Laboratory Staff
Curriculum Vita

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Current:

1/97-12/06 NICHD (R37-HD12437-26); "Effect of Colostrum on Gut Maturation and Host Defense"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker (MERIT AWARD)

5/05-4/10 NICHD (RO1-DK70260-11); "Ontogeny of the Human Intestinal Mucosal Barrier and Necrotizing Enterocolitis"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/99-3/06 NIDDK (P30-DK40561-12); "Clinical Nutrition Research Center"; P.I. - W. Allan Walker

9/05-8/10 NIDDK (PO1-DK33506-21); "Barrier Function of the GI Tract in Health and Disease"; P.I. – Charalabos Pothoulakis

1/01-12/05 NIDDK (P30-DK43351-10); "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.

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

1/03-12/08 NIDDK T32-DK07703-11); "Training Grant in Academic Nutrition"; Co-P.I. – Walter Willett

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

7/05 – 5/10 NICHD (T32-HD052961-01); "Training Program in Nutrition and Metabolism"; P.I. – Steven Grinspoon

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)

2000 Chair and Participant, Symposium on "Probiotics in Health and Disease," FASEB Meeting, San Diego, California

2000 Distinguished Lecturer, Shanghai Second Medical School, Shanghai, China

2000 Distinguished Lecturer, American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts

2000 Chair, "Food Safety" Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

2000 Participant in American Academy of Pediatrics Symposium entitled "Necrotizing Enterocolitis", Chicago, Illinois

2000 Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2000 Distinguished Lecturer, Postgraduate Course in "Advances in Pediatric Healthcare, Dedham, Massachusetts

2000 Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

2001 Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2001 Chair, "Nutrition and Disease Prevention Symposum", Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

2001 Visiting Scholar, Postgraduate Course in "Advances in Perinatal and Pediatric Nutrition", Stanford, California

2001 Key Note Address, "Nutrition in the Second Sixth Month Period of Life", Santiago, Chile

2002 Participant, "Nutrition and Nutritional Supplements in Children & Adults", Partners 3rd Annual Physician’s Day, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2002 Grand Rounds, "Bacterial Colonization, Probiotics and Clinical Disease," Pediatric Service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

2002 Chair and Participant, Symposium on "Innovative Teaching Strategies for Training Physicians in Clinical Nutrition: The Nutrition Academic Award (NAA) Medical Schools", FASEB Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2002 Visiting Scholar, AGA Postgraduate Course, "Probiotics and Nutritional Management of IBD", San Francisco, CA

2002 Key Note Address, Massachusetts Dietetic Association Convention, "Are Functional Foods Important in Nutritional Care for Pediatrics," Boston, MA

2002 Visiting Lecturer, 60th Perinatal & Developmental Medicine Symposium, "GI Development: Health and Disease," Aspen, Colorado.

2002 Grand Rounds, Children’s Hospital of Buffalo, "Bacterial Colonization, Probiotics and Clinical Disease, Buffalo, NY

2002 Lecturer, NIAID Symposium, "Prevention of Asthma and Allergy with Probiotics," Bethesda, Maryland.

2002 Distinguished Lecturer, Bristol Myers European Allergy Board Meeting, "Overview of GI Food Intolerance in North America," Paris, France

2002 State-of-the-Art Lecturer, 8th Biannual Congress of the European Society for Developmental Perinatal & Paediatric Pharmacology (ESDPPP), Liege, Belgium

2002 Distinguished Lecturer, 22nd International Conference of the International Society for Research in Milk & Lactation (ISRHML), "The Dynamic Effects of Breast-feeding on Intestinal Development and Host Defense," Mexico City, Mexico

2002 Chair, NIDDK Joint New Investigators and Network of Minority Research Investigators’ Workshop, NIH, Bethesda, MD

2002 Distinguished Lecturer, "The Infant Gut Flora: Health Implications and the Role of Probiotics" International Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003 Visiting Professor," Microbial Interaction with the Developing Intestine: Possible Basis for Clinical Disease" Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

2003 Chair, "Nutrition and Gene Regulation" Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2001 Panelist - Roundtable Discussion with IBD Experts, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA

2003 Chair and Lecturer, 53rd Nestle Nutrition Workshop, "Allergic Diseases and the Environment", Lausanne, Switzerland

2003 Recipient, Alumni Achievement Award, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri

2003 Lecturer, Satellite Symposium, ESPGHAN Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic

2003 Grand Rounds, Department of Pediatrics, Lidwig-Maximillians University of Germany, Munich, Germany

2003 Lecturer, American Partnership for Eosinophilic Diseases (APFED) Patient Education Conference, Waltham, MA

2003 Lecturer, International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics, Henley Management College, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

2003 Moderator, The Healthier Food Guide Pyramid: From Science to Practice, Harvard School Of Public Health, Boston, MA

2003 Keynote Speaker, First International Symposium on Pediatric IBD: Pathophysiology of Early Disease, Irvington, Virginia

2003 Lecturer, "Career Paths in Basic Research", NASPGHAN Meeting, Montreal, Canada

2003 Lecturer, Symposium on Advances in Clinical Nutrition, American College of Nutrition, Nashville Tennessee

2003 Keynote Address, 12th Symposium on Intestinal Flora Program, "Crosstalk Between Intestinal Flora and Host", Yakult Bio-Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Grand Rounds – Department of Pediatrics Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Lecturer, 2nd International Meeting, "Mother & Newborn: Present and Future; Mother-Fetal and Neonatal Nutritional Issues", Milan, Italy

2001 Chair & Lecturer, 4th ORAFTI Research Conference, "Inulin and Oligofructose Feel Good Factors for Health and Well-Being," Paris, France

2004 Chair & Lecturer, "Science-Based Solutions to Obesity: What is the Role of Academia, Government, and Industry" Symposium, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2004 Lecturer, Annual Research Forum Day, Texas Gulf Digestive Disease Center, League City, Texas

2004 Lecturer, DANONE Satellite Symposium, "Starters & Fermented Dairy Products: Impact on the Immune System of the Infant and Child", Paris, France

2004 Chair & Lecturer, World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, "Innate Immunity of the Gut," Paris, France

2004 Lecturer, Mead Johnson Nutrition Symposium, "Update on Pediatric Nutrition", Beijing, China

2004 Lecturer, Shanghai Pediatric Society, "The Obesity Epidemic in Pediatrics, " Shanghai, China

2004 Chair & Lecturer, 3rd Congress of the Polish Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Krakow, Poland

2004 Lecturer, NIDDK New Investigators Workship, Bethesda, MD

2004 Moderator, Bristol Myers Nutrition Colloquium, "Nuclear Receptors in Nutrition", Columbia University, New York, NY

2004 Keynote Address, 3rd Danone International Probiotics Symposium "Cultural View on Probiotics: Europe vs. USA", Paris, France

2005 Lecturer, Mead Johnson Nutritionals Research Seminar Series, Evansville, Indiana

2005 Lecturer, Pediatric Academic Societies’ Symposium, "Update on Human Milk Immunobiology & Infectious Disease: New Insights and Current Controversies", Washington, D.C.

2005 Pediatrics Grand Rounds, University of Massachusetts, Medical School, Boston, MA

2005 Lecturer and Panelist, Classado Scientific & Medical Advisory Board, The Royal Society of Medicine, "Potential Role of Prebiotics In Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Inflammation Bowel Disease, Infant Nutrition, the Aging Population and Antibiotic Therapy", London, United Kingdom

2005 Lecturer & Moderator, 25th Anniversary Symposium of the Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Freedom to Discover Nutrition Program, U. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

2005 Keynote Address, Nutrition Support for Critical Neonates Symposium, Shanghai Second Medical School, Shanghai, China

2005 Keynote Address, Shanghai International Pediatric Forum, Children’s Hospital, Fudan University 100th Anniversary, Shanghai, China

2005 Keynote Address, Wyeth Nutritionals Board Meeting, Sun Island, Shanghai, China

2005 Lecturer, 3rd Probiotics, Prebiotics and New Foods Symposium, Rome, Italy

2005 Lecturer, World Congress of Gastroenterology, "Global Goals to Gastroenterology: Expanding Horizons for the 21st Century", Symposium – "The Hygiene Hypothesis", Montreal, Canada

2005 Participant, Workshop on Guidelines for Probiotics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

2005 Moderator of a symposium, "Probiotics and Intestinal Health in Children", American Academy of Pediatrics National Meeting, Washington, D.C.

2005 Chairman, Bristol-Myers Squibb Freedom to Discover Nutrition Colloquium, New York, NY

2005 Lecturer and Moderator of a symposium, "The Childhood Obesity Epidemic: Predictors and Strategies for Prevention", American Dietetic Association National Meeting, St. Louis, M

2005 Participant," Probiotic Microbes: The Scientific Basis Colloquium", American Academy of Microbiology, Baltimore, MD

2005 Lecturer, Research Seminar, "Bacterial-Enterocyte "Crosstalk" in the Developing Intestine: Possible Basis for Clinical Diseases", Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

2005 Moderator, Grocery Manufacturers Association symposium on "The Future of Food", Washington, D.C.

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Laboratory Staff Curriculum Vita

Curriculum Vita

W. Allan Walker, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Chief

GENERAL INFORMATION

EDUCATION: