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 |
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January 13 |
Val Sheffield, MD, PhD
University of Iowa |
"The Molecular Pathophysiology of a Human Obesity Syndrome |
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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" |
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February 3 |
Myles S. Faith, PhD
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
"Family, Feeding and Eating Phenotypes in Childhood Obesity" |
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February 10 |
Jonathan D. Roth, PhD
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
"Integrated Neurohormonal Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity" |
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February 17 |
Randall R. Sakai, PhD
University of Cincinnati Med CTR, Cincinnati, Ohio |
"Social Dominance and Adiposity" |
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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" |
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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" |
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March 10 |
Yu-Hua Tseng, PhD
Havard Medical School |
"Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Adipocyte Development" |
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March 17 |
David W. Stepp, PhD
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia |
"Peripheral Insulin Resistance Accounts for Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity" |
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March 24 |
Peter Muennig, MD, MPH
Columbia University, New York |
"The body politic: does psychological stigma play a role in obesity-associated morbidity?" |
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March 31 |
Susan Y. Chu, PhD, MSPH
Centers of Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA |
"Obesity and Pregnancy- Trends & Complications" |
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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) |
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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" |
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April 28 |
F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Applied Physiology Columbia |
"Health Effects of Intentional Weight Loss" |
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May 5 |
Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD
Harvard Medical School |
"Early Life Determinants of Diabetes Risk" |
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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" |
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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" |
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September 15 |
Steven Grinspoon, MD, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism and Clinical Director, Neuroendocrine Clinical Center Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA |
"Use of GH and GHRH in HIV Lipodystrophy – Lessons from a Model of Acquired Fat Redistribution" |
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September 22 |
Elizabeth Goodman, MD
Pediatric Clinical Research Center, Floating Hospital for Children at Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA |
"Obesity and the Biology of Social Justice" |
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September 29 |
Robert H. Eckel, MD
Unversity of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine |
"Macronutrient Fuel Partitioning, Insulin Action, Energy Balance, and Body Weight Regulation" |
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October 6 |
David A. Kessler, MD
University of California, San Francisco |
"The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" |
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October 13 |
Russell Pate, PhD
University of South Carolina |
"Policies to Promote Physical Activity for Obesity Prevention in Youth" |
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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?" |
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November 03 |
Paul S. MacLean, PhD
University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado |
"Countering the Biological Drive to Regain Weight with Regular Exercise" |
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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." |
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November 17 |
Kevin Grove, PhD
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon |
"Programming Metabolic Systems: Effects of Maternal Obesity and Diet" |
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November 24 |
Kevin Hall, PhD
NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD |
"Mechanistic Mathematical Models for Metabolism and Body Weight Change." |
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December 01 |
Paul Coates, PhD
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD |
"The NIH and Dietary Supplements: A (Challenging) Partnership." |
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December 08 |
Satish C. Kalhan, MD
Lerner Reserach Institute, Cleveland, Ohio |
"Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease." |
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December 15 |
Alexandra C. McPherron, PhD
Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, NIDDK/NIH |
"Metabolic Effects of Myostatin Inhibition." |
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