Fall 2025 through Spring 2026 Postdoc Seminar Schedule
All trainees are required to present their research at the Tuesday CNRC Postdoc Research Seminar. All CNRC postdocs take a turn presenting their research to the group. Monthly lectures are also given periodically on scientific and professional development topics relevant to the training of postdocs in nutrition from leading experts in the field.
- Location: Fomon Conference Room, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center
- Date/Time: Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m.
- Seminar Course Leader: Nancy.Moran@bcm.edu
- Program Coordinator: Alisa.Le@bcm.edu
- Updated: Aug. 20, 2025
September 2025 through May 2026 Faculty Didactic Lectures
Faculty lectures are given on the second Tuesday of each month on scientific topics relevant to the training of postdoctoral fellows in nutrition from leading experts in the field who are faculty in the CNRC.
Sept. 8, 2025
Nancy Moran, Ph.D., Professor of Pediatrics-Nutrition, USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine
“Welcome to the CNRC Postdoc Seminar Series and Tips for Giving a great Talk”
Geoffrey Preidis, M.D., Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Pediatrics- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition & CNRC
“In the Committee Room: The Review Process for Fellowship and Career Awards”
Lacey Schmidt, Ph.D., Organizational and Occupational Health Psychologist, Dept. Pediatrics
“Choosing to Communicate Effectively”
Blaine Ganter, Ed. D., Lead, BCM Academic Success Center
“Time Management for Postdoc Scientists”
Recorded only with the speaker's permission. Lectures prior to Dec. 13, 2022 were not recorded.
Past Postdoctoral Seminar Schedules
Monthly Journal Clubs
CNRC postdocs, faculty, and staff participate in the monthly Journal Club program to review recent research findings. Four different thematic Journal Clubs are offered: Translational Metabolism and Digestive Diseases; Interdisciplinary Genetics; Neuroregulation of Metabolism, and Behavioral Basis of Energy Balance.
