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Past MRC Epidemiology Unit Seminars
2011
Monday 7th March 2:00 pm
"Fizzyology - Genetics, Metabolic Effects, Health Outcomes and Politics of High Sugar Consumption in Children
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Professor Michael Goran
Director, Childhood Obesity Research Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Friday 25th February 11:00 am
"Interventions to prevent obesity in children in Sweden, UK and China
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Tanja Sobko, PhD
Division of Pediatrics, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, CLINTEC, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
2010
Tuesday 30th November 2:15 pm
"Associations of diabetes and periodontal disease"
Professor Nikolaos Donos
Head of Periodontology Unit, Eastman Dental Institute, University College London
Tuesday 11th May 4:00 pm
"Gene-gene and gene-environment interactions in eye disease: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Eye Study "
Dr Madeleine Adams
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne
Tuesday 11th May 1:00 pm
"Population interventions to improve nutrition and physical activity "
Dr Cliona Ni Mhurchu
Nutrition & Physical Activity Clinical Trials Research Unit, University of Auckland
15th March 1:00pm
"The effects of low and high BMI in China: large-scale epidemiological evidence"
Professor Zhengming Chen
Professor of Epidemiology, University of Oxford
2009
14th October 2:00pm
"Vitamin D and cardiovascular disease - the contribution of epidemiology"
Professor Robert Scragg
Associate Professor,
Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
3rd September 1:00pm
"Iron: a delicate balance in health and disease "
Dr Jonathan Powell
Head of Micronutrient Status Research,
MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK
23rd July 5:00 pm
"Statistical Methods for genome-wide analysis in family samples with applications to the Framingham Heart Study"
Professor Josee Dupuis
Department of Biostatistics, Boston University
12th May 4:00 pm
"Physical Activity and Weight Management"
Professor Steven N. Blair
Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
1st April 12:00pm
"Environmental endocrine disruptors and adult health"
Professor David Melzer
Epidemiology and Public Health Group, Institute of Biomedical & Clinical Science, Peninsula Medical School, Universities of Exeter & Plymouth, UK
10th February 3:00 pm
"Dietary patterns and markers for the Metabolic Syndrome in Australian adolescents"
Dr Gina Ambrosini
Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia
22nd January 2:00 pm
"An overview of mixed models: why are they needed, and how should they be used?"
Nick Galwey
15th January 4:00 pm
"Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Genes or Lifestyle?"
Dr Venkat Narayan
Hubert Professor of Global Health, and Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2008
25th November
"The role of ethnic background on body fat distribution"
Dr Scott Lear
Associate Professor and Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator, School Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada
17th September
"Selenium and Chronic Disease: an Overview of Potential Benefits and Adverse Effects"
Dr Saverio Stranges
Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, University of Warwick
23rd July
"Effects of risk factors and interventions on CVD risk and life expectancy"
Dr Oscar Franco
Senior Public Health Epidemiologist, Unilever
31st March
"What can muscle morphometry from computerized tomography teach us about health?"
Professor Tamara Harri
National Institute of Aging
2007
3rd December
"Physical activity during pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: Opportunities and Challenges"
Professor Lisa Chasan-Taber
Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts
7th December
"Do exercise referral schemes work? Evaluation of 'Active 4 Life'"
Ava Lee
Medical Student visiting from Imperial College
"Alcohol consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes"
Dr Joline Beullens
University of Utrecht
7th November
"Diabetes register linkage in Scotland"
Dr Sarah Wild
Public Health Sciences Section, Centre for Public Health and Primary Care, University of Edinburgh
25th September
"Pediatric obesity can be prevented by vigorous physical activity rather than by restriction of energy intake"
Professor Bernard Gutin
Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics & Physiology, Medical College of Georgia, USA
16th May
"Model building work in pediatric obesity"
Professor Tom Baranowski,
Pediatrics/Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine
14th May
"Impact of a behavioural intervention on metabolic risk factors in a Japanese-Brazilian population"
Bianca de Almeida Pititto
Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
23rd March
"Metabolic syndrome risk and mental health: Relationship with physical activity and physical fitness in Flemish adults"
Katrien Wijndaele
Department of Movement and Sports Science, University of Ghent
