Curriculum Vita

W. Allan Walker, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Chief

GENERAL INFORMATION

Date Prepared: December, 2005

Name: W. Allan Walker

Phone: 617-726-7988
Fax: 617-724-1731
Email: wwalker@partners.org

EDUCATION:

1959 B.S. DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, magna cum laude
1963 M.D. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, cum laude
1985 A.M. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (honorary)
1999 D.Sc. DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana (honorary)

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

Internship and Residencies:

1963-64 Intern in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1964-66 Resident in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1966-67 Chief Resident in Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospitals, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Research Fellowship:

1966-67 Research Fellow in Pediatrics (Immunology), University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Dr. Robert Good)
1969-72 Research Fellow In Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
1969-72 Research Fellow in Medicine, (Gastroenterology), Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts (Dr. Kurt Isselbacher)
1992-95 Research Scientist, Pasteur and Curie Institutes, Paris, France (Professor Daniel Louvard, Ph.D.)

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATION:

1963 Missouri License Registration #29216
1965-2000 Minnesota License Registration #0170341
1969 Massachusetts License Registration #31989
1969 American Board of Pediatrics #12383
1990 Subspecialty Board Certification in Pediatric Gastroenterology #007
1997 Subspecialty Board Rectification in Pediatric Gastroenterology #007

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

1971-72 Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
1972-75 Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
1975-82 Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
1982- Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
1986- Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1990- Faculty Member, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School
1991- Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
1993- Professor, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
1996- Director, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
1998- Professor of Pediatrics (honorary), Shanghai Second Medical School

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS:

1972-75 Assistant Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
Chief, Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Nutrition Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
1973 - Medical Staff (Courtesy), Shriners Burns Institute
1975-78 Associate Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
1978 Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
1983-2001 Chief, Pediatric Gastrointestinal and Nutrition Unit, Combined Harvard Program, Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital)
1983- Physician, Children's Hospital
1983-2001 Chief, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital
2009- Honorary Pediatrician, Massachusetts General Hospital
2010- Physician Emeritus Staff, Children’s Hospital

OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS AND MAJOR VISITING APPOINTMENTS:

1972- Visiting Faculty, Cambridge Hospital
1978-1983 Visiting Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Clinical Research Center

AWARDS AND HONORS:

1959 Walker Cup Awardee, Outstanding Senior, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
1964 Outstanding Teaching Resident, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Hospital
1964-66 Wyeth Fellow, Outstanding Resident at University of Minnesota Hospitals
1969-72 Special Fellow in Developmental Gastroenterology, Institute of Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health
1972-75 Research Fellowship, The Medical Foundation, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
1975-80 Research Career Development Award, NIAMDD, National Institutes of Health
1984 Nutrition Research Award (Borden Award), American Academy of Pediatrics
1992-95 Fogarty International Fellowship (Molecular Biology Department, Pasteur Institut with Professor Daniel E. Louvard) - sabbatical leave of absence
1995 Shwachman Award, North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1997 Merit Award, NICHD, R37-HD-12437 "The Effect of Colostrum on Gut Maturation in Host Defense", P.I. W. Allan Walker
1998 Hugh R. Butt Award for Distinguished Achievement of Clinical Research in Nutrition- American Gastroenterological Association
1999 Honorary Doctor of Science, DePauw University
2000 Murray Davidson Award for Excellence in Pediatric Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics
2002 Randolph Memorial Lecturer, Baylor Medical School, Houston, Texas
2003 Distinguished Alumnus Achievement Award, Washington University School of Medicine
2004 McKenna Memorial Lecturer, "Colonizing Bacteria and the Development of Intestinal Defenses" Canadian Association of Gastroenterology,
Calgary, Canada
2004 David Alpers Visiting Professorship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
2005 Medearis Memorial Lecturer, Mass General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
2005 Rapaport Memorial Lecturer, Mount Sinai Medial School, New York, NY
2006 Roland L. Weinsier Award for Excellence in Medical Nutrition Education
2007Mentor’s Research Scholar Award, American Gastroenterology Association Institute
2008Macy-Gyorgy Award for Outstanding Research in Breast Milk Biology – International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation (ISRHML)
2009Fellow, American Gastroenterological Association (AGAF)
2009Fellow, American Society of Nutrition

MAJOR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

National and Regional:

1975-80 Member, Grants Review Committee, National Ileitis and Colitis Foundation
1977-83 Member, Committee on Nutrition, American Academy of Pediatrics
1977-78 Member, Workgroup on Clinical Research, National Digestive Disease Commission, National Institutes of Health
1977-80 Member, Research and Research Training Committee, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
1978-80 Member, National Nutrition Commission, Inc., NNC Nutrition Education Committee
1979-84 Member, Gastrointestinal Research Group (GRG); President-1984
1980-81 Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Charles H. Hood Foundation
1980-86 Member, Gastrointestinal and Clinical Nutrition Review Section, General Medicine A Study Group (GMA-2), Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health
1984-87 Member, Subcommittee on Nutrition and Diarrheal Diseases, Food and Nutrition Board, National Research Council
1986-93 Member, Grants Review Committee, National Ileitis and Colitis Foundation
1988-90 Member, Mead Johnson Education Advisory Board on Food Allergy and Intolerance
1988-92 Member, Subcommittee of the Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Special Grants Review Committee (NIDDK); Chairman, 1989-91.
1988-91 Member, Gastroenterology Sub-section Steering Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics; Chairman, 1989-91
1988-92 Member, Sub-Board of Pediatric Gastroenterology, American Board of Pediatrics
1989-92 Chairman of Section on Growth, Development and Nutrition, American Gastroenterological Association
1989-92 Member, Research Council, American Gastroenterological Association
1991-93 Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, The Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
1991-95 Member, Publications Committee, NASPGN
1993-96 Chairman Research Committee, American Gastroenterological Association
1993- Member, Research Advisory Council, Shriners Burns Institute, Boston, MA
1994-95 Scientific Advisory Council, Children's Hospital Medical Center Research Foundation, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
1994- Member, Advisory Board for the Medical Nutrition Curriculum Initiative
1995-98 Member, Research Council, American Digestive Health Foundation
1995- Member, Scientific Advisory Board of Glaxo Wellcome Institute for Digestive Health
1996-00 Member, Gastrointestinal and Clinical Nutrition Review Section, General Medicine A Study Group (GMA-2), Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health
1996-00 Member, Charles H. Hood Foundationís Child Health Advisory Committee
1997-98 Chairman, Nomination Committee, AGA
1999- Member, Wyeth Nutritional Advisory Board
1999-2001 International Life Sciences Institute Allergy and Immunology, Council of Scientific Advisors
1999-00 Chairman, Gastrointestinal and Clinical Nutrition Review Section, General Medicine A Study Group (GMA-2), Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health
Member, Public Policy Committee, American Gastroenterological Association
Member, Science and Technology Advisory Board, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN
2000- Member, External Advisory Committee, Clinical Nutrition Research Unit, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2000- Member, Public Policy Committee, American Society for Clinical Nutrition
2000- Member, External Advisory board, USDA Institute of Nutrition at University of Arkansas
2000-2001 Chairman, Charles H. Hood Foundationís Child Health Advisory Committee
2002 - Member, External Advisory Board, Cincinnati Digestive Disease Research Development Center
2002- Chairman, External Advisory Committee, Baylor University GI Research Center, Houston, Texas
2006-09 Member, External Advisory Board, USDA Nutrition Center, Baylor Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
2006-Member, External Advisory Board, University of Pennsylvania Digestive Disease Center
2006-Member, Advisory Board, Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation

Harvard Medical School:

1979-85 Member, Committee on Nutrition
1982- Member, Committee of Professors
1986- Member, Executive Committee, Department of Pediatrics
1991-94 Committee on Promotions, Reappointments and Appointments, Harvard Medical School
1992-96 Member, Harvard Medical School Nutrition Curriculum Development Planning Group; Chairman - 1995
1993- Vice-Chair Human Nutrition Program, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health
1996- Chief, Division of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School
1997-2000 Member, Subcommittee of Professors for Senior Promotions, Harvard Medical School

Hospital:

1972-78 Member, Internship Selection Committee, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital; Chairman 1975-78
1975-80 Member, Disaster Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital
1975-80 Member, Human Studies Subcommittee, Committee on Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
1977-82 Member, Committee on Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
1983-87 Member, Quality Assurance Committee, Children's Hospital
1983-87 Member, Tissue Committee, Children's Hospital
1985- Permanent Member, Committee on Research, Massachusetts General Hospital
1985-89 Member, Senior and Non-clinical Appointments Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital
1986-99 Member, Executive Committee, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital
1993-99 Vice Chairman for Research, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
2003-Co-Chairman, Promotions Committee, Mass General Hospital for Children
2008-Chairman, MGHfC Research Council

MEMBERSHIPS, OFFICES AND COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1969 Fellow, American Board of Pediatrics
1972 North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, 1975-78 Council Member; President 1977-78
1972 American Federation of Clinical Research
1972 American Society for Cell Biology
1973 Society for Pediatric Research; Council Member 1975-78, Vice-President 1982-83
1973 American Society for Microbiology
American Gastroenterological Association
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
1975 American Association of Immunologists
1976 Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine
1977 Member, Gastrointestinal Research Group; President 1981-82
1978 American Pediatric Society
1979 American Institute of Nutrition (American Society of Nutritional Sciences)
1979 American Society for Clinical Nutrition
1985 American Physiological Society
1988 Society of Mucosal Immunology
1994 Collegium International Allergologicum
1998 Member, Committee of Immunology, Harvard Medical School

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

1977-85 Member, Editorial Board, Digestive Diseases and Sciences
1980-86 Member, Editorial Board, Pediatrics
1981-83 Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1983-90 Associate Editor, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1982-85 Member, Editorial Board, Pediatric Research
1985-91 Associate Editor, Gastroenterology
1986-92 Member, Editorial Board, Nutrition Reviews
1989-92 Member, Editorial Board, Pediatrics in Review
1989-2001 Member, Editorial Board, J. Nutritional Biochemistry
1989-2003 Editor-in-Chief, International Seminars in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1991- Subsection Editor in Immunology, Current Opinion in Gastroenterology
1995- Associate Editor, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
1995-00 Editor, Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
1997-00 Member, Editorial Board, American Journal of Physiology: Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
1997-00 Associate Editor, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
1997- Editorial Board, Nutrition in Clinical Care
2001 Editorial Board, Arbor Clinical Nutrition Updates
2009Editorial Board, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
2009Editor-in-Chief, Functional Food Reviews
2009-Editorial Board, American Journal of Gastroenterology

RESEARCH, TEACHING AND CLINICAL CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Gastrointestinal immunology
2. Developmental gastroenterology
3. Protective functions of breast milk
4. Macromolecular transport
5. Nutritional effect on gastrointestinal mucosal barrier
6. Protective nutrients
7. Microbial-epithelial “crosstalk”

NARRATIVE REPORT

My primary responsibilities at Massachusetts General Hospital involve overseeing the Mucosal Immunology and Developmental Gastroenterology Laboratories at Building 114 MGH-East as part of the Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Harvard Medical School. These laboratories have seven principal investigators, ten postdoctoral fellows and two graduate students which study oral tolerance, gut inflammation and microbial-epithelial "crosstalk" My research efforts include defining the passive and active protective properties of human breast milk with regard to the protection from disease during the newborn period. I also study the development of human intestinal host defenses using human fetal organ cultures, cell lines, and xenograft transplant models. Specifically, my laboratory has reported that the human fetal epithelium responds inappropriately to both endotoxin and exotoxins which helps to explain an increased incidence and severity of certain inflammatory and secretory diarrheas in this age group.

In 1996, the Faculty Council of Harvard Medical School approved the establishment of a Division of Nutrition at HMS and its affiliated hospitals. I was asked to act as the Director of this division. My responsibilities are to consolidate the nutrition community within HMS for the purpose of establishing a strong undergraduate curriculum and postgraduate education for residents as well as faculty, to encourage basic and clinical research in nutrition and to promote awareness of diet as a preventative approach to the practice of medicine. As part of these responsibilities, I chair a subcommittee on nutrition within the Curriculum Committee of the Harvard Medical School and am Principal Investigator on a NIH supported Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center. These interactions also include an active participation in and joint appointment in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health and an affiliated appointment within the Clinical Research Center at M.I.T.

RESEARCH FUNDING INFORMATION:

Past:

12/83-11/03 NIDDK (T32-DK07477); "Training Grant in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

4/84-9/05 NIDDK (PO1-DK33506); "Barrier Function of the GI Tract in Health and Disease"; Program Director - W. Allan Walker

7/86-6/92 NIDDK (RO1-DK37521); "Bacterial Toxin Interaction with Developing Intestine"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/89-8/94 NIDDK (P30-DK34854); "Structure Function Relationships in the Alimentary Tract"; P.I. - William Silen, Core Director - W. Allan Walker; Immunology Flow/Cytometry Core

1/91-12/00 NIDDK (P30-DK43351); "Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"; P.I. - Daniel Podolsky, Core Director (Immunology Core) - W. Allan Walker

5/79-12/97 NICHD (RO1-HD12437); "Effect of Colostrum on Gut Maturation and Host Defense"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

12/94-11/03 NIDDK (T32-DK07703-01); "Training Grant in Academic Nutrition"; P.I. - Walter Willett, Co-P.I. - W. Allan Walker

5/94-4/99 NICHD (RO1-HD31852-01); "Ontogeny of the human Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Necrotizing Enterocolitis"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/94-8/99 NIDDK (P30-DK40561-01); "Clinical Nutrition Research Center"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

8/98-7/02 R01-AI434472-10 "Butyrate Regulation of Immune Functions of Enterocytes"; P.I. W. Allan Walker

5/99-4/04 NICHD (RO1-HD31852-06); "Ontogeny of the human Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Necrotizing Enterocolitis"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

1/01-12/05 NIDDK (P30-DK43351); "Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease"; P.I. - Daniel Podolsky, Core Director (Immunology Core) - W. Allan Walker

9/01-8/06 Wyeth Nutritionals International, Inc., Research Award in Nutrition

4/00-3/07 Fogarty International Center (D43-TWO1265); “International MCH Research an Training Program”; P.I. – Wafaie Fawzi, Co P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/03 – 8/08 Bristol-Myers Squibb – Biomedical Research Award in Nutrition

1/97-9/08 NICHD (R37-HD12437); "Effect of Colostrum on Gut Maturation and Host Defense"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker (MERIT AWARD)

5/05-4/11 NIDDK (R01-DK070260-14); "Ontogeny of the Human Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Necrotizing Enterocolitis"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

Current:

2/09-1/14 NICHD (R01-HD012437-29); "Effect of Colostrum on Gut Maturation and Host Defense"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

4/06-3/12 NIDDK (P30-DK040561-15); "Clinical Nutrition Research Center"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/05-8/11 NIDDK (P01-DK033506-25); "Barrier Function of the GI Tract in Health and Disease"; P.I. – W. Allan Walker

1/09-12/13 NIDDK T32-DK007703-11); "Training Grant in Academic Nutrition"; P.I. – Walter Willett; Co-P.I. – W. Allan Walker

9/05 – 4/11 NICHD (T32-HD052961-06); “Training Program in Nutrition and Metabolism”; P.I. – Steven Grinspoon, Co-PI – W. Allan Walker

PRINCIPAL CLINICAL AND HOSPITAL SERVICE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1972-83 Director of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Inpatient and Outpatient Services, Massachusetts General Hospital
1978-82 Director of Pediatric Nutritional Support Service, Massachusetts General Hospital
1983-2001 Director of Pediatric Gastrointestinal Inpatient and Outpatient Services and Pediatric Nutritional Support Service, Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital

MAJOR ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1982-2001 Chief, Combined Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School (Children's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital)
1990- Director, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital-East, Charlestown
1993-1999 Vice Chairman for Research Affairs, Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

SELF REPORT OF TEACHING:

1. Local Contribution

a. Medical School Courses

1983-2001 Student Clinical Clerkship Lecture in Pediatric GI & Nutrition, Pediatrics 515M.7, Harvard Medical School, Course Director, 10 students, preparation time - 20 hrs, contact time - 30 hrs.

1986-present Lecture in GI Pathophysiology Course (Lecture in Mucosal Immunology), didactic lecture, 150 2nd year students, preparation time - 15 hrs, contact time 1 hr.

1993-present Advanced Elective in Nutrition, Harvard Medical School, Director, 4 students, preparation time - 15 hrs, contact time - 25 hrs

Tutor, 2nd year course in Prevention and Nutrition

b. Hospital Course and Invited Teaching Presentations

1972-91 Attending - Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, 4 medical students and 6 residents in Pediatrics, preparation time 20 hrs, contact time 20 hrs.

1985-93 HDDC Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Speaker, 50-75 post graduate students, preparation time 10 hrs, contact time 4 hrs.

1991-99 Director, Annual Children's Service Research Symposium Massachusetts General Hospital, 25 residents and 50 post-graduate students, preparation time - 10 hrs, contact time 2 hrs.

1991-present Attending - Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Ellison 18, 2 students and 3 residents, preparation time 20 hrs, contact time 20 hrs.

1993 IBD Center Research Conference, Massachusetts General Hospital, Speaker, 50-75 post-graduates students, preparation time 10 hrs, contact time 4 hrs.

1993 CME Course Malnutrition in the Hospitalized Patient - Optimal Therapeutic Intervention New England Deaconess Hospital, "Nutrition in Pediatrics" - Lecturer, preparation time - 10 hrs, contact time 1 1/2 hrs.

1993 Lecturer, Doctoral Program in Human Nutrition, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health

1994-present Attending - Medical Service Team B, Janeway School, 4 medical students and 4 residents, preparation time 20 hrs, contact time 20 hrs.

1996- Organizer, Annual Nutrition Symposium, Harvard Medical School

c. Advisory and Supervisory Responsibilities

1972-present Director, Fellowship Program in Pediatrics Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital

1985-present Advisor, Pediatric Residents, Children's Service, Massachusetts General Hospital

1993-2001 Chairman, International Resident Elective Committee, Children's Hospital

1983-present Participant in Graduate Studies in Immunology, Harvard Medical School

d. Account of any Leadership

1993 Participant, Post-Graduate Course in Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association

2. Regional, National or International Contributions

a. Invited Presentations

1992 Director, Symposium in Immunophysiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Harvard Medical School

b. Professional Leadership Roles Related to Teaching

1972-present Lecturer, Gastroenterology Pathophysiology Course, Harvard Medical School

1972-present Participant, Postgraduate Course in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital

1972-1983 Director, Fellowship Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital

1976-1989 Lecturer, Ph.D. Program in Human Nutrition, Clinical Research Unit, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1980-2001 Course Director, Elective Course in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Harvard Medical School

1983-2001 Director, Combined Fellowship Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Massachusetts General Hospital and Children's Hospital

1983-present Participant, Postgraduate Course in Pediatrics, Children's Hospital

1985-present Participant, Postgraduate Course in Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School

1997 Lecturer, Developmental/Regional Immunology Course, Harvard Medical School

c. Invited Lectureships (last five years)

2007 Lecturer, ILSI Annual North America Scientific Program Symposium “Pre-Probiotics: Help or Hype?” Cancun, Mexico

2007 Keynote Speaker, Pediatric Grand Rounds “New Frontiers in Nutrition & Child Health”, Vancouver, British Columbia

2007 Lecturer. 61st Nestle Nutrition Workshop, “The Window of Opportunity: Pre-Pregnancy to 24 months of Age”, Bali, Indonesia

2007 Fitzgerald Endowed Visiting Professor, “Bacterial Colonization, Probiotics and Clinical Disease”, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

2007 Lecturer, 10th Annual ILSI of North America Special Conference “Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Role of the Diet in Affecting Immune System Function”, Experimental Biology, Meeting, Washington, D.C.

2007 Lecturer, “Commensal Bacterial-Enterocyte Crosstalk in Intestinal Defense” Symposium, Digestive Disease Week, Washington, D.C.

2007 Lecturer, 3rd Annual MBRC Symposium “Mucosal Responses to Microorganisms” University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland

2007 Lecturer, 12th Annual EASD/JDRF Oxford Workshop “Role of the Gastrointestinal Tract in the Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes”, Oxford, UK

2007 Lecturer, Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting “New Therapies and Preventive Approaches for Necrotizing Enterocolitis”, Toronto, Canada

2007 Lecturer FASEB Summer Meeting “Nutritional-Immunology: It’s Role in Health and Disease”, Tucson, Arizona

2007 Lecturer, 62nd Nestle Workshop Pediatric Program “Personalized Nutrition for the Diverse Needs of Infants and Children”, Helsinki, Finland

2007 Visiting Professor, Nestles Research Center, “Probiotics, Innate Immunity and Development of Intestinal Host Defense”, Lausanne, Switzerland

2007 Lecturer, Society for Pediatric Research Conference “Interplays Between Early Nutrition, GI Microbial Ecology, the Immune System and Subsequent health?”, The Woodlands, Texas

2008 Recipient/lecturer of the Macy-Gyorgy Award of the International Society for Research in Human Milk and Lactation International Meeting, Lecture: “Breast-feeding: A protective link between mother and child”, Perth, Australia

2008 Lecturer, The Longwood Seminars for the probiotic “Your
gut: the long and short of it”, Lecture: “Your gut”, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

1. Moderator & Lecturer, FASEB - ILSI North America’s

Special Conference “Functional Foods for Health Promotion: Microbes and Health”, Lecture: “What are probiotics and why are they effective in promoting health? - an overview”, San Diego, CA.

2008 Lecturer, The American Geriatrics Society Meal Time
Symposium, “Probiotics: Impact on Health and Quality of Life in Older People”, Lecture: “ What are probiotics and how are they effective in promoting health?- An Overview”, Washington, D.C.

1. Lecturer, Joint Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Annual

Meeting Topic Symposium, PAS Topic Symposium: Probiotics and Clinical Applications of Probiotics and the Basic Backgrounds”, Lecture: “Intestinal microbes, pathogenesis of autoimmune and allergic diseases”, Honolulu, Hawaii.

2008 Lecturer, Neonatal Pharmacology Annual Meeting Lecture:
“Probiotics in premature infants”, Boston, MA

1. Lecturer, World Congress in Pediatric Gastroenterology,

Hepatology & Nutrition, Nestle Symposium “Personalized Nutrition During Pregnancy: What are the Possibilities”, Lecture: “Innate immunity and development of oral tolerance”, Iguassu Falls, Brazil

1. Lecturer, World Congress in Pediatric Gastroenterology,

Hepatology & Nutrition, Danone Symposium, “Probiotics: State-of-the-art, Benefits and Clinical Effects”, Lecture: “What are probiotics and why are they effective in promoting health?”, Iguassu Falls, Brazil

1. Plenary Session Lecture, World Congress in Pediatric

Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Plenary Session: “The Gut Cell Interacts with the Intestinal Microflora: clinical implications”. Lecture: “ The developmental regulation of initial bacterial colonization and intestinal host defense”, Iguassu Falls, Brazil.

1. Visiting Faculty, Healthy Kitchen Symposium, CME

Culinary Institute of America, “What we know about opportunities to optimize our and our children’s diets”,
Napa Valley, CA
1) Plenary Session, “Overview: practical strategies
for promoting better outcomes from conception to adulthood”
2) Plenary Session “Advising patients: Probiotics”
3) Plenary Session “What we know about opportunities to optimize our children’s diets”

2008 American College of Nutrition 49th Annual Meeting, Lecture: “Probiotics in pediatrics”, Arlington, Virginia

1. 13th Annual Breastfeeding International Symposium

Founder’s Lecture, Lecture: “Breastfeeding - an extrauterine link between mother and child”, Dearborn Michigan

1. Keynote speaker, Mead Johnson Nutritionals Symposium,

Emerging Roles of Functional Proteins in Pediatric Nutrition, Lecture: “Breastmilk as a “gold standard” for protective nutrients”, San Francisco, CA.

1. The 2008 Arnold Silverman Visiting Lectureship in

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital and the University of Colorado,
Denver Colorado
1) Grand Rounds, “Bacterial colonization, probiotics
and clinical disease”
2) Research conference: “Bacterial-epithelial “crosstalk” and the development of intestinal host defense”
3) Housestaff Lecture: “Breastfeeding - a
protective link between mother and child”

2008 Lecturer, “Enhancing the Safety of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition” Symposium,
Lecture: “Pre-, Pro- , and Symbiotics (Benefits and Risks)”, Cambridge, MA

1. Keynote Speaker, NASPGHAN Single Topic Symposium,

“Gut Microbiome” Symposium, Lecture: “Microbes and the newborn intestine”, San Diego, CA

2009 Keynote Address, External Advisory Board Meeting, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Lecture: “Bacterial colonization and the development of intestinal host defense”,Cincinnati, Ohio (March).

2009 Invited lecturer, Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Housestaff Noon Conference”. Lecture: “What are probiotics and do they have a role in the care of patients?”, Boston, MA (March).

2009 Invited lecturer, Resident Core Lecture Series, Massachusetts General Hospital. Lecture: “Practical advice in pediatric Nutrition”, Boston, MA (April).

2009 Program lecturer, NIDDK New Investigators’ Workshop.
Lecture: “Reading your summary statement and revising an application”, Bethesda, MD (April).

2009 Program lecturer, NIDDK New Investigators’ Workshop.
Lecture: “Maintaining your personal and professional lives”, Bethesda, MD (April).

2009 Keynote speaker, UCSF Pediatric GI Fellows Retreat. Lecture: “The pathogenesis of NEC: A translational research odyssey”. San Francisco, CA (April).

2009 Lecturer, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting: “Mechanisms of action of probiotics and prebiotics”, Baltimore, MD (May).

2009 Lecturer, Pediatric Academic Society Meeting: “Gut microbiota and the host in necrotizing enterocolitis”, Baltimore, MD (May).

2009 Lecturer, CNRC/ONC Annual Directors’ NIH/NIDK Meeting. Lecture: “Protective nutrients and intestinal host defense”, Bethesda, MD (May).

2009 Keynote speaker, Nestle Lectureship: “Bacterial colonization, probiotics and clinical disease”, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (May)

2009 Invited lecturer, American Academy of Physicians Assistants. Lecture:” Applications of probiotics throughout the lifecycle”, San Diego, CA (May)

2009 Keynote speaker, 50th reunion of DePauw University. Lecture: “Medical Ethics - Introduction”, Greencastle, Indiana (June)

2009 Keynote speaker, 11th Annual Division of Nutrition Postgraduate Symposium on Protective Nutrients: Are they here to stay?, Harvard Medical School. Lecture: “Breast milk as a “gold” standard for protective nutrients”, Boston, MA (July)

2009 Invited lecturer, Asian Pan Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Meeting,. Lecture: “Bacterial colonization, probiotics and necrotizing enterocolitis”, Seoul, Korea (September).

2009 Keynote speaker, Asian Pan Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition meeting. Lecture: “Development of intestinal immune health”, Seoul, Korea (September),

2009 Keynote speaker, 19th International Congress on Nutrition, Lecture: “Breastfeeding - an extrauterine link between mother and child”, Bangkok, Thailand (October),

2009 Grand Rounds, Sydney Children’s Hospital. Lecture: “Bacterial colonization, probiotics and clinical disease”, Melbourne, Australia (October).

