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Speaker. “Neonatal Calcium, Zinc and Iron Requirements.”
Israeli Neonatology Association, Haifa, Israel, July 17, 2001.Speaker.
“Using Stable Isotopes to Assess the Bioavailability
of Minerals in Food Fortification Programs.” International
Atomic Energy Agency, International Conference on Nutrition,
Vienna, Austria, August 31, 2001.Speaker. “Calcium,
Magnesium, Phosphorus and Vitamin D Fortification of Weaning
Foods.” Pan American Health Organization, Washington,
D.C., Oct. 4, 2001. Speaker. “Methodological Issues
in Iron Stable Isotope Studies.” Instituto de Nutricion
y Tecnologia de los Alimentos (INTA), Santiago, Chile, Dec.
2, 2001.Speaker. “Use of Stable Isotopes in Mineral
Nutrition Studies in Children.” Institute of Nutrition
and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine,
Beijing, China, Jan. 5, 2002.Speaker. “Stable Isotope
Iron Studies.” Swiss Federal Institute of Technology,
Zurich, Switzerland, May 13, 2002.Speaker. “Calcium
Stable Isotope Studies of Absorption and Kinetics.”
Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Mexico,
June 20, 2002.Speaker. “Calcium Issues in Infants and
Toddlers.” Johns Hopkins University Pediatric Nutrition
Symposium, Baltimore, Maryland, June 24, 2002.
Speaker. “Parental and Adolescent Beliefs on the Value
of Vigorous and Moderate Physical Activity.” Annual
Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine, St. Louis,
Missouri, May 31, 2002.
Invited Speaker. “Mediating Variable Paradigm for Analyzing
Why Community Interventions Are Not Working As We Might Like.”
Behavior Change Consortium, National Institutes of Health,
Washington, D.C., July 12, 2001.Invited Closing Speaker. “Where
is the Future of Nutrition Education?” Annual Meeting
of the Society of Nutrition Education, Oakland, California,
July 25, 2001.Invited Lecturer. “Social Cognitive Theory
and Health Behaviors.” Department of Preventive Medicine
and Community Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston,
Galveston, Texas, November 7, 2001.Invited Lecturer. “School-based
Obesity Prevention.” The American Academy of Health
Behavior, Napa, California, March 26, 2002. Invited Speaker.
“Cancer Prevention with Children.” Donor’s
Luncheon of the American Cancer Society, Houston City Club,
Houston, Texas, April 2, 2002.Invited Speaker. “The
Role of Mediating Variables in Behavior Change Programs.”
Houston Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Seminar,
Houston, Texas, June 7, 2002.Invited Lecturer. “School-based
Obesity Prevention: a Blueprint for Taming the Epidemic.”
Fourth Annual Danone Institute of Canada Symposium, 45th Annual
Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 15, 2002.
Invited Participant. “Energy and Protein Requirements
in Human Nutrition.” Working Group, The Food and Agricultural
Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/ World Health Organization
(WHO)/ United Nations University (UNU), Rome, Italy, July
1-6, 2001.Chair. Nutrition Session, European Society for Paediatric
Research Annual Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, August 5-8, 2002.Invited
Participant. “Genetic Variation and Nutrition.”
Fiftieth Nestlé Nutrition Workshop, Montreux, Switzerland,
October 7-11, 2001. Interviewee. “Food Irradiation.”
By Silvia Castenada for KPRC-TV, Houston, Texas, October 23,
2001. Invited Participant. Eighth Annual Meeting of The Private
and Public, Scientific, Academic and Consumer Food Policy
Group, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, November
18-19, 2001.Symposium Organizer. Third Annual Case Western
Reserve University-Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Neonatal Metabolism Workshop, Houston, Texas, January 8-9,
2002. Chair. “Influence of Genes and Environment on
Behavior.” International Life Sciences Institute Annual
Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, January 22, 2002. Chair. “Nutrition
and Diseases.” International Symposium on Nutritional
Sciences, Shanghai, China, April 3, 2002. Invited Speaker.
“Effect of Dietary Macronutrient Composition on Energy
Expenditure, Fuel Oxidation, Insulin Secretion, and Insulin
Sensitivity in Children.” International Symposium on
Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai, China, April 3, 2002. Invited
Participant. Prevention/Therapy Writing Group. “Obesity,
A Worldwide Epidemic Related to Heart Disease and Stroke.”
American Heart Association Prevention VII, Honolulu, Hawaii,
April 28, 2002. Invited Speaker: Lewis A. Barness Lecturer,
University of South Florida College of Medicine. “Dietary
Composition, Energy Balance and Insulin Sensitivity in Children.”
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, Florida, May 23, 2002. Invited
Speaker: Lewis A. Barness Lecturer, University of South Florida
College of Medicine. “Obesity: Eat Less, Exercise More
or Blame It on Your Genes?” All Children’s Hospital,
St. Petersburg, Florida, May 23, 2002.
