Nutrition and Cognitive Development: The Influence of Nutrient Synergy

Please join the UNC Network of Research Professionals and Carol Cheatham, PhD, from the Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) and the UNC Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, for a seminar on the influence of nutrition on cognitive development.

- Describe the stages of early brain development

- Articulate the importance of cognition to the individual

- Detail the specific effects of DHA, choline, and lutein in the brain

- Develop an understanding of how nutrients work together synergistically

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SAS Q&A session (in-person)

This 1 hour question and answer session will be offered in-person. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

Course Summary:

Have questions about SAS and want answers? Need to use SAS and not sure where to start? Just need a refresher? Bring whatever questions or queries to this one hour Q & A session. Chris Wiesen, PhD, will go over anything SAS-related that you might be wondering about or have ever wanted to ask.

Instructor: Chris Wiesen, PhD

Chris Wiesen, PhD, is a Senior Statistical Research Consultant at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). He offers consulting services to graduate students and faculty in the UNC system. He is an expert in methods widely used in social and health sciences. His project experience has focused on selecting, developing and implementing optimal analysis methods for academic and non-academic research among a variety of fields as diverse as psychology, sociology, medicine, public health, linguistics, education and geography.

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