2009 Keynote speaker, 2009 Australian Gastroenterology Week
Lecture: “Bacterial colonization and intestinal host defense’ Sydney, Australia (October)

2009 Keynote speaker, 2009 Australian Gastroenterology Week
Lecture: “Probiotics: Have they reached prime time?”,
Sydney, Australia (October)

2009 Keynote speaker, 2009 Australian Gastroenterology Week
Lecture: “Gut, bugs and Crohn’s disease (Overview”)
Sydney, Australia (October)

2009 Participant, Harvard School of Public Health Roundtable on Nutrition. Lecture: “What are probiotics and why are they effective in promoting health?”, Boston, MA (September).

2009 Lecturer, NEONATAL UPDATE 2009 -The Science of Newborn Care. Lecture: : “Epithelial cross-talk, the infant microbiome and necrotizing enterocolitis”, London, United Kingdom (November).

2010 Organizer and Keynote speaker International Symposium on Protective Nutrients: Lectures: (1)– “Breastmilk as a ‘gold’ standard for protective nutrients” (2) “Bacterial colonization, prebiotics and necrotizing enterocolitis” New Delhi, India (February)
2010 Lecturer, Chennai Medical School Grand Rounds “Bacterial colonization, probiotics and clinical disease” Chennai, India (February)

2010 Lecturer, Grand Rounds, Boston Children’s Hospital Department of Surgery: “Bacterial Colonization and NEC” , Boston, MA (March)

2010 Keynote speaker Vermont Oxford Network – Controversies in Neonatal Care “Pre- and probiotics: Is it time?” Boston, MA (July)

2010 Annual Meeting of American Associate of Family Practice: Symposium: Prebiotics and Infectious Disease; Lecture: “Probiotics in pediatrics” Denver, CO (September)

2011 Use of probiotics in Necrotizing Enterocolitis 3rd Yale University Probiotic Workshop, New Haven, CT (April 8, 2011)

2011 Mucosal immune programming after initial microbial colonization FASEB Meeting, Washington, DC (April 13, 2011)

2011 Symposium - Elucidating host susceptibility to infection Lecture – Nutrition, bacterial colonization and clinical disease PAS Meeting, Denver, CO (April 30, 2011)

a) Lecture Breast feeding: The short & long effects on infant’s and children’s health
b) Lecture Pre- and probiotics? Are they ready for primetime in pediatric practice?
c) Lecture Eosinophilic esophagitis: A new ‘allergic’ condition in pediatrics

2011 UCSF Annual Advances and Controversies in Pediatrics Conference San Francisco, CA (May 12-13, 2011)

2011 Symposium The commensal microbiota: From homeostasis to disease Lecture – “Initial bacterial colonization in the development of mucosal host defense”
Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at BUC, College de France/EU Network Tornado, Paris, France (May 23-24,2011)

2011 Asthma Workshop “Developmental Life Origins of Asthma: Strategies for Primary Prevention Presentation “Impact of maternal/infant nutrition on gut mirobiome and programming of immune system” Bethesda, MD (August 30-31, 2011)

2011 Research Seminar: “Nutrition, bacterial colonization and development of intestinal host defense” Amsterdam, Netherlands (September 13, 2011)

2011 Keynote lecture – Cambridge Masterclass in Paediatric Gastroenterology, Trinity Hall College Keynote Address – “Bacterial colonization, probiotics & clinical disease” Cambridge, England (September 14-16, 2011)

2011 7th World Congress on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Plenary Session (9/19) “The role of gut microflora in programming the immune phenotype” Portland, Oregon (September 19-20, 2011)

2011 NEAN/Griffin Symposium, Lecture – “The use of pre- and probiotics in the premature infant” Marlborough, MA (September 23, 2011)

2011 Nestles Research Center, Lecture – “Programming of mucosal immunity during the perinatal period: Role in food allergy”- Lausanne, Switzerland (December 6, 2011)

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