Global Health Day

The OGHI hosts the Global Health Day Symposium each April during National Public Health Week. This annual event brings together experts researching global health issues, and is co-sponsored by the Community for Global Health Equity. 

The 13th Annual Global Health Day Symposium: Nutrition and Global Health Impacts

Fri., April 19, 2024

Keynote speaker

Photo of Marian Neuhouser.

Advancing human health through nutrition: a core foundation for health promotion and disease prevention

Marian L Neuhouser, PhD, RD
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Marian L Neuhouser, PhD, RD, is a Professor and Program Head in the Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. She is also Core Faculty in Nutritional Sciences and Affiliate Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington. Dr. Neuhouser completed her undergraduate degree in Community Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. She obtained her PhD in Nutritional Sciences at the University of WA followed by postdoctoral training at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center where she subsequently became faculty and has spent the past 28 years engaged in cancer-related nutrition research.

Dr. Neuhouser has been Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of numerous NIH and USDA-funded grants focused on: (1) dietary modification interventions for reduction of risk of cancer or progression of existing disease; (2) short term intervention trials to delineate the role of foods, food components and dietary patterns on human metabolism and physiology, and for dietary biomarker discovery; and (3) methodologic research to improve dietary assessment used in cancer prevention research. Research designs range from large observational cohorts to controlled feeding trials. She has authored over 450 peer-reviewed manuscripts in the biomedical literature.

Dr. Neuhouser is member and chair of the NIH’s Lifestyle and Health Behaviors (LHB) Scientific Review Group and is a member of the Food & Nutrition Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. Dr. Neuhouser was a member of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, was President of the American Society for Nutrition 2016-2017, was elected as a fellow of the American Society for Nutrition in 2023, and is Deputy Editor of The Journal of Nutrition.

Speakers

Photo of Katherine Balantekin.

Parent influences on eating behavior in children and adolescents

Katherine Balantekin, PhD, RD
Assistant Professor
Department of Exercise and Nutrition Science
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo

Katarzyna "Kasia" Kordas, associate professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health.

(A)lfajor to (Z)apallo – developing a food contaminants database to support children’s health in Uruguay

Katarzyna Kordas, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo

Photo of Amy Millen.

Looking back and seeing forward – the role of nutrition in vision as we age

Amy E. Millen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo

Photo of Lucia Leone.

Mobile Produce Market Address Nutrition Insecurity in Underserved Communities across the U.S.

Lucia Leone, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Community Health and Health Behavior
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo

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Dietary factors, smoking cessation and lung cancer: Investigations in Chinese and US populations

Ajay Anand Myneni, PhD
Research Scientist
Department of Surgery
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo

Photo of Toni Naccarella.

Assessing the Efficacy of Utilizing Quitlines in Food Pantries to Promote Smoking Cessation

Toni Naccarella
MPH student in Health Services Administration
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo    

Photo of Kaelyn Burns.

Using dietary patterns to understand mechanisms through which nutrition may influence chronic disease

Kaelyn Burns
PhD candidate
Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
School of Public Health and Health Professions
University at Buffalo

Photo of Sabrina Orsi.

Manipulating tumor energetics with dietary restrictions for better cancer care

Sabrina Orsi
PhD candidate
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
University at Buffalo