Farook Jahoor,
Ph.D.
Speaker. "Dysregulation of Lipid Turnover is a Key Defect
in the HIV Lipodystrophy Syndrome." Second International Workshop
on Adverse Drug Reactions and Lipodystrophy in HIV, Toronto, Canada,
September 13-15, 2000.
Alexandre
Lapillonne, M.D., Ph.D.
Speaker. "Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids Do Not Affect
Growth, Energy Expenditure, Body Composition of Expression of Genes
Controlling Fatty Oxidation and Thermogenesis in Piglets."
PUFA in Maternal and Child Health Conference, American Oil Chemists'
Society, Kansas City, Missouri, September 13, 2000.
Guest Lecturer. "Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism in
Infants." Research Center, Sainte Justine Hospital, Montreal,
Canada, November 14, 2000.
Presenter. Poster: "Effect of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty
Acids on Growth, Energy Expenditure, Body Composition and Expression
of Genes Controlling Fat Oxidation and Thermogenesis in Piglets."
Experimental Biology 2001, Orlando, Florida, March 31-April 4, 2001.
Presenter. Poster: "Fatty Acid Profile of Buccal Cheek Cell
Phospholipids as an Index for Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
Status." Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore,
Maryland, April 28-May 1, 2001.
Presenter. "Bone Remodeling Assessed by Urinary Excretion
of Cross-linked N-telopeptides of Type I Collagen in Infants from
Birth to One Year of Age." Pediatric Academic Societies Annual
Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, April 28-May 1, 2001.
Carlos Lifschitz, M.D.
Chair. Scientific Committee, First World Congress of Pediatric
Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Boston, Massachusetts, August 5-9,
2000.
Speaker. "Gastrointestinal Bleeding," "Failure
to Thrive," "Enteral Feeding," and "Abdominal
Pain." The XXI Pediatric Congress of Central America and the
Caribbean, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, September 4-8, 2000.
Speaker. "Intestinal Manifestations of Food Allergy."
International Symposium of Food Allergy, Hospital General de Mexico,
Mexico City, Mexico, September 8, 2000.
Speaker. "Feeding Disorders in Children" and "Diagnostic
Procedures in Gastroenterology." Annual Meeting of the Hungarian
Pediatric Gastroenterology Society, Szeged, Hungary, October 7,
2000.
Moderator. Symposium on Infant Nutrition. XII Congress of the
Latin American Society of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November
13, 2000.
Speaker. "Failure to Thrive." XII Congress of the Latin
American Society of Nutrition, Buenos Aires, Argentina, November
13, 2000.
Speaker. "Protein Allergy" and "Inflammatory Bowel
Disease." Nutrition Forum, Warsaw, Poland, November 17, 2000.
Ronald McNeel,
M.S.
Lecturer. "Conjugated Linoleic Acid and Body Composition
Changes." In public health nutrition course, The University
of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston,
Texas, October 18, 2000.
Kathleen J. Motil, M.D., Ph.D.
Speaker. "Habitos Buenos para Ninos." El Grupo de Apoyo,
Mental Health Mental Retardation Association, Houston, Texas, July
25, 2000.
Speaker. "Regulatory Aspects of Human Subject Research."
Texas Institute for Rehabilitation Research, Houston, Texas, July
28, 2000.
Speaker. "Regulatory Aspects of Human Subject Research for
Clinical Fellows." Clinical Scientist Training Program: Fundamentals
in Clinical Investigation Bioethics Module, Baylor College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas, August 3, 2000.
Interviewee. "Gene Therapy and IRB Oversight." By National
Public Radio News, Washington, D.C., August 24, 2000.
Speaker. "Institutional Assurances and Compliance."
Clinical Scientist Training Program: Career Scientist Module, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, August 29, 2000.
Speaker. "Nutrition, Is It Really a Treatment?" Growing
Up with IBD, A Forum for Parents and Children, Houston Gulf Coast/South
Texas Chapter Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, and Crohn's
and Colitis Foundation Family Conference, Houston, Texas, September
23, 2000.
Speaker. "What Makes a Leader? A Workshop." Cedars-Sinai
Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics Annual House Staff Retreat,
Malibu, California, November 3, 2000.
Speaker. "Who Needs Vitamin and Mineral Supplements?"
Pediatric Grand Rounds, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas,
December 15, 2000.

Buford L. Nichols,
M.D.
Chair. "History of Nutritional Research on Bone Diseases."
American Society of Nutritional Sciences Annual Meeting, Orlando,
Florida, April 2, 2001.
Presenter. "Genomic Organization and Granulocyte Expression
of Small Intestinal Maltase-Glucoamylase." Experimental Biology
2001, Orlando, Florida, April 2, 2001.
Speaker. "Of Maize and Man: The Evolution of Starch Digestion
and Role of Maltase Glucoamylase." La Escuela de Nutrición
de la Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala City, Guatemala,
April 9, 2001.
Speaker. "Of Maize and Man: The Evolution of Starch Digestion
and Role of Maltase Glucoamylase." Hospital Herrera Llerandi,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April 9, 2001.
Theresa A. Nicklas, Dr. P.H.
Speaker. "Cardiovascular Risk Begins in Childhood: Our Legacy
for the Next Century." University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont,
July 14, 2000.
Speaker. "Cardiovascular Risk and Obesity in Children."
Healthy School Environment Policy and Community Action Summit, Sacramento,
California, September 27, 2000.
Speaker. "Impact of Obesity on Cardiovascular Risk in Children."
Northland Chapter of the American College of Sports Medicine, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, October 5, 2000.
Interviewee. "Childhood Obesity, Growing Problem in U.S."
By Reuters Health, October 13, 2000.
Speaker. "Prevalence of Obesity in Children and its Significance."
American College of Nutrition, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 14, 2000.
Speaker. "I'm Dieting as Fast as I Can: U.S. Consumers' Fatal
Attraction with the Fad Diet Industry." Houston Dietetic Association,
Houston, Texas, November 10, 2000.
Speaker. "Getting a Handle on Childhood Obesity." Texas
Dietetic Association Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, April 6, 2001.
Speaker. "Prevalence of Obesity in Children and Its Significance."
2001 Indiana Dietetic Association Spring Meeting: Back to the Future,
Indianapolis, Indiana, April 11-12, 2001.
Speaker. "Getting a Handle on Childhood Obesity." Tulane
University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, April
23, 2001.
Speaker. "Meshing Sound Science with the Right Communication
Messages." Technical Committee on Carbohydrates, International
Life Sciences Institute North America, Washington, D.C., April 25,
2001.
Speaker. "Getting a Handle on Childhood Obesity." American
Alliance for Health, Physical Education Recreation and Dance, Washington,
D.C., June 16, 2001.
Speaker. "The Sugar Controversy: Fact, Fiction or an Intuitive
Zing." Arizona Dietetic Association, Inc., Mesa, Arizona, June
29, 2001.
Consultant. Expert Resource, International Food Information Council,
2001.
Member. Nominating Committee, Nutrition Research Dietetic Practice
Group, American Dietetic Association.
Richard J. Schanler, M.D.
Speaker. "Highlights in Nutrition of the VLBW Infant 2000."
Neonatal Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, August 3, 2000.
Speaker. "Adequacy of Human Milk for Preterm Infants."
Mahidol University Teaching Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand, August
4, 2000.
Moderator. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine Meeting, Tucson,
Arizona, September 10-13, 2000.
Plenary Speaker. "Breastfeeding and the NICU Graduate."
Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine meeting, Tucson, Arizona, September
11, 2000.
Moderator. International Society for Research in Human Milk and
Lactation meeting, Tucson, Arizona, September 15, 2000.
Plenary Speaker. "Breastfeeding and Brain Development."
Midwest Society for Pediatric Research, Chicago, Illinois, September
21, 2000.
Plenary Speaker. "Adequacy of Human Milk for Premature Infants."
Conference on Milk Banking in Italy, Trento, Italy, September 23,
2000.
Speaker. "Updates from Breastfeeding Organizations."
Texas Breastfeeding Summit, Houston, Texas, October 13, 2000.
Speaker. "Breast Milk Is Best for the Premature Infant."
BCM Perinatal Outreach Nursing Symposium, Houston, Texas, October
27, 2000.
Speaker. "Challenges in Feeding Premature Infants,"
"Scientific Benefits of Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants,"
and "Parenteral Nutrition for the High Risk Infant." Neonatology
2000, University of Miami School of Medicine 24th International
Conference, Key Biscayne, Florida, November 8-10, 2000.
Speaker. "Factors Affecting Gut Development" and "Enteral
Feeding of VLBW Infants." 57th Perinatal and Developmental
Medicine Symposium on Perinatal Growth and Nutrition, Marco Island,
Florida, November 30 - December 3, 2000.
Moderator. Nutrition session at Hot Topics in Neonatology 2000,
Washington, D.C., December 5, 2000.
Speaker. "Aggressive Early Enteral Nutrition." Hot Topics
in Neonatology 2000, Washington, D.C., December 5, 2000.
Visiting Professor. "Challenges in the Feeding of Premature
Infants." Babson Lecture in Neonatology, Oregon Health Sciences
University, Portland, Oregon, December 7, 2000.
Speaker. "Post-discharge Nutritional Support for the Premature
Infant." Portland Academy of Pediatrics, Portland, Oregon,
December 7, 2000.
Speaker. "Focus on Neonatal Nutrition." Northwest Neonatal
Society, Portland, Oregon, December 8, 2000.
Speaker. "Post-discharge Nutrition for the Low Birth Weight
Infant." Shaare Zedek Pediatric Conference, Shaare Zedek Hospital,
Jerusalem, Israel, January 29, 2001.
Speaker. "Enteral Nutrition for the Low Birth Weight Infant
in the NICU." Countywide Neonatology Grand Rounds, Sharp Mary
Birch Hospital, San Diego, California, February 1, 2001.
Speaker. "Post-hospital Nutrition of the NICU Graduate."
San Diego Children's Hospital Grand Rounds, San Diego, California,
February 2, 2001.
Speaker. "Human Milk Fortification 2001" and "Breastfeeding
in the NICU." 13th Annual Breastfeeding Conference, Emory University
School of Medicine, Emory Regional Perinatal Center, Atlanta, Georgia,
February 9, 2001.
Ray A. Kroc Visiting Professorship. "Breastfeeding and Brain
Development," Pediatric Grand Rounds. "Early Use of Parenteral
Nutrition for Premature Infants," "Use of Human Milk,"
"Research Studies in Human Milk Fortification," and "Challenges
in Feeding the Premature Infant," Perinatal Conferences, University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal
Medicine, Dallas, Texas, February 13-16, 2001.
Speaker. "Feeding the Preterm Infant," "Use of
Human Milk for Preterm Infants," and "Post-discharge Nutrition
for High Risk Infants." 9th Sao Paulo Pediatric Society Congress,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 26-27, 2001.
Speaker. "Challenges in Feeding Premature Infants."
Grand Rounds, Children's Hospital and Clinics, St. Paul, Minnesota,
May 31, 2001.
Visiting Professor. "Feeding Premature Infants" and
"Use of Fortified Human Milk." University of Minnesota
Medical Center, Fairview Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota,
May 30-31, 2001.
Visiting Professor. "Aggressive Nutritional Support for the
VLBW Infant." University of British Columbia Children's Hospital,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 6, 2001.
Plenary Speaker. "Human Milk Use in the NICU" and "Human
Milk Benefits for Premies." International Conference of Human
Milk Banking Association of North America, Vancouver, British Columbia,
Canada, June 7-8, 2001.

Robert J. Shulman, M.D.
Speaker. "Parenteral Nutrition." North American Society
for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Annual Meeting, Boston,
Massachusetts, August 8, 2000.
Speaker. "Infant Feeding." University of Pittsburgh
Grand Rounds, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 17, 2000.
Speaker. "Feeding the Preterm Infant." Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland, November 8, 2000.
Lecturer. "Parenteral Nutrition." Neonatal Physiology
course, Houston, Texas, February 7, 2001.
Lecturer. "Intravenous Fat Emulsion." Neonatal Physiology
course, Houston, Texas, February 14, 2001.
Member. Abstract Review Committee, American Gastroenterological
Association Annual Meeting.
