhD MS
Associate Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
March 20
Career path beyond academia: The role of nutritionists in the food industry and Lipids in Human Milk
Rinat Ran-Ressler+, PhD MBA
Senior Principal Scientist
Nestle Health Sciences
March 27
The importance of stakeholders in integrated nutrition-agriculture interventions in rural Ghana
Grace Marquis+^, PhD MSc
Associate Professor
School of Human Nutrition, McGill University
April 10
Drivers of food choice: How cultural domain analyses can be applied to inform maternal-child nutrition in Kenya
Elizabeth Fox^, PhD RDN
Assistant Professor of Practice
College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University
April 17
What’s in the Bottle Matters: Building a Career in Infant Feeding
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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