Seminar Series

Pollan

Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism; Director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley; Contributing Writer to The New York Times Magazine

Current Schedule

Spring and Fall 2012 Speakers

The Rudd Center Seminar Series welcomes speakers from different disciplines to present and discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity and food policy. The Rudd Center is interdisciplinary, and our meetings are attended by a diverse group representing psychology, public health, law, medicine, nursing, public policy, and other fields. Our meetings are open to the public, and all are invited to attend.

An archive of past speakers is available.

Unless otherwise noted, our seminars are held at the Rudd Center, located at 309 Edwards Street in New Haven, Connecticut. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.

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Spring 2013 Speakers

Jane Martin, MPH

Executive Manager of Alcohol and Obesity Policy, Cancer Council Victoria

Obesity Prevention Policy in Australia – Perspectives from the Land Downunder

1/15/13

12:30 pm

Podcast

Podcast II

Tracy A. Fox, MPH, RD

President, Food, Nutrition & Policy Consultants, LLC

Policy, Politics, and Sausage

1/29/13

12:30 pm

Notes

Podcast

Slides

Amy Yaroch, PhD

Executive Director, Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition

Hunger and Obesity: A Continuing Conundrum

2/5/13

12:30 pm

Notes

Podcast

Slides

Robert S. Lawrence, MD

Director and Professor, Center for a Livable Future; Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Beyond Nutrition: The Public Health Impact of the U.S. Food System

2/19/13

12:00 pm

Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH, RD

Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Promoting a Positive Body Image in Adolescents: Why and How?

2/26/13

12:30 pm

Notes

Podcast

Podcast II

Mike Daube

Professor of Health Policy and Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia; President, Australian Council on Smoking and Health

Winning the War: What Can Obesity Learn from the Long-Term Tobacco Campaign?

3/5/13

12:30 pm