April 19, 2007 (Open session)
Lister Hill Auditorium on the NIH Campus

Invited Speakers

Workshop Session I:  Reproduction & Developmental Biology
Randy Prather, Department of Animal Science, University of Missouri, http://animalsciences.missouri.edu/faculty/prather

Rafael Fissore, Veterinary and Animal Sciences Department, University of Massachusetts, http://www.umass.edu/vasci/faculty/fissore/fissore.html

Cindy Tian, Department of Animal Science, University of Connecticut, http://www.canr.uconn.edu/ansci/faculty/cty.htm; www.crb.uconn.edu

Workshop Session II: Developmental Origins of Disease 
Larry Reynolds, North Dakota State University, Department of Animal & Range Sciences,  http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/lreynold/index.htm

Kent Thornburg, Heart Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, http://www.ohsu.edu/heart/thornbur.htm 

Vasantha Padmanabhan, Director Pediatrics Endocrine Research, Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan, http://www.physiology.med.umich.edu/research/profiles/padman.htm

Workshop Session III: Metabolism
Teresa Davis, USDA Children’s Nutrition Research Unit, Baylor College of Medicine, http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/faculty/davis.htm

Mike Spurlock, Departments of Food Science & Animal Science, Iowa State University,  http://www.fshn.hs.iastate.edu/faculty/spurlock.php  

Jack Odle, Department of Animal Science, North Carolina State University, http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/an_sci/faculty/jodle.htm

Workshop Session IV: Infectious Disease
Guy Palmer, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, http://www.biotechnology.wsu.edu/participating_faculty/guy_palmer.html 

Robert Mealey, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Pathology, Washington State University, http://www.biotechnology.wsu.edu/participating_faculty/robert_mealey.html  

Andreas Baumler, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UC Davis, CA, http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/medmicro/staff/baumler.html 

Speaker contact information:

Vasantha Padmanabhan, PhD
Professor of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, & Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Director of Pediatric Endocrine Research, University of Michigan, 300 N. Ingalls Building, Rm 1109,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0404,
Ph: 734-647-0276,
FAX: 734-936-8620
Email: vasantha@umich.edu

Randall S. Prather, PhD
Curators' Professor and Professor of Reproductive Biotechnology Division
of Animal Sciences
E125 Animal Science Research Center
920 East Campus Drive
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Ph. 573-882-6414
FAX 573-884-7827
Email: PratherR@missouri.edu

Dr. Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian
Associate Professor
Department of Animal Science
Center for Regenerative Biology
1392 Storrs Road, U-4243
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-4243
FAX: 860-486-8809
Phone: 860-486-9087
Email: xiuchun.tian@uconn.edu

Dr. Lawrence P. Reynolds
Center for Nutrition and Pregnancy
Hultz Hall
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58105-5727
Office 701-231-7646
Cellular 701-730-4794
FAX 701-231-7590
mailto:Larry.Reynolds@ndsu.edu

Rafael A. Fissore
Dept. of Veterinary & Animal Sciences
Paige Laboratories
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
(413)-545-5548
(413)-545-6326
rfissore@vasci.umass.edu

Andreas J. Baumler, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology
University of California at Davis
One Shields Ave.
3146 Tupper Hall
Davis, CA 95616-8645
Fax: 530-754-7240
Phone: 530-754-7225
E-mail: ajbaumler@ucdavis.edu

For Courier Shipping:
451 East Health Science Dr.
GBSF Room 5212A

Robert H. Mealey, DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVIM
Assistant Professor
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology
PO Box 647040
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-7040
509-335-6672 (office)
509-335-8529 (fax)
rhm@vetmed.wsu.edu

Teresa A. Davis, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research
Center Baylor College of Medicine
1100 Bates Street
Houston, TX 77030-2600
Phone: (713) 798-7169
FAX: (713) 798-7171
email: tdavis@bcm.tmc.edu

Michael Spurlock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Departments of Human Nutrition and Animal Science 
1109 Human Nutritional Sciences Bldg
Iowa State University
Osborn Drive
Ames, Iowa  50011
Phone: 515-294-8730
FAX: 515-294-5390
Email: mspurloc@iastate.edu

Guy H. Palmer DVM, PhD
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Professor of Microbiology and Pathology
Director, Immunology Training Program
Washington State University

Mailing Address:
Department of Veterinary
Microbiology and Pathology
Bustad Hall 402
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-7040 USA
Tel: 1-509-335-6033
FAX: 1-509-335-8529
Email: gpalmer@wsu.edu

Dr. Jack Odle
226B Polk Hall,
Department of Animal Science
North Carolina State University
PO Box 7621
Raleigh, NC 27695-7621
Fax: 919-515-7780
Phone: 919-515-4050
Email: Jack_Odle@ncsu.edu

Kent L. Thornburg, Ph.D.
M. Lowell Edwards Chair for Research
Professor and Associate Chief of Research,
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Director, Heart Research Center
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd.
Mail Code: L-464
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Email: thornbur@ohsu.edu   (see Note below)
Phone: 503-494-2305
Office Location: Multnomah Pavilion, Room 5427
Note:  To contact Dr. Thornburg, please send email to Evan Bowman: bowmanev@ohsu.edu