Department of Nutrition ScienceCollege of Health and Human Sciences

Interdepartmental Nutrition Program (INP) and Fuqua Graduate Student Seminar Series

Fall 2025

All Seminars are Fridays, 10:30 am, BRNG 2290 (unless otherwise noted)

Interdepartmental Nutrition Program Seminar

The Interdepartmental Nutrition Program (INP) is structured to offer excellent educational opportunities to qualified graduate students through an integrated approach involving faculty from a variety of departments at Purdue University and other institutions.  This seminar series is supported by funds from Interdepartmental Nutrition Program affiliated departments.

Fuqua Graduate Student Seminar

The Fuqua Graduate Student Seminar Series in Nutrition Science is named in memory of the life and career of Dr. Mary Fuqua. Dr. Fuqua served as a faculty member in Nutrition Science (formerly the Department of Foods and Nutrition) at Purdue University from 1963 to 1987. During her tenure, she held positions as Department Head, Associate Dean of Home Economics Extension, and Associate Dean of (the former) School of Consumer and Family Sciences. Naming this seminar series in memory of Dr. Fuqua is fitting as she was passionate about giving high-quality presentations and teaching this important skill to her students and colleagues.

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Fall 2025 Seminars 

*September 5

Trafficking of plasma free fatty acids - Exploration of plasma proteins involved in FFA transport and kinetics
Keigo Tomoo, PhD Candidate
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Greg Henderson

September 19

Defining dietary iron needs: Insights from the US and abroad 
Stephen Hennigar, PhD
Associate Professor, Pennington Biomedical Research Center

October 3

Valorization and safety of food ingredients and dietary fibers through advanced radiant heating technologies: Innovations from the product and process engineering laboratory (PROPEL)
Deandrae Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science, Purdue University
October 17 Diet quality in the United States: Causes, consequences, and implications for nutrition security
Joseph Balagtas, PhD
Professor, Ag Economics/Director of CFDAS, Purdue University
October 24

Nutrition-related health equity: Determinants and policy approaches
Vanessa Oddo, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology and Nutrition, University of Illinois, Chicago

October 31

 New mechanist insights into prebiotics effects on the gut-bone axis and the Potential Implications
Brenda Smith, PhD
Barbara F. Kampen Professor of Women's Health, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Vice Chair of Translational Research, Indiana University School of Medicine
November 7

TBD
Laurie Goodyear, PhD
Section Head, Integrative Physiology and Metabolism, Director, Animal Physiology Core, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

November 14

Epigenetic regulation of leptin resistance: Molecular mechanisms and implications for Obesity
Min-Hyun Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nutrition, College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University

*November 21

Eggs in the usual diet and recommended diet as an indicator of nutrient intake among adolescents in the U.S.
Anali Morales, PhD Candidate
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Heather Eicher-Miller

*December 5

TBD
Julia Choi, PhD Candidate
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Laura Murray-Kolb

December 12

Kirksey Lecture Series
TBD
Christine P. Stewart, PhD
Professor and Corinne L. Rustici Endowed Chair in Applied Human Nutrition, Director, Institute for Global Nutrition, University of California, Davis
(Note: Seminar will be in STEW 190)


*Fuqua Graduate Seminar

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