COAST SEMINARS
UCSF Laurel Heights Campus, Conference Room 474, 12-1pm
Complete COAST Seminar Series Schedule [pdf]
May 15th - Tuesday
*Please Note Special Date*
"Myths and Deception in Research on Cholesterol and Dietary Fat: How Bad Science, Government Intervention and Big Business Contributed to the Obesity Epidemic"
David Diamond, PhD
Professor, Departments of Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology, and Physiology, University of South Florida
Research Career Scientist, Medical Research Division
J.A. Haley Veteran's Hospital
Past Seminars (2011-2012)
September 23rd
"Behavioral and Psychological Correlates of Food Addiction"
Elissa Epel, PhD
Barbara Laraia, PhD, MPH, RD
Nancy Adler, PhD
Co-Directors, COAST
University of California, San Francisco
Marin Thompson, MS
Program Manager, COAST
University of California, San Francisco
October 21st
"New Obesity Phenotypic Body Shape and Volume Descriptors from Whole Body Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry Scans"
John A. Shepherd, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging
University of California, San Francisco
November 18th
"Darwin, Diet, Dollars, & Diseases"
Robert Lustig, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology
Director, Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health
University of California, San Francisco
January 20th
"Childhood 'Americanized': Community Perspectives on Drugs, Gangs, and Obesity in Trinidad"
Ian Whitmarsh, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
February 17th
"Impact of Diet on Maternal Metabolism and Pregnancy Outcome in Obese Women"
Janet C. King, PhD
Senior Scientist, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
Professor, University of California, Berkeley and Davis
Naomi E. Stotland, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
University of California
March 16th
"Lead with Fun and Health Will Follow: HopeLab's Approach to Behavior Change & Physical Activity Promotion in Adolescents"
Jana Haritatos, PhD
Director of Research Operations
Hope Lab
April 20th
"MRI of Diffuse Liver Disease and VAT"
Aliya Qayyum, MD
Professor, Radiology/Abdominal Imaging
The Liver Center, University of California, San Francisco
"Ultrasound Evaluation of Visceral Fat in Pregnancy: Current Knowledge and Limitations"
Juan Vargas, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences and Radiology
University of California, San Francisco
Director of Obstetrics and Director of the Medical Student Clerkship
San Francisco General Hospital
COAST 2011-2012 Complete Seminar Schedule [pdf]
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