Speaker. “Glucagon-like Peptide 2: a Nutrient-responsive
Intestinal Growth Factor.” Department of Animal Science,
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 19, 2001. Invited
Speaker. “Importance of Neonatal Nutrition: What Have
We Learned from Human and Animal Studies?” Cornell Nutrition
Conference symposium: “Maximizing the Impact of Nutrition
on Animal Development,” Rochester, New York, October
20, 2001. Member. Animal Protocol Review Committee, Baylor
College of Medicine, 2002. Speaker. “Enteral Versus
Parenteral Nutrition: Does It Matter to the Neonatal Gut?”
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science,
Nutrition and Metabolism Research Group, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, January 20, 2002. Speaker. “Metabolic
and Trophic Actions of Glucagon-like Peptide 2 in the Neonatal
Gut.” Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of Agricultural,
Consumer, and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois,
Urbana, Illinois, March 7, 2002.
Invited Participant. “ ‘Adi-Map,’ An Obesity
Gene Mapping Collaborative Project.” National Institutes
of Health, Rockville, Maryland, July 27, 2001. Speaker. “Prevalence
of Obesity among Hispanic Children in the United States.”
Instituto Mexicano Social Securidad Nutrition Symposium, Mexico
City, Mexico, August 14-15, 2001. Speaker. “Diet and
Childhood Obesity.” NAASO 2001: From Laboratory Investigation
to Clinical Practice, North American Association for the Study
of Obesity, Quebec, Canada, October 7-10, 2001. Attending
Member. American Society for Clinical Nutrition Council Meeting.
American Society of Clinical Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland,
October 14-15, 2001. Chair/Speaker. “Energy Requirements
of Infants.” Joint FAO/WHO/UNU Expert Consultation on
Energy and Protein in Human Nutrition, FAO/WHO/UNU, Rome,
Italy, October 17-24, 2001. Speaker. “Fat as an Energy
Source in Neonatal Nutrition.” Workshop on Infant and
Neonatal Nutrition, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,
January 8-9, 2002. Speaker. “Energy Requirements of
Pregnant Women with Low, Normal, and High BMI.” Neonatal
Nutrition Conference, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,
Texas, March 3, 2002. Treasurer. American Society for Clinical
Nutrition Budget and Finance Meeting, American Society for
Clinical Nutrition, Baltimore, Maryland, March 12-13, 2002.
Speaker. “Protein and Energy Interactions.” Joint
WHO/FAO/UNU Expert Consultation on Protein and Amino Acid
Requirements in Human Nutrition, Geneva, Switzerland, April
9-16, 2002. Speaker. “Normative Body Composition during
the First Two Years of Life.” Nutritional Sciences Department
Seminar, University of California, Davis, California, May
11-14, 2002.
Joan B. Carter, R.D., M.B.A.
Spokesperson. American Dietetic Association, Houston area.
Web Site Manager. Food and Culinary Professionals practice
group, American Dietetic Association. Web Site Manager. Houston
Area Dietetic Association.
Speaker. “Glutamine Cycling in Working Rat Heart.”
Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 23,
2002.
Chair. Patent Committee, Baylor College of Medicine.
Presenter. Posters: “Middle School Student Reports
of Possible Influences on Eating Fruit, Juice and Vegetables,”
“Middle School Students’ Lunch Beverage Choices,”
and “Middle School Students’ Lunch Food Selections:
Results from Student Interviews.” Society of Nutrition
Education Annual Meeting, Oakland, California, July 21, 2001.
Interviewee. “Goal Setting for Diet and Health Habits.”
By Sandra Gordon, Vitality magazine, July 27, 2001. Interviewee.
“Picky Eaters.” By Lydia Denworth, Child magazine,
August 13, 2001. Interviewee. “TV and Family Meal Time.”
By Paul Pendergraft, Assistant News Director, KUHF-FM, Houston
Public Radio, Houston, Texas, September 3, 2001.Interviewee.
“TV and Family Meal Time.” By Vickie Brown, American
Profile magazine, October 2, 2001.Speaker. “The Impact
of School Meal Source on Middle School Students’ Lunch
Food Consumption.” USDA/Economic Research Service Workshop:
“Nutrition for School-aged Children,” Washington,
D. C., November 19, 2001.Interviewee. “A Parent's Guide
to the Grocery Store.” By Barbara Rowley, Parenting
magazine, January 17, 2002.Interviewee. “Family Mealtime.”
By Lori George, Prevention magazine, February 8, 2002.Interviewee.
“Schools Must Restrict Sales of Junk Food.” By
Salatheia Bryant, Houston Chronicle, May 1, 2002.Speaker.
“The Environmental Impact on Adolescent Dietary Behaviors.”
Pasadena Independent School District Annual Workshop, Houston,
Texas, May 31, 2002.Interviewee. “Obesity: How to Get
Children to Change their Eating Habits.” By Mel Huff,
The Brownsville Herald, June 20, 2002.
Speaker. “Developmental Regulation of Protein Metabolism.”
