EXNS Seminars
EXNS Seminars

EXNS Seminars

Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Departmental Seminar Series

The Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences hosts a seminar series each semester. The seminar takes place every other Friday and encourages sharing of cross-disciplinary and high-impact research, broadly related to physical activity, exercise physiology, and nutrition. Seminar presentations are given by both internal and external speakers and the subject matter includes laboratory, clinical, behavioral, epidemiologic, and applied research. All students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend. All seminars are held on Fridays from 12PM-1PM.

Fall 2023 Seminars
Date
Speaker
Seminar Topic

Sept 8th

Kyle Levers - GW EXNS

Multi-Month Wilderness Backpacking Trek Case Study

Sept 22nd

Nick Foreman - GW EXNS

Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility to Glucose Tolerance Test

Oct 6th

Mike Brian - UNH

Improving Glucose Control and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults

Nov 3rd

Tracy Li - GW EXNS

Dieting and Aging: Research in Progress

Nov 17th

Rob van Dam & Vlad Gradinariu - GW EXNS

The Role of Diet, Physical Activity, and Adiposity in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from Trials, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, and Proteomics.

Dec 1st Avivas Musicus - Harvard Front of Packaging Labeling and Nutrition Misinformation

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Kyle Levers - Does Unplugging from the Modern Lifestyle Impact Human Health and Physiology? Insights from a Multi-Month Wilderness Backpacking Trek Case Study

September 8th, 2023

Kyle Levers, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences of the Milken Institute School of Public Health, presents Does Unplugging from the Modern Lifestyle Impact Human Health and Physiology? Insights from a Multi-Month Wilderness Backpacking Trek Case Study.

 

 

Nick Foreman - Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility to a Glucose Tolerance Test in Young Adults

September 22nd, 2023

Nick Foreman, a second year PhD student in the Exercise Physiology and Applied Nutrition Program, from the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, presents Assessment of Metabolic Flexibility to a Glucose Tolerance Test in Young Adults. 

 

 

Michael Brian - Improving Glucose Control and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults

October 6th, 2023

coming soon

Michael Brian, PhD, ACSM-CEP, an Assistant Professor in Exercise Science at the University of New Hampshire and a George Washington University Exercise Science MS Program Alumni, presents Improving Glucose Control and Cardiometabolic Health in Young Adults.

 

Tracy Li - Diet and Aging: Research in Progress

November 3rd, 2023

coming soon

Tracy Li, a second year PhD student in the Exercise Physiology and Applied Nutrition Program, from the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, presents Diet and Aging: Research in Progress. 

 

Rob van Dam and Vlad Gradinariu - The Role of Diet, Physical Activity, and Adiposity in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from Trials, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, and Proteomics.

November 17th, 2023

Rob van Dam, Professor in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences of the Milken Institute School of Public Health, and Vlad Gradinariu, a Research Associate in the Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Department, present The Role of Diet, Physical Activity, and Adiposity in the Development of Type 2 Diabetes: Insights from Trials, Continuous Glucose Monitoring, and Proteomics.

 

Aviva Musicus - Front of Packaging Labeling and Nutrition Misinformation

December 1st, 2023

coming soon

Aviva Musicus, presents TBA 

 

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