KATHLEEN MAHER RASMUSSEN ADDRESS ... - Cornell University

Kathleen Maher Rasmussen 26
At Cornell
Seminar, Department of Clinical Nutrition, Sahlgrenska Institute, Gothenburg,
Sweden: “Weight gain during pregnancy: reexamining the guidelines”, November
2010.
Invited presentation, UNICEF/Cornell NutritionWorks: “Breastfeeding basics”,
December 2010 (for UNICEF staff).
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Invited presentation, The Best Beginnings, 14 annual conference, Women & Infants
Hospital, Providence, RI: “Obesity and breastfeeding: Challenges for mothers and
health care professionals”, March 2011.
Invited presentation, Fall Update for Nutrition Education Managers, Food and
Nutrition Education in Communities, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY: “Weight gain
recommendations”, November 2011.
Panel discussion, American Society for Nutrition, “A nurturing environment
produces future legends: Development of career through successful mentor-mentee
relationship.s Experimental Biology ‘12, San Diego, CA: “Developing your career
through successful mentoring: a woman’s perspective,”April 2012.
Invited presentation, New Thoughts About Causes, Prevention and Treatment of
Childhood Obesity, Binghamton, NY: Research Conference: “Breastfeeding and
obesity: examining the pathways from mother to child”, April 2012.
Agnes Higgins Award Lecture, American Public Health Association, San Francisco,
CA: “Maternal nutrition and the outcomes of pregnancy, success of lactation and
infant growth: We’ve come a long way, with new challenges ahead”, October 2012.
Symposium, “The B-24 Project: Evaluating the evidence to support the inclusion of
infants and children up to 24 months of age in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans,”
American Society for Nutrition: “Evidence and research gaps on caregiver factors
influencing nutrient needs, dietary quality and food habits,” Experimental Biology
‘13, Boston MA, April 2013.
Invited seminar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: “Obesity and
breastfeeding: consequences for the mother and child,” October 2013.
Field of Nutrition Seminar: "Folacin deficiency in primates", April 1978.
Biennial Nutrition Institute: Workshop "Recent data on human lactation", June 1982.