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Each year the Division of Nutrition and the Boston Area Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) select a "cutting edge" topic in nutritional research to present. Authorities on this topic from North America and elsewhere are invited to present. Representatives from the food industry, nutrition...

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Founding of the Department Harvard's Department of Nutrition was founded in 1942 as a result of a generous grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. Initially, it was located in the Department of Biochemistry in Harvard Medical School, but it was administered in the School of Public Health. In 1946...

The Executive Committee is comprised of Division of Nutrition faculty and help guide the division in fulfilling its mission. Christopher Duggan, MD, MPH, Director Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH, Associate Director

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition holds a weekly Monday Nutrition Seminar Series every Monday from 1:00 to 2:00 pm throughout the academic year. The talks are varied, but they highlight the many different aspects of cutting-edge research that is currently being...

Click HERE for PDF of program Click on a blue title to view a Webcast video of the lecture. October 2, 2018 Rethinking Obesity: Bending the Growth Curve of an Unforgiving Disease Webcast video available. Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School Director, Obesity...

Science-Based Solutions to Obesity: What is the Role of Academia, Government, and Industry? March 10 - 11, 2004Boston No webcast recordings are available for this event. Opening Remarks W. Allan Walker, M.D.Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School SESSION I Moderator: Susan Finn, Ph.D...

Metabolic Syndrome and Onset of Cancer March 15 - 16, 2006Boston No webcast recordings are available for this event. Welcome W. Allan Walker, M.D.Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition;Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School Introductory Remarks George Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D.S. Daniel...