June 7, 2013 - Tufts, Boston

WORKSHOP: Moderating Focus Groups

This workshop will briefly introduce participants to the best uses of focus groups and the basic logistics of setting up a focus group study, including recruitment, choosing a location, timing, proceedings, and budget concerns. The majority of our time together will be spent on moderation – techniques, tips, and tricks for getting the best possible data out of your groups. You’ll learn how to effectively handle challenging situations. All participants will have the opportunity to gain skills in moderation through practice with feedback.

Date and time: Friday 7 June 2013, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Workshop facilitator: Sara C. Folta, PhD
Limited to 8 participants
Register for this Workshop

Seminar Series/Study Group Listings

• BNORC Adipose and Metabolic Study Group Seminars: Meets select Tuesdays at 10am
• Monday Nutrition Seminars at the Havard School of Public Health

Other upcoming events of interest

May 13, 2013 - Boston

Stare-Hegsted Lecture, HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Department of Nutrition
Monday, May 13, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Macronutrient intake, hormones, and neoplasia
Dr. Michael Pollak, McGill University
Location: Location: Harvard School of Public Health, Kresge Building, Room Kresge G1, 677 Huntington Avenue
Contact: Amelia Marsh for more information (617) 432-6993, nutritionevents@hsph.harvard.edu

May 14, 2013 - Boston

Spring Obesity Working Group Meeting, HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Department of Nutrition
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 from 2:30pm-5:00pm
Agenda: TBA
Location: Harvard School of Public Health, 651 Huntington Avenue, Building 2, Room 102, Boston

May 15-17, 2013 - Boston

The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) and The Obesity Society(TOS) are co-hosting a new conference entitled, “Obesity and Pregnancy,” May 15-17, 2013, open to clinicians, midwives, psychologists, nutritionists and basic scientists involved in the field of obesity and reproduction. The Boston, Mass., conference program will include a balance of basic science, translational research and clinical practice.

Featured speakers include:
Ronald Devlieger, Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Linda Adair, Professor of Nutrition, University of North Carolina, USA
Nancy Butte, Professor of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, USA
Sarah Finer, Honorary Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Registrar in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Centre for Diabetes, Blizard Institute of Cell and Molecular Science, London, UK
Dilys Freeman, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, Glasgow, UK
Kevin Grove, Interim Division Chief, Division of Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Senior Scientist, Division of Reproductive and Developmental Science, Oregon Health and Science University, USA

Submit your abstracts to the Obesity and Pregnancy Planning Committee for poster presentations relating to international obesity and pregnancy themes around which the conference will be developed. We hope to accommodate the majority of abstracts; however, unfortunately, we cannot commit to including each one. Submit abstracts to hottopics@iaso.org no later than April 5, 2013.

More info here: http://www.iaso.org/events/hot-topics/obesity-pregnancy

May 16, 2013 - UMass, Boston

College of Nursing and Health Science - 27th Annual Research and Scholarship Day

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
8:30am – 5:00pm
University of Massachusetts Boston
Campus Center, Third Floor
Click here to Register by May 10th
http://www.umb.edu/academics/cnhs/research/research_day

June 6-8, 2013 - HMS, Boston

The Blackburn Course in Obesity Medicine: Practical Clinical Approaches and Board Review
Thursday June 6-Saturday June 8, 2013
Director(s): Caroline M. Apovian, MD and Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Offered by: Massachusetts General Hospital Obesity, Metabolism and Nutrition Institute
Registration now open at http://cme.med.harvard.edu/index.asp?SECTION=CLASSES&ID=00332072#geninfo

June 7, 2013 - Tufts, Boston

WORKSHOP: Moderating Focus Groups

This workshop will briefly introduce participants to the best uses of focus groups and the basic logistics of setting up a focus group study, including recruitment, choosing a location, timing, proceedings, and budget concerns. The majority of our time together will be spent on moderation – techniques, tips, and tricks for getting the best possible data out of your groups. You’ll learn how to effectively handle challenging situations. All participants will have the opportunity to gain skills in moderation through practice with feedback.

Date and time: Friday 7 June 2013, 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM.
Workshop facilitator: Sara C. Folta, PhD
Limited to 8 participants
Register for this Workshop

June 17, 2013 - HMS, Boston

Paul F Glenn Aging Symposium at the Joseph Martin Center, Harvard Medical School
Monday, June 17, 2013
Location: The Conference Center, New Research Building, Harvard Medical School, Harvard Medical School
http://www.hms.harvard.edu/agingresearch/pages/glennsymposium.htm

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Ongoing Enrichment Activities

• BNORC hosts an Annual Program or Retreat that provides an opportunity for Center members and other Boston area investigators and clinicians to participate in scientific exchange. This program includes participation of all currently-funded Pilot and Feasibility investigators and is attended by the Center’s Scientific Advisory Committee.
• Obesity Medicine Interhospital Rounds is a conference series, which is a collaborative effort among the obesity treatment programs at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. It will be held Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8:00 pm approximately 6 times per year, rotating to a different hospital for each session.
• Annual symposium or workshop organized by one of the four core laboratories. These programs are intended to provide an educational forum for new and established investigators in the area(s) of expertise of the responsible core laboratory.
• Participation in the ongoing Continuing Medical Education course co-sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine, and the NAASO: The Obesity Society to transfer the latest information on the causes, consequences and treatment of obesity to the practicing physician. Participation of Center members in the course provides expertise not readily available elsewhere. In addition, BNORC’s inclusion in the CME course helps to promote the identity of the Center and establishes the Center as a resource for expertise in obesity related activities.
• BNORC Adipose and Metabolic Study Group Seminars (ABM Core): The Study Group meeting includes research seminars and presentations of research in progress and grant proposals for critical review. These bi-monthly meetings are held at BUSM.
• Obesity Journal Club (Clinical and Community Research Core): The Obesity Journal Club meets semi-weekly at TUSM to review papers published in biomedical journal that relate to obesity in population settings. Occasionally, the hour is used for doctoral students to present and get feedback on work in progress.
• Epidemiology Working Group Sponsored Seminars (Epidemiology and Genetics Core): This seminar series is held at Harvard School of Public Health and highlights a guest lecturer in a related field. Please click here for a link to upcoming seminars in the Department of Nutrition, HSPH.

Description of Educational Opportunities

Please note that the Center’s Administrative Core distributes a weekly list of local enrichment activities related to nutrition and obesity via email to BNORC members and others who have expressed an interest. This list includes seminars and programs that are sponsored and/or co-sponsored by the Center as well as other offerings that are not related to the Center. Please email the Center Administrator (eroderic@bu.edu) if you would like to be added to this list.