For those of you who expressed interest in our first module, "Hunger, Malnutrition and the Global Food Crisis," see below for an event hosted by IHO as part of their Tropical Medicine Rounds.
IHO is very pleased to announce that December's Tropical Medicine Rounds will be the first part of a doubleheader with Dr. Richard Deckelbaum, Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Epidemiology, and Chair of the Institute of Human Nutrition at Columbia.
Dr. Deckelbaum's December talk will be on the links between malnutrition and economic development in poor countries, drawing on his experience as a public health nutritionist, advisor to Jeffrey Sachs' Earth Institute, and member of several US government and UN advisory panels.
In January's talk, he will discuss therapeutic nutrition: how to assess poorly nourished children in the field, how to institute therapeutic feeding programs, and the health consequences of pediatric malnutrition.
His first talk, titled "Impact of Malnutrition on Maleconomics in Developing Countries," will be
Dr. Deckelbaum's December talk will be on the links between malnutrition and economic development in poor countries, drawing on his experience as a public health nutritionist, advisor to Jeffrey Sachs' Earth Institute, and member of several US government and UN advisory panels.
In January's talk, he will discuss therapeutic nutrition: how to assess poorly nourished children in the field, how to institute therapeutic feeding programs, and the health consequences of pediatric malnutrition.
His first talk, titled "Impact of Malnutrition on Maleconomics in Developing Countries," will be
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
HAMMER 303
5:15 PM
Read about Dr. Deckelbaum
HAMMER 303
5:15 PM
Read about Dr. Deckelbaum
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