Triennial Growth Symposium, American Society of Animal Science,
Indianapolis, Indiana, July 24, 2001. Speaker. “Impact
of Nutrition, Hormones, and Sepsis on Muscle Protein Synthesis
in Neonates.” Children’s Nutrition Research Center,
Houston, Texas, September 20, 2001. Speaker. “Developmental
Regulation of Protein Synthesis.” Penn State College
of Medicine, Hershey Medical Center, May 7, 2002. Speaker.
“Ontogeny of Insulin’s Effect on Muscle Protein
Synthesis in Vivo.” American Diabetes Association 62nd
Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, June 15, 2002.
Interviewee. “Avoiding the Freshman 15.” By Kim
Wallace, Studying in America magazine (British), August 20,
2001. Interviewee. “Healthy Snacking and Bedtime.”
By Karen Miles, Parenting magazine, August 22, 2001. Interviewee.
“Healthy Lunches for School.” By Lauren Greenwood,
Lifescape magazine, August 27, 2001. Presenter. “Ethnic,
Age, and Gender Differences in Food Consumption Patterns from
Childhood to Young Adulthood.” American Dietetic Association
84th Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, October 21, 2001.
Interviewee. “Soy Milk for Toddlers.” By Holly
Hankle, Parentcenter.com, November 16, 2001. Interviewee.
“Rice Milk for Toddlers.” By Holly Hankle, Parentcenter.com,
November 17, 2001. Interviewee. “Healthy Nutrition and
Preschoolers.” Southern West Daily News (Chinese), November
18, 2001. Invited Speaker. “Health, Nutrition, and Immunity.”
Tzu-Chi Preparatory Academy, Houston, Texas, November 18,
2001. Interviewee. “Making the Transition from Formula
to Cow’s Milk.” By Betty Long, Parent’s
magazine, February 14, 2002. Presenter. “Understanding
Health Beliefs of Chinese-American Parents of Preschool-aged
Children.” First Annual Nutrition Week, San Diego, California,
February 23-February 27, 2002. Presenter. “Children’s
Food Consumption Patterns Have Changed Over Two Decades: The
Bogalusa Heart Study.” First Annual Nutrition Week,
San Diego, California, February 23-27, 2002. Presenter. “Cultural
Influences on Eating Habits of Preschool-Aged Chinese-American
Children.” Children’s Nutrition Research Center-
Behavioral Nutrition Journal Club, Houston, Texas, April 5,
2002. Presenter. “Evaluating Health Beliefs of Chinese-American
Parents of Preschool-aged Children.” Experimental Biology
2002 Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 2002. Invited
Speaker. “Chinese Health Beliefs and Eating Habits.”
University of Texas School of Public Health Ethnic Nutrition
Course, Houston, Texas, April 24, 2002. Interviewee. “Snacks
for 4-year-old Children.” By Karen Miles, Parenting
magazine, April 29, 2002. Invited Speaker. “Nutrition
for Healthy Chinese Preschoolers.” Chinese Community
Center, Houston Chinese Church, Houston, Texas, April 30,
2002. Interviewee. “Starting Babies on Solids.”
By Denise Peretto, Parents-Baby magazine, June 28, 2002.
Speaker. “Interaction of Developmental Age and Diet
in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Growth.” Center
for Human Research, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, Maryland, September 25, 2001. Organizer
and Chair. Symposium on “Fetal Origins of Adult Disease.”
Experimental Biology 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21,
2002. Speaker. “Mechanisms: Adaptations of Growth Processes
to the Nutrient Environment during Critical Windows of Development.”
Fetal Origins of Adult Disease Symposium, Experimental Biology
2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 21, 2002.
Web Site Manager. International Society for Behavioral Nutrition.
Speaker. “Proposal Attributes.” USDA CSREES Competitive
Grants Symposium, Society for Nutrition Education Annual Meeting,
Oakland, California, July 22, 2001. Speaker. “Moving
Our Children Towards a Healthy Weight.” North Carolina
Summit on Overweight in Children and Youth, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, August 26, 2001. Speaker. “Effects of Repeated
Exposure to a Large Portion-sized Entrée on Children's
Eating.” North American Association for the Study of
Obesity, Quebec, Canada, October 7-10, 2001.
Speaker. “Nutritional Evaluation and Enhancement of
Plant Foods: Research at the Interface of Plant and Human
Nutrition Sciences.” Faculty of Nutrition Seminar Series,
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, September
4, 2001, and University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois,
September 19, 2001. Speaker. “Reproductive and Nutritional
Biology of Legumes.” CNRC Seminar Series, USDA/ARS Children’s
Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, October 11, 2001.
Keynote Speaker. “Nutritional Significance of Pulses:
Current Assessment and Future Strategies for Marketability.”
North American Pulse Improvement Association 2001 Meeting,
Fargo, North Dakota, October 29, 2001. Speaker. “Mechanistic
Assessment of Calcium Accretion in Developing Chickpea Seeds.”
North American Pulse Improvement Association 2001 Meeting,
Fargo, North Dakota, October 30, 2001. Speaker. “Nutritional
Evaluation and Enhancement of Plant Foods: Research at the
Interface of Plant and Human Nutrition Sciences.” Tri
Beta Lecture Series, University of St. Thomas, Houston, Texas,
November 8, 2001. Speaker. “Nutritional Evaluation and
Enhancement of Plant Foods: Research at the Interface of Plant
and Human Nutrition Sciences.” Donaghey College of Information
Science and Systems Engineering Colloquium, University of
Arkansas-Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, November 16,
2001. Speaker. “Nutritionally Enhanced Foods Developed
via Biotechnology: Status and Future Perspectives.”
Biotechnology Symposium, 2002 International Life Sciences
Institute Annual Meeting, Cancun, Mexico, January 23, 2002.
Speaker. “Engineering Foods with Enhanced Nutrient Content.”
Workshop on “Biotechnology for Horticultural Crops:
Challenges & Opportunities” sponsored by The University
of California, Davis, at Monterey, California, February 8,
2002. Speaker. “Iron and Zinc Homeostasis in Legumes:
A Whole-Plant to Molecular Perspective.” Department
of Nutritional Sciences Seminar Series, University of Missouri,
Columbia, Missouri, April 4, 2002. Speaker. “Nutritional
Genomics of Developing Legume Seeds.” International
Conference on Legume Genomics and Genetics, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
June 5, 2002. Speaker. “Relevant Mechanisms and Potential
Strategies for Improving the Iron Content of Plant Foods for
Human Nutrition.” The 11th International Symposium on
Iron Nutrition and Interactions in Plants, Udine, Italy, June
28, 2002.
Speaker. "Genetic Manipulation of the IGF-I Axis to
Regulate Mammary Gland Development and Function." International
Animal Agriculture and Food Science Conference, Indianapolis,
Indiana, July 25, 2001. Speaker. “Genetic Manipulation
of Mammary Gland Development and Lactation.” Department
of Dairy and Animal Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
Arizona, October 29, 2001. Presenter. Poster: “Targeted
Mutation of the Usf2 Gene Impairs Postpartum Mammary Gland
Development and Lactation.” Experimental Biology 2002
meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 22, 2002. Presenter.
Poster: “Developmental and Hormonal Signals Dramatically
Alter the Localization and Abundance of Insulin Receptor Substrate
(IRS) Proteins in the Mammary Gland.” The 84th Annual
Meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Francisco, California,
June 20, 2002.
Platform Presenter. “The GLUT1 Glucose Transporter
Colocalizes with Alpha-lactalbumin in Lactating Mammary Gland:
Evidence from Confocal Microscopy.” Pediatric Academic
Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2002.
Speaker. “Overview of Hypothesis Based Research”
and “Funding for Clinical Research: Developing a Research
Proposal and the NIH Review Process.” Fundamentals of
Clinical Investigation, Clinical Scientist Training Program,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, July 9, 2001.
Speaker. “Critical Appraisal of Clinical Research Publications”
and “Critical Appraisal of Medical Literature: How to
Read a Paper.” Fundamentals of Clinical Investigation,
Clinical Scientist Training Program, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, July 10, 2001. Speaker. “Academic Pathways,
Research and Opportunities.” Fellows’ Retreat,
Department of Emergency Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, July 19, 2001. Speaker. “Critical Appraisal
of Medical Literature: How to Read a Paper.” Fundamentals
of Clinical Investigation, Clinical Scientist Training Program,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, August 2, 2001.
Speaker. “Hypoglycemia in Infants and Children: A Practical
Approach.” Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, September 14, 2001. Speaker.
“Impact of Hexose Ingestion on Gluconeogenesis and Glucose
Production.” Seminar, Department of Biochemistry, Division
of Diabetes, The University of Texas Health Science Center,
San Antonio, Texas, October 25, 2001. Chair. Ad hoc study
sections, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases Grant Review Committee. National Institutes
of Health, Washington, D.C., January 8, 2002. Member. “WS3:
The American Perspective.” Planning Committee, 13th
Novo Nordisk hGH Symposium, Sintra, Portugal, January 18,
2002. Speaker. “Funding 101.” Breakout session,
5th Annual Fellows Day, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College
of Medicine, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston,
Texas, April 5, 2002. Speaker. “Hypoglycemia: Diagnosis
and Management.” Pediatric Postgraduate Symposium, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 25, 2002. Speaker.
“Beyond Growth: Effects of Growth Hormone on Body Composition.”
The Annual Growth Science Forum, sponsored by Serono, Baltimore,
Maryland, May 3, 2002. Consultant. National Pediatric Endocrinology
Advisory Board Meeting. Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Boca Raton,
Florida, May 17-19, 2002. Speaker. “Type II Diabetes
in Children -- a New ‘Epidemic’ and Therapeutic
Challenge;” “What Every Pediatrician Should Know
About the Most Common Endocrine Consultations;” “Hypoglycemia
in Infants and Children -- a Practical Approach.” Baylor
College of Medicine Department of Pediatrics Conference: “Acute
Care Pediatrics: Review and Update of the State of the Art,”
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, June 10-14, 2002. Chair.
