Life Course Epidemiology in Nutrition and Chronic Disease Research

Chairs

Niyati Parekh, PhD, RD, New York University, New York, NY
Claire Zizza, PhD, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Presentations

Preventing Common Health Conditions like Obesity, Diabetes, Heart and Lung Disease Starting at the Earliest Stages of Human Development, Matthew Gillman, MD, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
Early-life Nutritional Exposures and Risk of Breast Cancer: Changes in DNA Methylation as a Possible Mechanism, Jo Freudenheim, PhD, University of Buffalo, NY
The Pubertal Period as a Window of Cancer Susceptibility, Elisa Bandera, PhD, MD, The Cancer Institute of NJ, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick NJ
Cutting Edge Statistical Methods for a Life Course Approach, Kristen Bub, PhD, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Research Gaps and Existing Cohorts for Life Course Epidemiology Research, Nancy Potischman, PhD, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD