Boston Nutrition Seminars 2004 - 2005

Co-Sponsored by:
Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center

Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA - 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.

October 12, 2004
"Low Carbohydrate Diets in the Treatment of Obesity"
Gary D. Foster, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Director, Weight and Eating Disorders Program, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

November 9, 2004
"The Resurrection of Vitamin D Deficiency: Consequences for Overall Health and Well-Being"
Michael F. Holick, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Medicine, Endocrine Laboratory, Boston University.

December 14, 2004
"Neural Circuits that Regulate Food Intake and Body Weight"
Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Obesity Research Center, University of Cincinnati.
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January 11, 2005
"Role of Calcium Nutrition and Other Lifestyle Factors in Bone Health"
Connie M. Weaver, Ph.D., Head and Distinguished Professor of Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, Director of NIH Botanicals Center for Age-Related Diseases.

February 8, 2005
"Can (or Should) Obesity be Treated Pharmacologically?"
Nicholas Finer, MBBS, FRCP, R.Nutr., Clinical Director, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility and Senior Research Associate, Cambridge University.

March 8, 2005
"Improving Infant Formulas: Role in Lifelong Nutritional Health"
Sharon M. Donovan, Ph.D., R.D., Professor of Nutrition, Melissa M. Noel Endowed Chair in Diet and Health, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Illinois at Urbana.

April 12, 2005
TBA - Henry Ginsberg, M.D., Herbert Irving Professor of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Presbyterian Hospital.

May 10, 2005
"Obesity Research: The Long Path from Discovery to the Market"
Jose Caro, M.D., Vice-President, Endocrine Research and Clinical Investigations, Eli Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, Indiana.

June 21, 2005
"Role of the Adipocyte, Free Fatty Acids, and Ectopic Fat in the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus"
Ralph A. DeFronzo, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Diabetes Division, University of Texas Health Science Center and the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital, San Antonio, Texas and Deputy Director of the Texas Diabetes Institute.