2nd Annual Women’s Health Research Day
March 13, 2007
“Nutrition and Women's Health:
Research and Practice"
Abstracts and Slides
“Surgical Treatment of Obesity” - Adolfo “Fuzz” Fernandez, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of General Surgery, Section on Bariatric Surgery
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“Ethnic Differences in Insulin Sensitivity” - Jorge Calles, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Endocrinology & Metabolism
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“Whole Grain Intake and Atherosclerosis" - Philip Mellen, M.D., MS, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on General Internal Medicine
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“Clinical Treatment of Obesity in Older Women” - Barbara Nicklas, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Internal medicine, Section on Gerontology & Geriatric Medicine, Center for Human Genomics
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Division of Public Health Sciences Distinguished Speaker Series
"Prevention of Major Chronic Disease by Diet and Lifestyle: A Progress Report" Special Guest: Walter Willett, M.D., Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Departments of Nutrition & Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health
“Fad Diets: Foods, Facts & Fiction” - Richard B. Weinberg, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Section on Gastroenterology, Digestive Health Center
“Effects of Hormones and Diet on Obesity and Insulin Resistance”- Janice D. Wagner, DVM, Ph.D., Deputy Associate Dean of Research, Director, Animal Resource Program, Department of Pathology, Section on Comparative Medicine
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“Inflammation Nation” - Floyd H. “Ski” Chilton III, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Center for Botanical Lipids