Boston to Bangalore Nutrition Collaboration (BBNC) 2014

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Bangalore, India

Nutrition Innovation Lab supports 4-5 students from our work sites in Africa and Asia to attend this collaborative in Bangalore.  Numerous students apply to attend, but only a hand-full are selected.  This Collaborative focuses on research methods and assists the students and researchers in getting the most out of their time in the field.

Read more about the Boston to Bangalore Nutrition Collaboration through this report.

You can view the presentations made by top researchers here:

TopicsSpeakerYoutube Link

1Using the Internet to Extract evidenceTony Raj, MD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/hgbS807TZ4k

2Introduction to Nutrition and Global Health-S. GhoshShibani Ghosh, PhD – Tufts University http://youtu.be/X2aNM3flJvY

3Nutritional Biochemistry-KurpadAnura Kurpad, MD, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/S7ecZVWS8vs

4Scientific Manuscript and Proposal Development
Duggan, BoschChristopher Duggan, MD, M.P.H and Ronald Bosch, PhD – Harvard School of Public Healthhttp://youtu.be/HT3hJNFh5y0

5Principles of Biostatistics-Thomas, BoschTinku Thomas, PhD – St John’s Research Institute and Ronald Bosch, PhD – Harvard School of Public Healthhttp://youtu.be/MVgZW1li5ws

6Nutritional Assessment – Duggan, R. RajChristopher Duggan, MD, M.P.H – Harvard School of Public Health and Dr.Rebecca Raj, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/bbDhrAN0KJg

7Statistical Techniques for Nutritional Studies – Part 1
Bosch, ThomasRonald Bosch, PhD – Harvard School of Public Health and Tinku Thomas, M.Sc, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/t50peCVbdcg

8Evidence around Nutritional Intervention – S. GhoshShibani Ghosh, PhD – Tufts Universityhttp://youtu.be/L6Xai9rQc1g

9Infectious Disease Epidemiology – Prem MonyPrem Mony, MD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/8u0lAuy3BB8

10Survey Design & Data Collection – Thomas, BoschTinku Thomas, PhD – St John’s Research Institute and Ronald Bosch, PhD – Harvard School of Public Healthhttp://youtu.be/K8u77QkTOrE

11Ethics in Nutritional Interventions -CashRichard Cash, MD, MPH – Harvard School of Public Health http://youtu.be/oMynMZYNM4E

12Statistical Techniques for Nutritional Studies – Part 2
Thomas, BoschTinku Thomas, PhD – St John’s Research Institute and Ronald Bosch, PhD – Harvard School of Public Healthhttp://youtu.be/FQP4lXA4lBc

13Practical Aspects of Running a Clinical Trial – Shankar, BoschAnuraj Shankar, DSc and Ronald Bosch, PhD-   Harvard School of Public Health http://youtu.be/MLldGEGwMOI

14Obesity & Chronic Disease Epidemiology
VazMario Vaz, MD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/Cq6KNbDjvXc

15Nutritional Physiology and Body Composition
KurpadAnura Kurpad, MD, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/GDwt6ziFayk

16Childhood Obesity
VazMario Vaz, MD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/qRGcedSLN0I

17Implementation Research
ShankarAnuraj Shankar, DSc – Harvard School of Public Healthhttp://youtu.be/VjjibPmB-hg

18Physical Activity Intervention
VazMario Vaz, MD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/wnxuXfIgqwY

19Physical Activity Assessment
SwaminathanSumathi Swaminathan, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/qMBhQDHpGCU

20Lipid Biochemistry
Indu ManiIndu Mani, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/-l9Gqg66S_8

21Molecular Nutrition
Sridhar, PrabhuT.S. Sridhar, MBBS, PhD and Jyothi Prabhu, MBBS –   St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/Puw8phFQrRg

22Nutrition & Infection -Duggan, KurpadChristopher Duggan, MD, MPH – Harvard School of Public Health and Anura Kurpad, MD, PhD – St John’s Research Institutehttp://youtu.be/OBJ8VbuIZ6k