Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Information - Spring Seminar

Attached is the current schedule for the Spring Seminar

1.       All graduate students, not just those graduate students registered for the course, should try and attend seminar.
2.       On April 26 we have two student speakers. Please try and adjust your schedules in order to stay ~45 minutes longer. I realize that this may be difficult but please try.
3.       The date and time for the Senior Seminar will be provided when it becomes available. 

Michael Pagliassotti
Professor & Lillian Fountain Smith Endowed Chair in Nutrition
Colorado State University
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition
205 Gifford Bldg.
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1571

Voice: 970-491-1390
Fax: 970-491-3875
New Email: Michael.Pagliassotti@colostate.edu


FSHN 692
Graduate Student Seminar, Spring 2012

When: Thursdays, 4:00 pm                               Where: Gifford 235

Date                                             Presenter, Title and/or Topic
January 19                                 Introduction and Scheduling

January 26                                 No Seminar

February 2                                 No Seminar

February 9                                 Faculty Speakers: Christopher Gentile and Tiffany Weir, Assistant Professors, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University: “Brief overview of research interests”.

February 16                              No seminar, Faculty Meeting

February 23                              Student Speaker: Alex Burdell: “Development of a home food and activity assessment for families with young children”.

March 1                                      Invited Speaker: John Johnston, Scientific Liaison, USDA/Food Safety and Inspection Service, Office of Public Health Science: “Food Safety in the Federal Government: Preserving Jobs and Protecting Public Health”.

March 8                                      Faculty Speaker: Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University: “Promoting healthy nutrition behaviors in children through experiential food interventions”.

March 15                                   No Seminar, Spring Break

March 22                                   No Seminar, All College Meeting

March 29                                   Invited Speaker: Melinda Frye, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University: “Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation does not improve Western diet-induced cardiomyopathy”.

April 5                                          Invited Speaker: Elaine Belansky, Assistant Professor, Community and Behavioral Health, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado, Denver: Healthy Eaters, Lifelong Movers: A school-based project to increase healthy eating and physical activity in rural Colorado”.

April 12                                       Student Speaker: Sridhar Radhakrishnan: “Purple potato, even after processing, suppresses oxidative stress and inflammatory markers of high-fat diet consuming pigs”.

April 19                                       No Seminar, Faculty Meeting

April 26                                       Student Speakers: Nicole Withrow-McDonald: “Food selectivity and weight status in children with autism spectrum disorder”.
Fauzi Amer: TBA.

May 3                                         Student Speaker: Christopher Mulligan: TBA.

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