Professional Development
Hispanic Immigrants in the Northwest: Leadership and
Entrepreneurial Development
Presentation by Abelardo Rodriguez, PhD,
University of Idaho, Department of Agricultural Economics
and Rural Sociology
This is the first in a series of webinars sponsored by
Human Environmental Sciences, MU Extension. This
presentation is a sample of the collaborative efforts in the
(NCERA 216) “Latinos and Immigrants in Midwestern
Communities”.
NCERA 216 is an interstate initiative of Land Grant
Institutions and organizations that encourages and fosters
multidisciplinary research, education and outreach efforts
of Latinos and immigrants in the Midwest. It seeks to
establish and maintain regional linkages, promote community
development and develop plans to identify and obtain funding
for single and multi-state projects relating to Latinos and
immigrants in the following areas: 1) Strengthening Families
and Family Involvement in Education 2) Entrepreneurship and
Business 3) Building Immigrant Friendly Communities 4)
Building Diversity Competent Organizations, and 5) Civic
Engagement.
East Carolina University's Pediatric Healthy Weight Research
and Treatment Center: Intersection of Clinical Service and Research
Opportunities
Presentation by David Collier, M.D., PhD, F.A.A.P., Associate
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Dept of Pediatrics, Brody
School of Medicine, East Carolina University
Meal Frequency: Effects on Glucose and Insulin
Throughout the Day
Presentation by Jill Kanaley, PhD, Dept of Nutrition and Exercise
Physiology, University of Missouri. This presentation discusses
the changes in glucose and insulin concentrations to meal frequency
and composition. In addition, it examines the impact of physical
activity at the beginning of the day versus physical activity
throughout the day on the glucose and insulin excursions.
Not
So Big: The First Step in Sustainability
Presentation by Sarah Susanka, FAIA, an architect and author
of the best-selling The Not So Big House series and The Not
So Big Life. Her “Not So Big” philosophy on residential architecture
advocates building better, not bigger.
Living to eat or eating to live: Where do brain opioids fit
in?
Presentation by Mathew Will, PhD, Department of Psychological
Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia. This presentation
focuses on the research that examines brain networks involved
in mediating the intake of high-fat diets. It has been shown
that central opioids are particularly involved in mediating
the hedonic (pleasurable) aspects of consumption.
Restoring glycemic control and insulin-mediated blood flow in
type 2 diabetes: Exercise as treatment
Presentation by Catherine Mikus, Graduate Student, Nutrition
and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri-Columbia. As
the prevalence of physical inactivity and overnutrition continues
to rise in the United States and around the world, so does the
incidence of obesity-related diseases, including type 2 diabetes.
The most common cause of morbidity and death among patients
with type 2 diabetes is cardiovascular disease. Despite decades
of research and medical and technological advances, therapies
to achieve stringent glycemic control, the primary therapeutic
target for type 2 diabetes, fail to reduce cardiovascular disease
risk to levels achieved in persons without type 2 diabetes.
The purpose of this seminar is to describe the importance of
glycemic control and insulin action in the vasculature in disease
development and progression. We also describe the effects of
type 2 diabetes on these important physiological processes and
how they are impacted by physical activity and inactivity.
Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood
among Black Women
Presentation by Dr. Mignon Moore, Ph.D., UCLA Department of
Sociology. Mignon Moore is a family sociologist whose research
examines within-group variation in processes and outcomes among
disadvantaged groups. She is finishing a manuscript based on
her intensive ethnographic, survey and interview study of racial
minority same-sex couples. The book, Invisible Families:
Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood among Black Women
(University of California Press), explores how initial self-understandings
based on race influence subsequent practice of same-sex desire,
process of union formation, routes to motherhood, and the enactment
of gendered power relations in families headed by two women.
The practice of lesbian sexuality is also examined through a
context of racial group membership and involvement in racially
similar communities.
Screening and Referral for Autism Spectrum Disorders
This is a noncredit MU Extension course offered free of charge.
TO REGISTER: Click on Enroll. A link will be provided
to create an Extension Passport account, which you must create
in order to register. After you have created this account, return
to the login page to complete the enrollment process. Once you
are in the course, be sure to bookmark it. If you don’t finish
the course you can close it and go back to it at a later date.
Neuroprotective effects of green tea EGCG
Presentation by Grace Y. Sun, Biochemistry Department, Department
of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Department of Nutritional
Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program, University
of Missouri
Progress and Prospects for Understanding the Etiology of Obesity
in Toddlers and Preschoolers
Presentation by Sara Gable, Nutrition and Exercise Physiology,
University of Missouri
Exercise and Dietary Strategies to Combat Arterial Aging
MU Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Seminar Series, Spring
2010. Presentation by Dr. Doug Seals, University of Colorado
Maternal Overweight and Intrauterine Programming of Offspring
Obesity
MU Nutrition and Exercise Physiology Seminar Series, Spring
2010. Presentation by Dr. Kartik Shankar, The University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Physical Activity and Weight Management
Presented by Steven N. Blair, Departments of Exercise Science
and Epidemiology/Biostatistics, University of South Carolina
Early Childhood Nutrition: Patterns for a Lifetime
Presented by Susan L. Johnson, PhD, University of Colorado School
of Medicine, Director, The Children's Eating Lab
Understanding Autism in Young Children
This is a noncredit MU Extension course offered free of charge.
TO REGISTER: Click on Enroll. A link will be provided
to create an Extension Passport account, which you must create
in order to register. After you have created this account, return
to the login page to complete the enrollment process. Once you
are in the course, be sure to bookmark it. If you don’t finish
the course you can close it and go back to it at a later date.
eXtension Professional Development Sessions
This link provides a list of recordings of the professional
development sessions offered by eXtension.
Home
Energy Webinar: DOE Weatherization program and related stimulus
funding
Presented April 20, 2009 by Duane Hauck, Director, NDSU Extension
Service, North Dakota State University & Mike Vogel, Professor,
Housing and Environmental Quality Specialist and Director of
the Weatherization Trainer Center, Montana State University
Home
Energy COP Webinar: Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Incentives
(Click here for the power
point of this presentation)
Presented April 10, 2009 by Jennifer Amann, Director, Buildings
Program, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
Immunonutrition
Support for Athletes (wmv)
Presented March 19, 2009 by David C. Nieman, DrPH, FACSM, Professor
of Health and Exercise Science, Appalachian State University
Increasing our Knowledge about Parental Incarceration: A Research
Presentation (wmv)
Presented February 20, 2009 by Joyce A. Arditti, PhD, Department
of Human Development, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State
University
The Intersection of Food, Nutrition, Society and Health in the
Food Industry (wmv)
Presented February 12, 2009 by Patricia Williamson-Hughes, PhD,
Nutrition Scientist for Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)
Thompson Center Colloquium:
Advances in Autism Policy: State and Federal Legislative Initiatives
(wmv)
Presented November 17, 2008 by Lorri Unumb, Esq., Senior Policy
Advisor and Counsel, Autism Speaks
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