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.
Watch recordings of past HNRCA Monday Seminars on our YouTube channel.
Spring 2025
January 27
John Batsis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNC Chapel Hill
Title: Is it all about Weight? Body composition changes among older adults with obesity
February 3
Katsu Funai, MS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology and Adjunct Associate Professor of Biochemistry
University of Utah
Title: Targeting lipid peroxidation in protection against muscle wasting
February 10
Kayla de la Haye, Ph.D.
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
Title: Monitoring and transforming the LA County food system to support food and nutrition security and healthy diets
March 3
Alexander Poltorak, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Immunology
Tufts School of Medicine
Title: Battle of the Sexes: Mendelian Genetics of Sex-specific Immune Responses
March 10
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
Title: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias 2025: An Update on Clinical Care and Research
March 24
Kelly Cara, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Population Scientist American Cancer Society
Title: The effect of dietary patterns across the life course on global cognitive ability and cognitive reserve in the 1946 British Birth Cohort
March 31
Kelsey Mangano, Ph.D., RDN
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Nutrition Program Director, Associate Director Center for Population Health
UMass Lowell
Title: Unveiling the Diet-Bone Connection: Insights from Metabolomics and the Gut Microbiome
April 7
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
Title: Sexual dimorphism of branched-chain amino acid metabolism and cardiometabolic disease risk
April 14
Guido Camps, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Global Nutrition
Wageningen University and Research
Title: When, how and what do you eat? How close are we to automatically assessing diet and eating behavior
April 28
Mary Ward, Ph.D.
Professor of Nutrition and Dietetics
Ulster University, School of Biomedical Sciences
Title: B-Vitamins for optimal health from early life through to older age