Date | Speaker | Topic | Resources |
January 6 | Douglas Moellering, PhD Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
Modulation of Endothelial Cell Viability by Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein. | Slides Video not available |
January 13 | Gary Johanning, PhD Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
Folic Acid and Cisplatin Resistance | Slides![]() |
January 20 | Richard Watanabe, PhD University of Southern California |
Dissecting Genetic Heterogeneity Through Physiology | Slides![]() Part 1 ![]() Part 2 |
January 27 | David Marrero, PhD Indiana University School of Medicine |
Translating the Diabetes Prevention Program | Slides![]() |
February 3 | Robert Garofalo, PhD Pfizer Global Research and Development |
Metabolism, Stress and Aging: An Evolutionary Perspective | Slides![]() |
February 10 | Amy Rubinstein, PhD Zygogen |
Integrating Zebrafish into Preclinical Drug Development | Slides![]() |
February 17 | Marie-Pierre St-Onge, PhD St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital, New York |
The Usefulness of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Study of Food-Related Brain Activity | Slides and Video not available |
February 20 | Nikhil Dhurandhar, PhD Wayne State University |
Virus-Induced Obesity | Slides Video not available |
February 24 | Alana Majors, PhD Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation |
Homocysteine Alters the Composition, Structure, and Function of the Extracellular Matrix | Slides and Video not available |
March 2 | Anne McTiernan, MD, PhD Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center |
Obesity and Breast Cancer | Slides and Video not available |
March 9 | Stephen McGarvey, PhD, MPH Brown University |
Genetic Epidemiology of Adiposity and Type 2 Diabetes in Modernizing Samoans | Slides![]() |
March 16 | Eugenia Calle, PhD Analytic Epidemiology, American Cancer Society |
Adiposity and Cancer – How Much Do We Know | Slides![]() |
March 30 | Jon Graff, MD UT Southwestern Medical Center |
Invertebrate Models of Fat Storage | Slides and Video not available |
April 6 | Chidambaram Ramachandran, PhD Merck Forsst, Canada |
PTP1B Inhibition - A Novel Therapy for the Treatment of Diabetes and Obesity | Slides and Video not available |
April 8 | John Milner, PhD National Cancer Institute |
Frontiers in Cancer Prevention at NCI | Slides Video not available |
April 13 | Craig Warden University of California, Davis |
Finding Obesity Genes with Congenic Mice | Slides![]() |
April 27 | Eugene Chen, MD, PhD Morehouse School of Medicine |
PPARs and the Cardiovascular System | Slides and Video not available |
May 4 | Donald Ingram National Institute on Aging |
Development of Calorie Restriction Mimetics as an Anti-Aging Strategy | Slides![]() |
May 21 | Dr. Weimin University of California, Salk Institute |
The Roles of PPARg in Adipose Tissue and Skeletal Muscle Metabolism - What Tissue Specific Knockout Mice Tell Us | Slides and Video not available |
September 14 | Dennis Drayna, PhD NIDSCD/NIH |
Genetics of Bitter Taste Perception | Slides![]() |
September 21 | Ronenn Roubenoff, MD, MHS Millenium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. & Tufts University |
Inflammation in Cardiovascular Disease | Slides Video not available |
September 28 | Daria Estrada-Smith UCLA |
Analysis of Metabolic Syndrome in Multigenic Obesity Deprived Mouse Strains | Slides and Video not available |
October 5 | Frank F. Bartol, PhD Auburn University |
Developmental Programming and the Porcine Model | Slides![]() |
October 12 | John Chatham, D. Phil. Division of Cardiovascular Disease, UAB |
Diabetes is Bad for the Heart and Other Metabolic Myths | Slides![]() |
October 19 | Richard A. Miller, MD, PhD University of Michigan, School of Medicine |
How to Make a Really Old Mouse: Multiple Pathways to Super-Longevity? | Slides![]() |
October 26 | Maya Grose, Graduate Student Cornell University |
Functions of Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans in Lipid Metabolism and Adiopogensis | Slides and Video not available |
November 2 | Erin Hanlon University of Wisconsin at Madison |
Sleep Deprevation and Motivation for Food Reward | Slides![]() |
November 3 | Kathryn E. Henderson, PhD Yale University |
Fighting Childhood Obesity: A Public Health Approach | Slides and Video not available |
November 9 | Anil Malhotra, MD Long Island Jewish Health Systems, New York |
Pharmacogenetics of Antipsychotic Drug Response | Slides![]() |
November 23 | Xiaoli Chen, PhD NIH, Maryland |
Understanding the Endocrine Role of Adipose Cells in Metabolic Diseases | Slides and Video not available |
November 30 | Kimberly Floyd, PhD Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University |
Adolescent Nutrition: Knowledge, Education, BMI Levels and Dietary Habits | Slides and Video not available |
December 7 | Theodore P. Ciaraldi, PhD University of California, San Diego |
Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3: A Potential Target in Diabetes and Obesity? | Slides![]() |
December 14 | Julie L Locher, PhD Department of Medicine, UAB |
Eating Issues in Vulnerable Older Adults | Slides![]() |