Weekly Seminar Series

Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, here are the times and locations for each specific seminar series.

Friedman Seminars - Wednesday, 12-1 pm, in Behrakis Auditorium, Jaharis, Boston Campus
For more information, contact Hugh Joseph or Rebecca Boulos
HNRCA Seminars - Monday, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, in Mezzanine Level Conference Room, Boston Campus
For more information, please contact Martin Obin or Tristan Mangindin.
For University Seminar Series "The Obesity Epidemic and Food Economics" - Friday, 2:00 - 4:00 pm. The location differs.
For more information, please contact Emmanuel Pothos

Date	Sponsor	Seminar Speakers and Titles
Sept 14	HNRCA	Richard Miller, MD, PhD, Geriatrics Center, University of Michigan – "Dividends" From Research on Aging – Can Biogerontologists, At Long Last, Find Something Useful to Do?
Sept 16	Friedman	Jim Greene, Director, City of Boston Emergency Shelter Commission – Food in the Hub 2010: Re-rooting Boston's Urban Food System through Local and Regional Partnerships. View Presentation
Sept 21	HNRCA	Matt Kaeberlein, PhD, Department of Pathology, University of Washington – Aging and anti-aging interventions in C. elegans
Sept 23	Friedman	John Carroll, Professor of Environmental Conservation, Univ. of New Hampshire – Pastures of Plenty: The Future of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Conservation in New England. View Presentation
Sept 25	Obesity	Rena Wing Director, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Brown Medical School – Successful weight loss maintenance: A cost-benefit analysis Location: Boston Campus: Sackler 114
Sept 30 4-7 pm	Friedman	Film showing: Food, Inc., followed by a discussion with Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President & CE-Yo, Stonyfield Farm. Note: The time for this event is 4 -7 pm
Oct 2	Obesity	Susan Roberts, Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging – Successful weight loss maintenance: A cost-benefit analysis Robin Kanarek, John Wade Professor, Psychology, Tufts University College of Arts and Sciences – Psychological causes and consequences of obesity Emmanuel Pothos, Associate Professor, Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics and Neuroscience, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences and Tufts University School of Medicine – Heredity and environment Location: Medford Campus: Eaton 201
Oct 7	Friedman	Armond Cohen, Executive Director, Clean Air Task Force, Boston – Climate change: Can we respond fast enough, and, if so, how?
Oct 14	Friedman	William Moomaw, Director Center for International Environment and Resource Policy, Fletcher School – Bio-food, Bio-fuels and Bio-fiber: Can the Earth provide them all? View Presentation
Oct 21	Friedman	Roger Doiron, Founding Director, Kitchen Gardeners International – Doom and Bloom: How Small Gardens Can Help Feed a Big, Hot, and Hungry World View Presentation
Oct 23	Obesity	Aviva Must, Dept. Chair, Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; Dean, Public Health and Professional Degree Programs – Epidemiology of American obesity Location: Medford Campus: Eaton 201
Oct 26	HNRCA	Richard Weindruch, PhD, Institute on Aging – Caloric Restriction and Aging: Studies in Mice and Monkeys.
Oct 28	Friedman	Town Hall Meeting
Nov 2	HNRCA	Ana Maria Cuervo, PhD, Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Autophagy and Aging: Taking Care of Proteins From the Cradle to the Grave
Nov 4	Friedman	Jennifer Coates & Beatrice Rogers, Friedman School – "But We'll Always Be Here": Strategies to Assure the Sustainability of Food Assistance Program Impacts after Program Exit. View Presentation
Nov 9	HNRCA	C. Ronald Kahn, MD, Joslin Diabetes Center – Insulin, Metabolism and Aging
Nov 11	Friedman	Monday Class Schedule - No Seminar
Nov 13	Obesity	Parke Wilde, Associate Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy Eileen Kennedy, Dean, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy – Industry self-regulation as a response to policy concerns about obesity Location: Boston Campus: Sackler 216A
Nov 18	Friedman	Stanley Cheren, President & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nueva Salud, Inc – The Process of Introducing Sustainable Public Health Changes in a Rural Mayan Community
Nov 20	Obesity	Alice Lichtenstein, Director, Cardiovascular Nutrition Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging – Health consequences of obesity Location: Medford Campus: Room TBA
Nov 25	Friedman	Thanksgiving Holiday - No Seminar
Dec 2	Friedman	Panel Discussion: Beatrice Rogers, Friedman School, Christian Peters, incoming AFE faculty, and Julia Freedgood, American Farmland Trus) – Go local – Is this the solution?: A discussion about the merits and limits of locally-produced foods as a solution to current food system challenges.
Dec 4	Obesity	Jonathan Davis, Chief, Newborn Medicine & Director, Clinical and Translational Research Center at the Floating Children's Hospital, Tufts Medical Center – Obesity and pregnancy Anastassios Pittas, Associate Professor, Medicine and Endocrinology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center – Metabolic profile, dietary composition and weight loss Location: Medford Campus: Eaton 201
Dec 9	Friedman	Barbara Storper, Founder/Director, FoodPlay Productions, Hatfield, MA – How to Turn Kids on to Healthy Habits!