The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
This seminar is held in the Learning Resource Center on Tuesdays at Noon. If you are interested in presenting a seminar or wish to recommend a guest speaker, please contact
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 23 | Melissa Lopez-Pentecost, PhD, MS, RDN, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, South Florida Cancer Control Training in Disparities and Equity (C-TIDE) T32, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida | "Informing Lifestyle Interventions for Cancer Prevention in Hispanics of Mexican Ancestry" | Watch Video |
| January 30 | Jeff Browning, MD, Professorship in Clinical Nutrition Research, Internal Medicine – Digestive and Liver Diseases – Nutrition, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas | "Tracing hepatic metabolism in health and disease" | Watch Video |
| February 6 | Jamie Zoellner, PhD, RD, Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences, Co-Lead, UVA Cancer Center, Cancer Prevention & Population Health Program, Director, Community Based Health Equity Program, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia | "Addressing Obesogenic Behaviors and Bridging the Digital Divide within Rural Communities" | Watch Video |
| February 27 | Sharon Herring, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Program for Maternal Health Equity, Center for Urban Bioethics, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "Using a Social Ecological Approach to Optimize Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period" | Watch Video |
| March 5 | Elizabeth Parks, PhD, Investigator, NextGen Precision Health Initiative, Professor, Dept of Nutrition of Exercise Physiology, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Associate Director at Clinical Research Center, University of Missouri Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (iCATS), Columbia, Missouri | "Contributions of Lipgenesis to Fatty Liver" | No Video |
| March 19 | Whitney Linsenmeyer, PhD, RD, Assist Professor, St Louis University, Dept of Nutrition and Dietetics, Spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, St. Louis, Missouri | "Nutrition Research and Practice with Transgender and Gender Diverse Populations" | Watch Video |
| March 26 | Ian Paul, MD, MSc, University Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health Sciences, Chief, Division of Academic General Pediatrics, Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs, Department of Pediatrics, Penn State College of Medicine | "Primary Prevention of Obesity Through Infancy-Based Interventions" | Watch Video |
| April 16 | Seth Berkowitz, MD, MPH, General Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina | "Thinking Through Food is Medicine Interventions" | Watch Video |
| September 10 | Chris Long, PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Center for Nutrition & Health Impact, GusNIP NTAE Center | "Evaluating Food is Medicine Interventions-Making Sense of the Menu of Metrics" | Watch Video |
| September 17 | Brooks Wingo, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham | "Theory-guided behavioral interventions for improving diet quality in adults with multiple sclerosis" | Watch Video |
| October 1 | Hyeyoung Nam, PhD, UAB NORC Pilot and Feasibility Named New Investigator 2023 Instructor, Dept of Urology, Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham | "The effect of fructose metabolism in renal cancer tumorigenesis" | Watch Video |
| October 8 | Angela D. Bryan, PhD, Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience Associate Chair for Faculty Development, Co-Director CUChange, University of Colorado Boulder, Adjunct Professor, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Senior Associate Editor, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Associate Editor, Health Psychology Review | "Health Behavior Theory: Where have we been and where are we going?" | Watch Video |
| October 15 | Mohan Thirumalai, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Health Services Administration, Chair’s Office, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham | "Optimizing Behavioral Strategies of Interventions" | Watch Video |
| October 22 | Olivia Altonji, PhD & Christie Kirchoff, PhD, Postdoc Trainees, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions | Altonji - "Can Meal Timing Improve Metabolic Health in People with Obesity?" Kirchoff - "Shaping a More Inclusive and Precise Future for Food as Medicine" |
Watch Video |
| October 29 | Maggie Stanislawski, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Biochemistry Artificial Intel, University of Colorado, Anshutz Campus, INSPIRE Scholar | "The shifting microbiome during a weight loss intervention" | Watch Video |
| November 5 | NO SEMINAR - TOS | ||
| November 11 | John Thyfault, PhD, FACSM, FTOS, Professor, Cell Biology and Physiology, Professor, Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Clinical Pharmacology, Director, KU Diabetes Institute, Scientific Director, Children’s Mercy Hospital, Center for Children’s Healthy Lifestyle and Nutrition Scientist, Kansas City VA Medical Center-Research Service, University of Kansas | This seminar is held Monday, Nov 11th in conjunction with UCEM | |
| November 19 | Jim Hill, PhD, Director, UAB NORC, Professor, Department of Nutrition Sciences, School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham | State of NORC | Watch Video |
| November 26 | NO SEMINAR - Thanksgiving | ||
| December 3 | Emily Hill, PhD, RDN, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center | "Getting the MOST out of behavioral interventions: co-design and optimization of a nutrition program for cancer survivorship" | |
| December 10 | CORE Presentation, CORE Researchers | ||
| December 17 | NO SEMINAR – Holidays | ||
| December 24 | NO SEMINAR – Holidays | ||
| December 31 | NO SEMINAR – Holidays |