Member. Steering Committee, American Society for Parenteral and
Enteral Nutrition Pediatric Nutrition Handbook.
Agneta Sunehag, M.D., Ph.D.
Speaker. "VLBW Infants Maintain Normoglycemia by Producing
Glucose via their Gluconeogenic Pathway." The 17th Annual Mead
Johnson Nutritionals Neonatal Nutrition Symposium, Carlsbad, California,
December 9, 2000.
Speaker. "Gluconeogenesis in Premature Infants." National
Institute of Health Workshop on Glucose/Carbohydrate Metabolism
in the Newborn Infant. Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, December 13, 2001.
Speaker. "Hexoneogenesis Is a Significant Source of Lactose
in Human Milk." Experimental Biology 2001, Orlando, Florida,
April 2, 2001.
Speaker. "Impact of Lactation on Maternal Glucose Homeostasis:
Are Glucose Demands Increased?" Experimental Biology 2001,
Orlando, Florida, April 3, 2001.
Speaker. "Gluconeogenic Substrate Availability Is Important
for Maintaining Glucose Production in Prematurely Born Infants."
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland,
May 1, 2001.
Speaker. "[U-13C]Glucose MIDA Provides Accurate Measures
Of Gluconeogenesis, Is Easy to Perform and Requires Only Small Blood
Sample Volumes." The 61st Scientific Sessions of the American
Diabetes Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24, 2001.

Ignatia
B. Van den Veyver, M.D.
Speaker. "Mutations in MeCP2 Cause Rett Syndrome." World
Congress of Rett Syndome, Nagano, Japan, July 24-27, 2000.
Presenter. "Mutations in the Gene for X-linked Methyl-CpG
binding protein (MECP2) Cause Rett Syndrome." 2000 Annual Meeting,
American Association of University Affiliated Programs for Persons
with Developmental Disabilities (AAUAP), Seattle, Washington, August
1-3, 2000.
Speaker. "Genetic Studies on X-lined Dominant Neurodevelopmental
Disorders." South Central Conference on Perinatal Research,
Austin, Texas, October 19, 2000.
Speaker. "Epigenetic DNA Modification in Development."
NIH Workshop: "Glucose and Carbohydrate Metabolism in the Newborn,"
Children's Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, December 12,
2000.
Speaker. "Methylation and Transcriptional Regulation: Methyl-CpG
Binding Protein 2 and Rett Syndrome." Workshop: "The Epigenome
in Human Genetics," American College of Medical Genetics, Annual
Clinical Genetics Meeting, Miami, Florida, March 1-4, 2001.
Lecturer. "Preimplantation Diagnosis," "Fetal Cells
in the Maternal Circulation," and "Developmental Disorders":
three lectures in postgraduate course, Genetic Insights in Obstetrics,
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) 50th Anniversary
Annual Clinical Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, April 28, 2001.
William
W. Wong, Ph.D.
Presenter. "To Soy or Not To Soy! Possible Alternative to
HRT?" Houston Area Dietetic Association, Houston, Texas, September
21, 2000.
Presenter. "Body Water Measurements." Pharmacia and
Upjohn investigator/study coordinator startup meetings, Miami, Florida,
September 26, 2000, and Newport Beach, California, September 29,
2000.
Interviewee. "Childhood Obesity." In "Focus on
Health with Dr. Karen Johnson," health news feature program,
KHOU-TV Channel 11, Houston, Texas, November 23, 2000. (Dr. Karen
Johnson is a Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician at Texas Children's
Hospital.)
Presenter. "Soy Isoflavones May Stimulate Nitric Oxide Production
and Reduce Lumbar Spine Bone Loss in Postmenopausal Women."
Experimental Biology 2001, Orlando, Florida, April 3, 2001.
Presenter. "Childhood Obesity in Texas: Evidence of a Rapidly
Developing Epidemic." Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting,
Baltimore, Maryland, April 28, 2001.
Modulator. "Nutrition and Metabolism II." Pediatric
Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 1, 2001.
Presenter. "Potential Health Benefits of Soy Against Cardiovascular
Disease and Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women." The 61st
Annual Meeting of the Institute of Food Technologists, New Orleans,
Louisiana, June 26, 2001.
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