Previous Lectures
33rd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2023
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Tackling Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases in Mexico: A Policy Approach
Dr. Simón Barquera Tackling Obesity and Noncommunicable Diseases in Mexico: A Policy Approach
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32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2022
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My Reflections on Africa’s Year of Nutrition
H.E. Minata Samaté Cessouma Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development, African Union (AU)
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31st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2021
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Food and Youth: What I have learned from young people and their desire to fix the food systems they live in
Henrietta H. Fore Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
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30th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2020
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Virtual Event - Seizing Opportunity from the Jaws of Crisis: A Playbook for Nutrition
Ellen Piwoz
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29th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2019
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Two Dimensions of Growth: Biology and Economics
Harold Alderman Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI
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28th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2018
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Confronting the New Face of Malnutrition: Regulatory and Fiscal Approaches to Improving Diets
Barry Popkin W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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27th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2017
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Building New Foundations of Human Solidarity
Jim Yong Kim President, The World Bank Group
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26th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2016
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The Virtuous Emulsification of Business and Nutrition: Why Bother and Ways Forward
Lawrence Haddad Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
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25th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2016
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Ending hunger: How leadership, data and technology can transform the global face of poverty
Rajiv Shah Senior Advisor, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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23rd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2013
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Stepping into the SUN: Successes and Constraints from On-the-Ground
Shawn K. Baker Interim Director, Nutrition in the Global Development Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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22nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2012
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Public-Private Partnerships Innovating to End Malnutrition
Josette Sheeran Vice-Chairman of the World Economic Forum
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21st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2011
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Nutrition in Senegal: Achievements and Prospects
Abdoulaye Ka National Committee for the Fight against Malnutrition
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20th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2010
Video
Nutrition Repositioned in the Development Agenda? Current Prospects for Scaling-Up Nutrition Outcomes
David Nabarro Special Representative for Food Security & Nutrition, United Nations
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19th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2009
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Controversial Issues on the Role of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs to Improve Nutrition
Santiago Levy Vice President for Sector and Knowledge Inter-American Development Bank
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2008
18th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
Marcia Griffiths President, The Manoff Group
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17th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2007
Nutrition and Health in China- From Science to Policymaking
Chen Chunming
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16th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2005
Nutrition and the Fight Against Poverty – A New Opportunity
Jean-Louis Sarbib Senior Vice President, Human Development Network, The World Bank
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15th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2004
Nutrition, Physiological Capital, and Equity
Robert W.Fogel Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions, Director of the Center for Population Economics, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
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13th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2002
Speech
Changing the Politics of Hunger
David Beckmann President, Bread for the World
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12th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
2001
Why new thinking on poverty reduction challenges nutritionists and the other ‘hunger fighters’, and what we should do about it
Simon Maxwell Director Overseas Development Institute (U.K.)
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10th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1997
Article
How are we doing in International Nutrition?
F. James Levinson
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9th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1996
Article
Capacity, Capital and Calories
Beryl Levinger
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7th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1994
Article
Time for a Change? A field's-eye view of donor agency support for nutrition
Julia Tagwireyi
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6th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1993
Article
Have We Become Surrogates for Failure? Proposing a New Nutrition Education
Richard Manoff
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5th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1992
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The United Nations system and nutrition: the need for change in a more democratic world
E. J. R. Heyward
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4th Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1991
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Sliding Toward Nutrition Malpractice: Time to Reconsider and Redeploy
Alan Berg
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3rd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
1990
Controlling vitamin A deficiency: A policy initiative
Alfred Sommer
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1989
2nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
Abraham Horwitz
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1988
1st Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture
V. Ramalingaswami
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