Events
Oregon Nutrition Day
This annual conference is usually held in the springtime and is an event that showcases both work that is ongoing at the institutional level both here at OHSU and abroad, as well as connecting the science directly to work that is taking place locally at the community level. Every year a theme is selected of which the presentations for the day will revolve around. It's an event meant to attract both researchers and students who are interested in hearing more about ongoing projects, but also community members who want to hear about how the science connects to them.
Please visit our Oregon Nutrition Day webpage for more information about this year's conference.
The History of Oregon Nutrition Day
This year the conference did a retrospective on the field of DOHaD, viewing its history, current research, and future objectives. The conference also highlighted the long and impactful history of Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., the founding director of the Moore Institute.
Oregon Nutrition Day 2024 took place on May 16.
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Speakers this year discussed nutrition’s role in gestational diabetes and heart disease, the role of gut microbiota, and nutrition among incarcerated women among many other topics.
Oregon Nutrition Day 2023 took place on April 27.
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Nutrition throughout our lives - before conception and during pregnancy, breastfeeding, childhood and adolescence, not only impacts our risk for acquiring chronic diseases, but our descendants' risk as well. Our 2022 theme, Nutrition Now for a Healthier Future, highlights how every stage of our nutritional journey provides an opportunity to improve our health and the health of our children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Oregon Nutrition Day 2022 took place on May 13.
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Welcome message
Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., M. Lowell Edwards Chair; Professor of Medicine; Director, Moore Institute, OHSU, opened the conference with a welcome message. Watch here
We want to thank everyone who participated in the sixth annual, 2021 Oregon Nutrition Day, Diverse Nutrition for Diverse Communities.
This year, we heard from an inspiring group of leaders who are supporting the health and well-being of Black, Indigenous, Latinx and low-income communities. Speakers presented on programs, policies and food sovereignty initiatives that incorporate culturally affirming foods and practices that support the health of their communities.
2021 Conference Resources:
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Recipes shared by participants
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DOHaD Summer Course
The DOHaD Summer Course is designed for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and early-career faculty who are interested in the long-term consequences of developmental programming. This four-day course takes place in August and introduces participants to different perspectives within the field of DOHaD thru a series of lectures by nationally recognized researchers. Participants get the opportunity to ask questions directly to the researchers conducting the science and learn from other participants by giving presentations of their own work. To learn more about this year's course and previous years, please visit our DOHaD Summer Course webpage.
The History of the DOHaD Summer Course
This year participants networked with nationally recognized researchers and were paired with a faculty mentor throughout the course. They also conducted an Experimental Design group presentation and participated in career development opportunities to refine scientific writing, research aim development and presentation skills.
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This year participants viewed presentations from nationally recognized experts with topics including social determinants of DOHaD; epidemiological models and gaps in knowledge; DOHaD mechanisms impacting pathophysiology; and the promise of prevention and intervention. Registrants also had the opportunity to present their own DOHaD research during the course.
View the 2023 DOHaD Summer Course Schedule.
The second iteration of the Summer Course aimed to expand upon some of the topics discussed in our first attempt of a Summer Course the previous year.
Thank you to everyone who attended our very first summer DOHaD course! The OHSU Center for Developmental Health has one of the world’s largest and most established research groups in Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, or DOHaD. This course is designed specifically for graduate students, post-docs and early career scientists.
Speakers
- Paula Amato, M.D., OHSU
- Meghan Azad, Ph.D., University of Manitoba
- Andrea Edlow, M.D., M.Sc., Harvard Medical School
- The Impact of Maternal SARS-CoV-2 Infection on Pregnancy and the Placenta
- George Giraud, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU
- Meredith Kelleher, Ph.D., OHSU
- Christopher Kroenke, Ph.D., OHSU
- Jonathan Lindner, M.D., FASE, FACC, OHSU
- Jamie Lo, M.D., M.C.R., OHSU
- Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., University of California Irvine (soon to be University of Kentucky College of Medicine)
- Lynne Messer, Ph.D., M.P.H., OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
- Terry Morgan, M.D., Ph.D., OHSU
- Leslie Myatt, Ph.D., F.R.C.O.G., OHSU
- Susan Ozanne, Ph.D., BS.c., University of Cambridge Institute of Metabolic Science, England (Keynote speaker)
- Programming and Type-2 Diabetes - the Role of Epigenetics
- Kent Thornburg, Ph.D., OHSU
- Welcome
- Lisa Vrooman, Ph.D., OHSU
- David Weinberg, Ph.D., Eunice Kennedy Shriver Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Keynote speaker)