Colloquium Series for Fall 2009

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
110C Chandlee Lab unless otherwise noted

Monday, September 14, 2009

"State of the Department Address: Nutritional Sciences Past, Present and Future"
Gordon L. Jensen, MD, Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, September 21, 2009

"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Immune Cells in the Corpus Luteum"
Joy Pate, Ph.D.
Professor of Reproductive Physiology
Department of Dairy Animal Sciences, Center for Reproductive Biology and Health
The Pennsylvania State University

Thursday, October 1, 2009 in 100 Life Sciences Building

"Designing and Evaluating Theory-Based Nutrition Education"
Isobel R. Contento, Ph.D.
Mary Swartz Rose Professor of Nutrition and Education
Teachers College Columbia University

Monday, October 5, 2009

(title to be announced)
Zun Zhang, Doctoral Student
Advisor: Dr. Penny Kris-Etherton
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, October 12, 2009

"Vitamin D. Regulation of T-Cells and the Gastrointestinal Microenvironment"
Margherita Cantorna, Ph.D.
Assoc. Professor of Immunology and Nutrition
Center for Molecular Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Dept. of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, October 19, 2009 in S-209 South Henderson

"Gustatory Reward"
Ralph Norgren, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Dept. of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
College of Medicine
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, October 26, 2009

(title to be announced)
Donna Korzick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiologykines
Dept. of Kinesiology
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, November 09, 2009

(title to be announced)
Christopher Sciamanna, MD
Staff Physician, General Internal Medicine
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, November 16, 2009 in S-209 South Henderson

"Reinventing Diabetes and Obesity Care-The Penn State Institute for Diabetes and Obesity Perspective"
Jan S. Ulbrecht, MD
Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Medicine
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, November 30, 2009

(title to be announced)
Erica Unger, Ph.D.
Research Associate
Dept. of Nutritional Sciences
The Pennsylvania State University

Monday, December 07, 2009

"Genetic Factors Related to Serum Vitamin D. Status"
Robin T. Wilson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology Division
Dept. of Public Health Sciences
College of Medicine
The Pennsylvania State University