Colloquium Series for Spring 2008
Presentations held in S-209 Henderson Bldg., at 4:00p.m. unless noted otherwise.
January 28, 2008 Neil A. Sharkey
Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
College of Health and Human Development, Penn State
February 11, 2008 "Mining Your Data - Digging Out the Gold Nuggets
That Are Buried in Your Research Results"
Penny Kris-Etherton, Distinguished Professor
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State
February 25, 2008 "System Genetic Analysis of Brain and Systemic
Iron Homostasis"
Byron C. Jones, Professor of Biobehavioral Health and Pharmacology
The Pennsylvania State University
March 17, 2008 "Preventing Childhood Obesity: What Works?"
Leann Birch, Distinguished Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
March 24, 2008 (Title to be announced)
Kathleen Leahy, Doctoral Candidate
Doctoral Defense Seminar, Advisor: Barbara Rolls
Department of Nutritional Sciences, Penn State
March 31, 2008 "Mindless Eating"
Brian Wansink, John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
April 14, 2008 Ruth Pike Lecture
D. Lee Alekel, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Human Services,
Iowa State University
April 28, 2008 (Title to be announced)
Robert Steele, Dean
College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State