Live Webinar
July 15-16 | 12:30 – 5 p.m. CST | $35
Registration coming May 2025
About the Live Webinar
The 2025 National Maternal Nutrition Intensive Course will be held on July 15 & 16. Six (6) presentations will be featured.
The Live Webinar will be fully online and synchronous from 12:30 – 5 p.m. central time.
Agenda
| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) |
| 12:30 PM | Welcome | Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | A Multilevel Approach to Improving Breastfeeding Practices | Junia N. de Brito, PhD, MPH, MBA Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health University of Minnesota Medical School |
| 2:15 – 3:30 PM | The Milky Way: Exploring How Maternal Genetics Shapes Human Milk Composition | Ellen Demerath, PhD Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 3:45 – 4:45 PM | Staffing, Training and Roles of WIC Paraprofessionals: Result of a National Review | Katherine Hendel, PhD, MS, RD Assistant Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota Lee Vogler, RD WIC POPS Project Coordinator, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 4:45 – 5:00 P.M. | Closing Remarks for the Day |
| Time | Presentation | Speaker(s) |
| 12:30 PM | Welcome | Jamie Stang, PhD, MPH Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Community Health School of Public Health, University of Minnesota |
| 12:45 – 2:00 PM | GLP-1 Medication Use in Adolescents | Sarah Raatz, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine University of Minnesota |
| 2:15 – 3:30 PM | Ultra-processed foods: Challenges for regulation and dietary guidance | Lauren O’Connor, PhD, MPH Nutrition and Health Program Lead Texas A&M Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Evidence Center |
| 3:45 – 4:45 PM | Smart Eating on a Budget: Extension Tools for Healthier Families | Kelly Kunkel, MS Extension Educator, Health & Nutrition Regional Office Mankato University of Minnesota Extension Mary Schroeder, MPH Extension Educator, Health & Nutrition Regional Office Willmar University of Minnesota Extension |
| 4:45 – 5:00 P.M. | Closing Remarks |
