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Seminars from 2009
The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
| January 6 | Ya-Xiong Tao, PhD Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine |
"Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of Neural Melanocortin Receptor Dysfunction in Human Obesity |  |
| January 13 | Val Sheffield, MD, PhD University of Iowa |
"The Molecular Pathophysiology of a Human Obesity Syndrome | |
| January 20 | Gregory W.Heath, DHSc, MPH University of Tennessee |
"Increasing Physical Activity at the Community Level: What's the Evidence? | Seminar was cancelled |
| January 27 | Boris Pasche,MD UAB |
"The Role of Adiponectin in Breast and Colorectal Ccancer Susceptibility" | |
| February 3 | Myles S. Faith, PhD University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
"Family, Feeding and Eating Phenotypes in Childhood Obesity" | |
| February 10 | Jonathan D. Roth, PhD Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
"Integrated Neurohormonal Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity" | |
| February 17 | Randall R. Sakai, PhD University of Cincinnati Med CTR, Cincinnati, Ohio |
"Social Dominance and Adiposity" | |
| February 24 | Steven N. Blair,P.E.D., PhD University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC |
"Physical Acitivity in the Prevention of Weight Gain and Management of Obesity" | |
| March 3 | Nathaniel J. Dominy, PhD University of California |
"For the Hungry Hominid a Tuber was not Hard: Origin and Evolution of the Human Diet" | |
| March 10 | Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD Havard Medical School |
"Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Adipocyte Development" | |
| March 17 | David W. Stepp, PhD Medical College of Georgia |
"Peripheral Insulin Resistance Accounts for Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity" | |
| March 24 | Peter Muennig, MD, MPH Columbia University, New York |
"The body politic: does psychological stigma play a role in obesity-associated morbidity?" | |
| March 31 | Susan Y. Chu, PhD, MSPH Centers of Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA |
"Obesity and Pregnancy- Trends & Complications" | |
| April 14 | Elizabeth Goodman, MD Pediatric Clinical Research Center, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA |
"Obesity and the Biology of Social Justice"(Cancelled due to inclement weather) | |
| April 21 | Frank B. Hu, MD, PhD Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA |
"Global Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes: The Role of Genetic Susceptibility vs. Environment" | |
| April 28 | F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH Columbia University, New York City |
"Health Effects of Intentional Weight Loss" | |
| May 5 | Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD Harvard Medical School |
"Early Life Determinants of Diabetes Risk" | |
| June 2 | Andrew Hills, PhD and Nuala Byrne, PhD Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia |
"Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation; Biological and Behavioural Compensations to Energy Restriction and Exercise programs for Weight Loss" | |
| September 8 | Julie A. Mennella, PhD Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
"Contribution of Genes and Experiential Factors to Individual Differences in Taste Preferences and Eeating Behavior among Children" | |
| September 15 | Steven K.Grinispoon,MD Harvard Medical School |
"Use of GH and GHRH in HIV Lipodystrophy – Lessons from a Model of Acquired Fat Redistribution" | |
| September 29 | Robert H. Eckel, MD Unversity of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine |
"Macronutrient Fuel Partitioning, Insulin Action, Energy Balance, and Body Weight Regulation" | |
| October 6 | David A. Kessler, MD University of California, San Francisco |
"The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" | |
| October 13 | Russell Pate, PhD University of South Carolina |
"Policies to Promote Physical Activity for Obesity Prevention in Youth" | |
| October 20 | Gregory W. Heath, DHSc, MPH University of Tennessee, Chattanooga |
"Increasing Physical Activity at the Community Level: What's the Evidence and the Cost?" | |
| November 03 | Paul S. MacLean, PhD University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado |
"Countering the Biological Drive to Regain Weight with Regular Exercise" | |
| November 10 | Jorge Vizcarra, PhD Food and Animal Science, Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama |
"Ghrelin and Feed Intake: Differential Role in Mmammalian and Avian Species." | |
| November 17 | Kevin Grove, PhD Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon |
"Programming Metabolic Systems: Effects of Maternal Obesity and Diet" | |
| November 24 | Kevin Hall, PhD NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
"Mechanistic Mathematical Models for Metabolism and Body Weight Change." | |
| December 01 | Paul Coates, PhD National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
"The NIH and Dietary Supplements: A (Challenging) Partnership." | |
| December 08 | Satish C. Kalhan, MD Lerner Reserach Institute, Cleveland, Ohio |
"Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease." | |
| December 15 | Alexandra C. McPherron, PhD Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, NIDDK/NIH |
"Metabolic Effects of Myostatin Inhibition." |
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