Join Drew Ramsey, MD along with Amy Bentley, Ph.D. to discuss the societal and health implications of our food choices.

Join neuroscientist Stuart Firestein, Ph.D., and sociologist Priscilla Ferguson, Ph.D.,for a conversation about what our food choices can tell us about the brain and society.

Join neuroscientist Joy Hirsch, Ph.D., of Columbia University and lawyer and food-policy expert Ellen J. Fried, MA, JD,of New York University for a discussion about how cues both internal—from the brain and body—and external—from food marketing—can influence our food choices.

THIS SESSION IS SOLD OUT. Join renowned pastry chef Roy Shvartzapel and neuroscientist Moran Cerf, Ph.D. for a discussion about how our expectations of taste shape our food choices.

The science behind human food domestication takes us 10,000 years into the past and into the future with even more acceleration. Speakers from Columbia University and the Sackler Institute for Nutrition Science will present and lead discussions with participants.

This five-part course examines how the brain, genes, and other factors such as  hormones influence how humans behave.