The Center's community education and seminar series program is designed to increase the visibility of clinical nutrition research on the UNC campus and in the local community. Listed below are some upcoming events that are sponsored and/or supported by the CNRC.

Bigger Moms, Smaller Babies: The Nutrition Transition and Obstetric Interventions in Brazil
Thursday, August 14, 2008
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
UNC School of Pharmacy - Kerr 2001
Presented by Dr. Cesar Victora
Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

Dietary Assessment Methods, Adolescent Dietary Behaviors, School-based Interventions and More
Friday, September 12, 2008
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
1304 McGavran-Greenberg Building
Presented by Dr. Carol Boushey
Associate Professor, Department of Food and Nutrition
Purdue University
 

Past CNRC Sponsored and Nutrition Related Seminars

Genetic Variants and Obesity: Longitudinal, GWA-based, and Functional Analysis
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
2005 Michael Hooker Research Center
Presented by Lu Qi, MD, PhD
Research Scientist, Department of Nutrition
Harvard School of Public Health  

Phytoestrogen Lignans in the Natural History of Breast Cancer
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
2213 McGavran-Greenberg Hall
Presented by Susan McCann, PhD
Associate Professor of Oncology, Department of Cancer Prevention and Control Roswell Park Cancer Institute

Assessing Dietary Intake in Multi-Ethnic Populations
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
3005 Michael Hooker Research Center
Presented by Sangita Sharma, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology
Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii

Sources of Variability in the Development of Infant Memory
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
310 Davie Hall
Presented by Carol Cheatham, PhD
Assistant Research Professor, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscientist
Department of Dietetics and Nutrition
University of Kansas Medical Center      

CHAI Core Presents...Tailoring Health Communication Messages
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Conference Room #236
Presented by Marci Campbell, Director of the CHAI Core
David Farrell, President of People Designs
For additional information on this workshop, please contact Carol Carr at (919) 843-7830 or visit the CHAI core website.