“The Role of the Liver in Type 2 Diabetes” and
“Distinguishing Type 1 from MODY and Type 1.5 Diabetes.”
American Diabetes Association 62nd Scientific Sessions, San
Francisco, California, June 14-18, 2002.
Guest Lecturer. “Effects of LC-PUFA on Visual and Cognitive
Development of Term and Preterm Infants.” Latest Advances
in Infant Formulas, Wyeth Nutritionals/Mid East, Cairo, Egypt,
January 18, 2002; Amman, Jordan, January 19, 2002; and Beirut,
Lebanon, January 21, 2002. Invited Speaker. “Importance
of Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LC-PUFA) in Neonatal
and Infant Development.” Key Opinion Leader Symposium,
Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Marco Island, Florida, February
22, 2002; DHA and ARA Supplementation in Infant Formula: Implications
for Infant Development Lecture Series, Mead Johnson Nutritionals,
Boston, Massachusetts, March 23, 2002; Neonatal and Infant
Development Lecture Series, Mead Johnson Nutritionals, Austin,
Texas, March 26, 2002, and Santa Ana, California, April 10,
2002. Discussant. “Committee on the Evaluation of the
Addition of Ingredients New to Infant Formula.” The
Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine, Washington,
D.C., May 1, 2002. Invited Speaker. “Fatty Acid Regulation
of Fat and Fatty Acid Metabolism.” Gene Nutrient Interaction
Symposium Session, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, Maryland, May 6, 2002. Invited Speaker. “Assessing
Short-Term Health and Nutritional Outcomes in Infants.”
Development of a Surveillance System for Infants Ingesting
Infant Formulas Containing New Ingredients, NIH/NICHD, Washington,
D.C., May 20-21, 2002. Guest Speaker. “Infant Formula
and Infant Food Evaluation in North America.” Characterizations
of Infant Food Modifications in the European Union, sponsored
by the Child Health Foundation, Munich, Germany, and ESPGHAN
(European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology
and Nutrition), Taormina, Sicily, June 4, 2002.
Speaker. “Molecular, Integrative and Clinical Approaches
to Myocardial Ischemia.” American Heart Association
Symposium, Seattle, Washington, August 8-10, 2001. Speaker.
“Stem Cells for Cardiovascular Repair.” American
Heart Association Symposium, Anaheim, California, November
10-13, 2001. Speaker. “Stem Cells in Tissue Engineering.”
International Conference on Engineering Tissue Growth, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, March 18-20, 2002. Speaker. “Stem Cell
Therapies.” American Transplant Congress, Washington,
D.C., April 26-28, 2002. Chair. “Nutrient Regulation
of Cell Growth and Differentiation.” Symposium, Experimental
Biology 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20-24, 2002. Speaker.
“Vascular Cell Signaling.” Symposium, Experimental
Biology 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 20-24, 2002. Speaker.
“Critical Elements in Research & Development.”
Symposium on Tissue Engineering Sciences, Mykonos, Greece,
May 19-24, 2002.Speaker. “Signal Transduction by Engineered
Extracellular Matrices.” Gordon Conference, New London,
Connecticut, June 23-27, 2002.
Speaker. "Calcium Transport Around the Plant Vacuole:
Characterization of the CAX Genes." Conference: “Signaling
in Plants and Animals,” Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko
University, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 10, 2001. Speaker. "The
Role of CAX Genes in Vacuolar Ca2+ /H+ Antiport." The
X Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants,
La Paz, Mexico, October 28, 2001. Speaker. "Calcium and
Metal Transport Across the Plant Vacuole." Instituto
de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de
Mexico, Cuernavaca, Mexico, January 14, 2002. Speaker. "Genetic
Approaches to Altering Mineral Content in Plants." Plant
Biology meeting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts,
February 14, 2002. Speaker. "From Lab Bench to Kitchen
Table: Boosting Calcium Content in Agriculturally Important
Crops." Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Texas
A&M University, College Station, Texas, February 22, 2002.
Speaker. "Calcium Transport into the Plant Vacuole: Is
There an Auxin Connection?" Department of Cell and Molecular
Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, February 26,
2002. Speaker. "Nutritional Genomics." USDA/ARS
meeting, University of California, Davis, Davis, California,
March 12, 2002. Speaker. “Altering the Nutrient Status
of Plants.” Department of Molecular and Environmental
Plant Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station,
Texas, March 28, 2002. Speaker. "Using Yeast and Weeds
to Manipulate Mineral Content in Agriculturally Important
Plants." Department of Human and Molecular Genetics,
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 2, 2002.
Speaker. "Manipulating Ion Transport in Plants."
Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover,
New Hampshire, April 5, 2002. Speaker. “Exploiting Arabidopsis
CAX Genes for Reducing Leaf Cadmium Content in Tobacco: Molecular
Aspects.” Philip Morris USA, Richmond, Virginia, June
26, 2002.
Speaker. “Anatomy and Physiology of Breastfeeding,”
“Biochemistry of Human Milk,” “Nutrition
During Lactation,” “Growth and Development of
Breast-fed Infants,” and “Matrescence and Mother-Infant
Bonding.” Texas Department of Health Intensive Course
in Breastfeeding, Lubbock, Texas, July 14-16 and September
6-8, 2001; Waco, Texas, October 23-25, 2001; Austin, Texas,
January 20-23, 2002; Fort Worth, Texas, February 12-15, 2002;
Harlingen, Texas, March 5-8, 2002; Amarillo, Texas, May 20-23,
2002; and San Angelo, Texas, June 24-26, 2002. Speaker. “Role
of the Breastfeeding Caregiver,” “Problem Solving
in Lactation Management,” “Telephone Counseling,”
“Maternal and Infant Assessment,” and “Maternal
Medications During Breastfeeding.” Texas Department
of Health Intensive Course in Breastfeeding, Phase II, Tyler,
Texas, September 25-28, 2001.Speaker. “Breastfeeding
in a Bottle Feeding Culture,” “Birthing a Breastfeeding
Baby” and “Local Initiatives and Their Impact
on Breastfeeding.” Texas Breastfeeding Summit, Dallas,
Texas, November 2, 2001.
Keynote Speaker. “Protein Metabolic Response to Stress.”
47th Caribbean Health Research Council, Georgetown, Guyana,
April 26, 2002.
Speaker. “Genetic Control of Bone Formation.”
Vascular Biology Conference, Tokyo, Japan, July 27-29, 2001.
Speaker. “Genetic Analysis of Osteoblast Differentiation
and Function.” Gordon Research Conference, Colby Sawyer
College, New London, New Hampshire, July 29-August 3, 2001.
Speaker. “Genetic Control of Bone Formation.”
Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, September 9-11,
2001. Speaker. “Genetic Analysis of Osteoblast Differentiation
and Function.” University of Virginia Bone Matrix, Gene
Therapy and Biotechnology Training Program, Charlottesville,
Virginia, September 26-27, 2001. Co-chair. Mini-symposium,
“The Endocrinology of Leptin and its Relation to Bone
Mass and Remodeling,” American Society for Bone and
Mineral Research meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 12-16,
2001. Speaker. “Molecular Control of Skeleton and Extra-skeleton
Calcifications.” 2001 American Society of nephrology/International
Society of Nephrology (ASN/ISN) World Congress of Nephrology,
Washington, D.C., October 13-17. 2001. Speaker. “Genetic
Analysis of Bone Formation and its Medical Relevance.”
Second Bone Frontiers Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, February 5-10,
2002. Speaker. “Genetic Control of Skeletogenesis.”
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Stem Cell and Organogenesis
Program, Nashville, Tennessee, March 12-13, 2002. Speaker.
“Central and Peripheral Actions of Leptin on Bone.”
Ninth Workshop on Cell Biology of Bone and Cartilage in Health
Disease, Davos, Switzerland, March 16-19, 2002. Speaker. “Genetic
Analysis of Osteoblast Differentiation and Function during
Bone Remodeling.” Sixth Annual Workshop, “Frontiers
in Estrogen Action,” Amelia Island, Florida, April 7-9,
2002. Speaker. “Leptin and Bone Mass.” Bone/Rheumatology
Preceptorship, Continuing Medical Education activity, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, April 9-10, 2002. Speaker.
“The Role of Gla Protein in the Control of Bone Mineralization.”
EISAI Satellite Symposium on Vitamin K and Osteoporosis, Lisbon,
Portugal, May 11-14, 2002.
Speaker. "The Role of Ethnicity in Pregnancy and Fertility."
Priester Health Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 8, 2002.
Invited Speaker. “Nutrition of the Preterm Infant.”
The XXXIII Congress of the French Speaking Pediatric Association,
Beirut, Lebanon, April 9, 2002. Speaker. “Advances in
Clinical Nutrition.” Pediatric Academic Societies Annual
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 6, 2002.
Keynote Speaker. “The History of Infant Feeding: Progress
in the 20th Century.” Conference: “Celebrating
Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities at SDSU,”
South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, September
27, 2001.Speaker. “Maltase-Glucoamylase Knockout in
Mice and Men.” Departmental Seminar, Institute of Biochemistry
and Molecular Biology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland,
May 28, 2002.
Speaker. “Temporal Association of Serum Lipids and
Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Adolescents.” North
American Association for the Study of Obesity Annual Meeting,
Quebec City, Canada, October 7-10, 2001. Speaker. “Trends
in Nutrient Intake of 10-Year-Old Children Over Two Decades:
The Bogalusa Heart Study.” American Public Health Association
meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, October 21–25, 2001. Invited
Speaker. “Childhood Obesity.” Texas Academy of
Family Physicians meeting, Houston, Texas, October 26, 2001.
