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 2026
January 26
Wayne Campbell, PhD, DFASN
Professor of Nutrition and Science
Purdue University
"Do choices of protein-rich foods within healthy dietary patterns influence cardiometabolic disease factors and indices of well-being?"
February 2
Archana Unnikrishnan, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Physiology,
University of Oklahoma HSC
"Can dietary restriction improve intestinal aging?"
February 9
Daniel Promislow, DPhil, Senior Scientist and Scientific Advisor
The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
Nicolai Wohns, MD; PhD Candidate
University of Washington
"Population health, ethics, and geroscience"
February 23
David Allison, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics and Endowed Chair, Chief of Nutrition and Director, USDA-ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center
Baylor College of Medicine
"Why the time is right for a big push to increase rigor in nutrition, energetics, and aging research: Key needs and solutions within grasp"
March 2
Fabrisia Ambrosio, PhD
Atlantic Charter Director of the Discovery Center for Musculoskeletal Recovery at the Schoen Adams Research Institute
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
"Aging of the musculoskeletal system: muscle models, matrix changes, and exercise mimetics"
March 9
John F. Cryan, PhD
Professor, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience
University College Cork, Ireland
"Gut Feelings: The microbiome as a key regulator of brain & behaviour across the lifespan"
March 23
Frank Scheer, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Chonobiology Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH)
Senior Neuroscientist, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, BWH
"Chrononutrition, circadian alignment, and human metabolic health"
March 30
Cristal Hill, PhD
Assistant Professor, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
"Impact of dietary protein restriction on neuroendocrine signaling during aging"
April 6
Sai Krupa Das, PhD
Senior Scientist, The Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University
"Study design and future research potential: Harnessing the Nutrition for Precision Health and CALERIE trial resources"
April 13
Qi Sun, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, and Director, Nutritional Biomarker Laboratory, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
"Biomarkers as an essential instrument in nutritional research"
April 27
Giulia Menichetti, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Affiliated Faculty Member, Harvard Data Science Initiative
Affiliated Faculty Member, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University
"The Foodome Project: Emerging patterns in food data science"
May 4
Scott Leiser, MD
Associate Professor of Physiology, Internal Medicine and Gerontology
University of Michigan
"Environmental stress perception in metabolism and aging"
May 11
Bryan Bergman, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Director, Molecular and Cellular Analysis Core, Colorado NORC
University of Colorado Anschutz
"Intermuscular adipose tissue paracrine signaling - impacts on skeletal muscle"
May 18
Ryo Sanabria, PhD
Assistant Professor, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology
University of Southern California
"More than a loading control: studying the actin cytoskeleton for novel anti-aging"
Fall 2025
September 8
Michael Conte, MD
Professor and Chief of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
WATCH VIDEO: "Resolution of vascular inflammation - a fish tale?"
September 15
Sean Gibbons, PhD
Associate Professor
Institute for Systems Biology
WATCH VIDEO: "To rejuvenate or not to rejuvenate: lessons from the human gut microbiota"
September 22
Bess Dawson-Hughes, MD
Senior Scientist
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
WATCH VIDEO: "The impact of vitamin D and calcium on risk of falls and fractures"
September 29
Emily Ho, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medical Social Sciences
Division of Outcomes and Measurement Science
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
WATCH VIDEO: "Advancing reliable measurement for detecting early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias: Decision-making, nutrition and more"
October 6
Roland Thorpe, Jr., PhD
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity
Professor, Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Director, Program for Research on Men’s Health, Center for Health Disparities Solutions
Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg School of Public Health
WATCH VIDEO: "Black men’s health and aging across the life course"
October 20
Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, MD, MA, FESC
Professor, Sport and Exercise Medicine
Medical Director, Centre for Sports Medicine
University of Basel, Switzerland
WATCH VIDEO: "Exercise for longevity: Too essential to fail"
October 27
Aline Andres, PhD, RD, CLC
Professor and Interim Section Chief of Developmental Nutrition in Pediatrics
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
WATCH VIDEO: "Empowering futures: Nurturing health through maternal and pediatric nutrition & activity"
November 3
Paul Shiels, PhD
Professor of Geroscience
School of Molecular Biosciences
University of Glasgow, Scotland
WATCH VIDEO: "Modulating the exposome of ageing"
November 10
Paul Jacques, ScD
Senior Scientist
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
WATCH VIDEO: "Does mid-life B vitamin status affect brain health at older ages?"
November 17
Christina Camell, PhD
McKnight Land-Grant Associate Professor
University of Minnesota
WATCH VIDEO: "Immune aging and adipose tissue homeostasis during aging"
December 1
Semir Beyaz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
"Nutritional regulation of tissue regeneration, cancer and immunity"
December 8
Sarah Booth, PhD, Center Director and Senior Scientist
Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, Senior Scientist and Leader, Diet & Chronic Disease Prevention directive, Gershoff Professor of Nutrition Science and Policy
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging
Tufts University
WATCH VIDEO: "Dietary guidelines scientific advisory committees: Navigating priorities and challenges"