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Jan 24
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Can money improve health outcomes in the developing world? Mixed evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades |
Lia Fernald, Assistant Professor, UC-Berkeley School of Public Health -- DNS Faculty Candidate |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Jan 31
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Recent Movement on Nutrition at the Global Level |
David Pelletier |
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Feb 04
4:00 pm
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Evaluation of the Oportunidades conditional cash transfer program in Mexico: A tool for program redesign |
SEMINAR CO-SPONSORED WITH FIELD OF NUTRITION -- Lynnette Neufeld, Ph.D., Director, Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Mexico – DNS Faculty Candidate |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Feb 07
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Iron status and iron-related genes predict tuberculosis susceptibility and mortality in HIV infection: Evidence from a large West African cohort |
Joann McDermid, Research Associate, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine -- DNS Faculty Candidate |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Feb 11
4:00 pm
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Will micronutrient biofortification of staple food crops be successful?: Progress under HarvestPlus |
SEMINAR CO-SPONSORED WITH FIELD OF NUTRITION -- Howarth Bouis, Ph.D., Senior Researcher and Director of the HarvestPlus Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, DNS Faculty Candidate |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Feb 14
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Generating political priority for global health initiatives: A framework and case study of maternal mortality |
Jeremy Schiffman, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship |
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Feb 18
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Newborn Vitamin A Dosing and Child Survival: The Progression of Scientific Thought from Rejection to Acceptance? |
SEMINAR CO-SPONSORED WITH FIELD OF NUTRITION -- James Tielsch, Professor, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Baltimore, MD |
Feb 25
4:00 pm
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Vitamin A and immune function in mice and humans: Too little, too much and just right |
SEMINAR CO-SPONSORED WITH FIELD OF NUTRITION -- Charles Stephenson, Research Scientist, Western Human Nutrition Research Center, ARS/USDA, Davis CA |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Feb 28
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TBA |
TBA |
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Mar 06
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Repositioning Nutrition as Central to Development |
Dr. Meera Shekar, Senior Nutrition Specialist, World Bank, Washington DC |
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Mar 13
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Farming for Health: Social Dimensions of Improving Child Nutrition with Smallholder Farmers in Malawi |
Rachel Bezner-Kerr, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of Western Ontario -- DNS Faculty Candidate |
*Note location change: Savage 100
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Mar 20
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NO SEMINAR |
NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK |
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Mar 27
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Effects of BRAC's poverty reduction program targeting the ultra-poor in rural Bangladesh |
Jalal Chowdhury, Grad student, DNS |
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Apr 03
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No Seminar |
No Seminar |
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Apr 10
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Nutrition-related core competencies for professional health workers in Tanzania: Plans for my sabbatical |
Rebecca Stoltzfus |
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Apr 17
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Mainstreaming Nutrition in Peru: Five (Stunting) Points in Five Years |
David Pelletier, Associate Professor, DNS |
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Apr 24
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Mainstreaming public nutrition in Afghanistan: policy experiences from the health and agriculture sectors 2002-2007 |
Emily Levitt, Graduate Student, DNS |
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May 01
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Accomplishing Zero Malnutrition in Bolivia: The Importance of National and Municipal Commitment, Capacity and Accountability |
Leslie Hoey, Graduate Student, CRP |
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May 08
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Thirty years of dietary iron bioavailability in India: linking food production and anemia |
Christine Nyhus, Graduate Student, DNS |
