Seminar Series
Michael Pollan, Knight Professor of Journalism; Director of the Knight Program in Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley; Contributing Writer to The New York Times Magazine
The Rudd Center Seminar Series welcomes speakers from different disciplines to present and discuss their work and its implications for the study of obesity and food policy. The Rudd Center is interdisciplinary, and our meetings are attended by a diverse group representing psychology, public health, law, medicine, nursing, public policy, and other fields. Our meetings are open to the public, and all are invited to attend.
An archive of past speakers is available.
Unless otherwise noted, our seminars are held at the Rudd Center, located at 309 Edwards Street in New Haven, Connecticut. They are free and open to the public. Seating is limited.
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Spring 2012 Speakers
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Edward M. Cooney, JD
Executive Director, Congressional Hunger Center
What Are the Top 2012 Policy Priorities for the National Anti-Hunger Advocates?
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1/18/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
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Mark Bomford
Director, Yale Sustainable Food Project
Can an Urban Campus Re-Invent the Food System? Looking Ahead for the Yale Sustainable Food Project
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1/25/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
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Thomas C. O'Guinn, PhD
Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Business
Branded Reality: The Construction of Commercial Social Reality
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2/8/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Slides
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W. Douglas Tynan, PhD, ABPP
Director, Program Development and Implementation, Nemours Health & Prevention Services
Transforming Early Childcare to Promote Healthy Habits
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2/29/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Slides
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Matt Longjohn, MD, MPH
Senior Director, Chronic Disease Prevention Programs, YMCA of the USA
A Physician Advocate's View of Policy and Systems Changes for Chronic Disease Prevention
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3/21/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
Podcast III
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Matthew Prescott
Director of Food Policy, The Humane Society of the United States
Farms or Factories? How Politics, Corporations & Consumers Are Making Industrial Agriculture More Humane
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3/23/12
12:30 pm
Podcast
Podcast II
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Timothy D. Lytton, JD
Albert and Angela Farone Distinguished Professor of Law, Albany Law School
Can You Believe It’s Kosher? Trust, Reputation, and Non-Governmental Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food
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3/28/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
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Robert H. Lustig, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco
The Sugar Pandemic – Policy vs. Politics Yale Peabody Museum 170 Whitney Avenue 3rd Floor, Auditorium
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4/4/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
Slides
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Steven L. Gortmaker, PhD
Professor of the Practice of Health Sociology; Department of Society, Human Development and Health; Harvard School of Public Health
The Best Value for Money: Interventions to Reduce Obesity by Changing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage and Water Access and Intake
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4/18/12
12:30 pm
Notes
Podcast
Podcast II
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Jean Kilbourne
Senior Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women
Falling in Love with Food: Connection and Disconnection in Food Advertising Yale Peabody Museum 170 Whitney Avenue 3rd Floor, Auditorium
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5/2/12
12:30 pm
Podcast
Podcast II
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Peter Kaminsky
Author
Culinary Intelligence: The Art of Eating Healthy (and Really Well)
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5/11/12
12:30 pm
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William H. Dietz, MD, PhD
Director; Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Adventures in Marketing Food to Children
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5/31/12
1:30 pm
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