Speaker. “Understanding Health Beliefs of Chinese-American
Parents of Preschool-aged Children.” First Annual Nutrition
Week, San Diego, California, February 23–27, 2002. Speaker.
“Children’s Food Consumption Patterns Have Changed
Over Two Decades: The Bogalusa Heart Study.” First Annual
Nutrition Week, San Diego, California, February 23–27,
2002. Invited Speaker. “Getting a Handle on Childhood
Obesity.” Texas Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Conference, Houston, Texas, March 1, 2002. Invited Speaker.
“The Obesity Epidemic.” March Brown Bag Seminar,
Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas, March 12,
2002. Invited Speaker. “The Childhood Weight Crisis:
Confronting the Problems, Creating the Solutions.” Utah
Dietetic Association, Lehi, Utah, April 16, 2002.
Richard J. Schanler, M.D.
Visiting Professor. "Neonatal Nutrition Update"
and "Aggressive Nutritional Support for the LBW Infant."
Grand Rounds and Resident Lectures, Department of Pediatrics,
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, July 17-18, 2001. Plenary
Lecturer. "Breastfeeding," "Feeding the VLBW
Infant," and "Parenteral Nutrition." Congress
of Neonatology, San Jose, Costa Rica, August 8-10, 2001. Lecturer
and Case Discussion Section Moderator. "Human Milk and
Lactation." NeoPrep Course, American Academy of Pediatrics,
Boston, Massachusetts, August 23-24, 2001. Visiting Professor.
"Breastfeeding and Neurodevelopment." Northwestern
University Division of Neonatology, Evanston, Illinois, September
11, 2001. Plenary Lecturer and Moderator. "Breastfeeding
in Premature Infants: When to Start Feeding and Why?"
and "Breastfeeding Supplements in VLBW Infants: Yes."
The 5th World Congress of Perinatal Medicine, Barcelona, Spain,
September 21-25, 2001. Moderator and Plenary Speaker. "Breastfeeding
in the Workplace: Guidelines for Handling of Human Milk."
AAP National Conference and Exhibition 2001, American Academy
of Pediatrics, San Francisco, California, October 24, 2001.
Invited Speaker. “Aggressive Nutritional Support for
the VLBW Infant” and “Enteral Nutritional Needs
of the LBW Infant.” Fetus & Newborn: State-of-the-Art
Care, Ross Products Division, La Jolla, California, October
28-30, 2001. Plenary Lecturer. "Scientific Aspects of
Breastfeeding," "Post-discharge Nutritional Support
of the Premature Infant," "Premature Infant Nutrition
Discussion." The XVII Brazilian Congress of Perinatology,
Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, November 12-13, 2001.
Plenary Lecturer. "Getting a Quick Start on Nutrition
Support in ELBW Infants." Newborn Special Care Symposium,
Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital, Yale School of Medicine,
Westbrook, Connecticut, November 14, 2001. Speaker. "Human
Milk in Premature Infants." New York Medical College,
Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York, November 26,
2001. Speaker. "Early Nutrition for ELBW Infants."
Section of Neonatology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, New York, November 27, 2001. Speaker. "Early Nutritional
Management of VLBW Infants." The 18th Neonatal Nutrition
Symposium, Mead Johnson, Carlsbad, California, December 6-9,
2001. Invited Speaker. "On-Going Nutritional Issues of
Premies at Discharge," "Aggressive Early Nutritional
Support," and "Human Milk in and after Hospitalization
of Premature Infants." MultiCare Health Systems, Tacoma
General Hospital Nutrition Day, Tacoma, Washington, February
6, 2002. Invited Speaker. "Aggressive Early Nutrition
Support of LBW Infants," and "Post-Discharge Nutrition
for the NICU Graduate." 21st Century Neonatal Nutrition
Conference, Seattle, Washington, February 7, 2002. Invited
Speaker. "Breastfeeding and Brain Development" and
"Post-Discharge Nutrition of Premies." Eleventh
Annual Neonatology Conference, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort,
Farmington, Pennsylvania, February 14, 2002. Speaker and Moderator.
"Fortification of Human Milk: Risks vs Benefits."
Nutritional Management of LBW Infants: Evidence-based Practices,
First Annual Nutrition Week: Scientific and Clinical Forum
and Exposition, San Diego, California, February 24, 2002.
Plenary Speaker, Co-organizer and Moderator. "Human Milk
Fortification" and "Post-Discharge Nutrition for
the NICU Graduate." Neonatal Nutrition Conference, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, March 3-6, 2002. Lecturer.
"Early Parenteral Nutrition for LBW Infants" and
"Human Milk in the NICU." Schneider Children's Hospital
at North Shore, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Long Island,
New York, March 15 and 18, 2002. Invited Lecturer. "DHA
and ARA Supplementation in Infant Formula: Implications for
Infant Development." Mead Johnson Conference, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, March 20, 2002, and Chicago, Illinois, March
24, 2002. Speaker. "LCPUFAs: A Breakthrough in Infant
Formula?" Audio Conference Series, Mead Johnson, March
11, 19, 21, 25, 2002. Consultant and Lecturer. "Approaches
for Human Milk Fortification." Wyeth-Ayerst Nutritionals,
Collegeville, Pennsylvania, April 8, 2002. Speaker. “Breastfeeding
and Brain Development” and “Fortifying Human Milk
for Premature Infants in Intensive Care Units.” International
Pediatric Days, Turin, Italy, April 18-20, 2002. Speaker.
“Neonatal Nutrition.” The Neonatal Component of
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Mini Course,
Houston, Texas, April 24, 2002.
Speaker. “Parenteral Nutrition.” Residents Introductory
Course, Houston, Texas, July 19, 2001.
Speaker. “Infant Feeding.” Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh
Children’s Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August
17, 2001.Speaker. “Feeding the Preterm Infant.”
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, November 8, 2001.Speaker.
“Practical Aspects of Parenteral Nutrition.” Neonatal
Nutrition Conference, Houston, Texas, March 5, 2002.Interviewee.
“Dehydration.” Parent’s magazine, March
19, 2002. Presenter. “Effects of Osmolality, Volume,
and Nutrient Density on Gastric Emptying (GE) in Preterm Infants.”
American Gastroenterological Association Meeting, San Diego,
California, May 20, 2002. Moderator. “Recent Advances
in Infectious Diarrhea of Children and Adolescents-From Bench
to Bedside.” American Gastroenterological Association
Meeting, San Diego, California, May 22, 2002.Member. Subboard
in Pediatric Gastroenterology. Associate Member. American
Board of Pediatrics.
Member. Board of Directors, Houston End Hunger Network.
Speaker. “Insulin Sensitivity in Non-obese and Obese
Children” and “Measurements of Gluconeogenesis.”
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas,
Dallas, Texas, November 7, 2001. Speaker. “Glucose Homeostasis
in Very Premature Infants Receiving Parenteral Nutrition.”
Research Society, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,
December 11, 2001. Speaker. “Neonatal Lipid Fuel Kinetics.”
Workshop, “Lipid Metabolism in the Newborn Infant,”
Houston, Texas, January 9, 2002. Speaker. “Parenteral
Glycerol Increases Rates of Gluconeogenesis in Very Premature
Infants.” Pediatric Academic Societies 2002 Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, Maryland, May 7, 2002. Speaker. “Energy Substrate
in Mouse and Man.” Mouse Rounds, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, May 17, 2002. Speaker. “Gluconeogenesis
in Type 2 Diabetes.” American Diabetes Association 62nd
Scientific Sessions, San Francisco, California, June 14, 2002.
Chair. “Fat, Age and Ethnicity - Metabolic Consequences.”
American Diabetes Association 62nd Scientific Sessions, San
Francisco, California, June 15, 2002.
Ignatia B. Van den Veyver, M.D.
Speaker. “Rett Syndrome Gene and Autism.” NIH
Autism Coordinating Committee, Bethesda, Maryland, September
6, 2001. Speaker. “Clinical Relevance of Gene Environment
Interactions.” Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas,
September 19, 2001. Speaker. “The Role of MeCP2 in Rett
Syndrome.” American Association for Cancer Research,
Special Conference on Epigenetics of Cancer, Desert Springs,
California, October 21, 2001. Speaker. “Genetics of
Recurrent Familial Hydatidiform Molar Pregnancy.” XI
World Congress on Gestational Trophoblastic Diseases, Santa
Fe, New Mexico, October 31, 2001. Speaker. “Nutritional
Influences on DNA Methylation in Development and Disease.”
USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston,
Texas, November 8, 2001. Speaker. “Role of Imprinting
in Fetal Wastage.” 11th International Congress on Prenatal
Diagnosis, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 3, 2002.
Speaker. “Prevalence and Implications of Childhood
Overweight and Obesity in Houston, Texas.” USDA/ARS
Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas,
September 27, 2001. Speaker. “Potential Health Benefits
of Soy Isoflavones against Osteoporosis and Hypertension in
Postmenopausal Women.” Osteoporosis Advisory Committee,
Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas, November 30, 2001.
Interviewee. “Childhood Obesity.” For “Kids’
Health,” PBS-TV (channel 8), Houston, Texas, February
6, 2002. Speaker. “Prevalence of Childhood Overweight
and Obesity in Houston, Texas” and “An After-school
Physical Activity Program to Prevent Obesity Among Hispanic
Children.” YWCA of Houston, Houston, Texas, April 25,
2002. Speaker. “Prevalence of Childhood Acanthosis Nigricans
in Houston, Texas.” Pediatric Academic Societies Annual
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2002.
Invited Speaker. “Time-reversibility, Identifiability
and Prediction of Stationary Time Series.” Department
of Statistics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, January 28,
2002.
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