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"