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Associate Professor
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California, United States
Alison Ventura received a B.S. in Psychology with an emphasis in Biology and a minor in Community Nutrition from the University of California, Davis. She then earned two Master’s degrees from the Pennsylvania State University: one in Nutritional Sciences and the other in Human Development and Family Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Ventura was a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award postdoctoral fellow at the Monell Chemical Senses Center, a taste and smell research institute in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Ventura is currently an Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Public Health at the California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, CA. For the past decade, Dr. Ventura’s research has primarily focused on infant feeding interactions and understanding how these interactions affect the development of eating behaviors and growth trajectories across infancy and early childhood. This work focuses on breastfeeding support and promotion research, as well as secondary prevention of rapid weight gain through the promotion of responsive bottle-feeding practices. The overarching goal of Dr. Ventura’s program of research is to identify effective targets for obesity prevention efforts.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM ET
Disclosure(s): No relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.