Monday Seminar Series
Each Monday at 12 noon ET, a prominent research scientist working on topics related to aging and nutrition presents their latest research through the HNRCA Monday Seminar Series. The virtual lecture series is designed to bring researchers, faculty, and students together for learning. The lectures are open to members of the public interested in learning about current research topics taking place related to aging and nutrition. Registration is required.
Spring 2025
January 27, 2025
John Batsis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNC Chapel Hill
WATCH VIDEO: "Is it all about Weight? Body composition changes among older adults with obesity"
February 3, 2025
Katsu Funai, MS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry
University of Utah
"Targeting lipid peroxidation in protection against muscle wasting"
February 10, 2025
Kayla de la Haye, Ph.D.
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
"Monitoring and transforming the LA County food system to support food and nutrition security and healthy diets"
March 3, 2025
Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair Immunology
Tufts School of Medicine
WATCH VIDEO: "Battle of the Sexes: Mendelian Genetics of Sex-specific Immune Responses"
March 10, 2025
Brent Forester, MD, MSc
Director of Behavioral Health, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Frances S. Arkin Chair of Psychiatry
Tufts Medicine
WATCH VIDEO: "Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias 2025: An Update on Clinical Care and Research"
March 24, 2025
Kelly Cara, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Population Scientist American Cancer Society
WATCH VIDEO: "The Effect of Dietary Patterns Across the Life Course on Global Cognitive Ability and Cognitive Reserve in the 1946 British Birth Cohort"
March 31, 2025
Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., RDN
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Nutrition Program Director, Associate Director Center for Population Health
UMass Lowell
WATCH VIDEO: "Unveiling the Diet-Bone Connection: Insights from Metabolomics and the Gut Microbiome"
April 7, 2025
Christopher B. Newgard, Ph.D.
W. David and Sarah W. Stedman Distinguished Professor of Nutrition in the School of Medicine, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology Director, Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition and Metabolism Center Professor of Medicine
Duke University Department of Medicine
"Sexual Dimorphism of Branched-Chain Amino Acid Metabolism and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk"
April 14, 2025
Guido Camps, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Global Nutrition
Wageningen University and Research
"When, How and What do you Eat? How Close are we to Automatically Assessing Diet and Eating Behavior?"
April 28, 2025
Mary Ward, Ph.D.
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Ulster University, School of Biomedical Sciences
WATCH VIDEO: "B-Vitamins for Optimal Health from Early Life Through to Older Age"
May 5, 2025
Jacob Allen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Kinesiology, Division of Nutritional Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
"Harnessing Fermented Food Metabolites to Enhance Immune and Metabolic Health"
May 12, 2025
Zarin Machanda, Ph.D.
Usen Family Career Development, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Tufts University
WATCH VIDEO: "Patterns of Aging in Wild Chimpanzees"
May 19, 2025
Brent Langellier, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Health Management and Policy
Drexel University
"Data and Methods to Understand the Systems that Drive Health Disparities"