Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
Video |
January 9 |
Nana Gletsu-Miller, PhD
Emory University |
"Obesity-Induced Insulin Resistance: A Bariatric Surgery Research Model" |
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January 16 |
Pedro Del Corral, PhD, MD |
"Insulin Resistance and Obesity: Effect of Glucocorticoids" |
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January 23 |
Danielle Reed PhD
Monell Chemical Senses Center |
"The Molecular Basis of Yummy: Identification of Genes for Complex Behaviors" |
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January 30 |
John Hartman, MD, Assistant Professor
UAB |
"Dissecting Phenotypic Complexity of Human Disease Pathways by Analysis of Yeast Gene Interaction Networks" |
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February 6 |
Donard Dwyer, PhD
LSU Health Sciences Center |
"Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs: in Vitro and in Vivo Insights" |
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February 13 |
Stephen McClave, PhD
University of Louisville |
"Indirect Calorimetry: Conducting a Test and Interpreting Results" |
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February 20 |
Jean Hine, PhD
University of Arkansas |
"Does the Sugar Make A Difference to Tumor Cells" |
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February 27 |
Robert Ross PhD
Queen’s University, Canada |
"Characterization and Management of High-Risk Abdominally Obese Adults” |
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March 6 |
Tom Thomas, PhD
University of Missouri |
"Exercise and the Metabolic Syndrome with Weight Regain" |
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March 13 |
Joel Elmquist PhD
University of Texas Southern Medical Center |
"Unraveling the CNS Pathways Underlying Coordinated Control of Body Weight and Glucose Homeostasis" |
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March 20 |
John Hall, PhD
University of Mississippi |
"Pathophysiology of Hypertension in Obesity/Metabolic Syndrome" |
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March 27 |
Gary Hunter, PhD
University of Alabama at Birmingham |
"Sarcopenia and Obesity" |
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April 3 |
Lenore Arab, PhD
UCLA |
"Experience with Web-Based Eligibility Screening, Tracking and Date Collection in the Validation of Diet Day" |
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April 10 |
Bert Boyer, PhD
University of Alaska |
"Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in Alaska Native Yup’ik Eskimos" |
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April 16 |
Regina Sims, PhD
Howard University |
"Neuropsychological Correlates of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Blacks" |
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April 17 |
Daniel Lane, PhD
John Hopkins University. |
"Hypothalamic Control of Food Intake & Energy Expenditure: Role of Malonyl-CoA" |
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April 24 |
Philip Scarpace, PhD
University of Florida |
"Elevated Leptin with Obesity: Cause Or Consequence?" |
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April 25 |
Anna Thalacker-Mercer, PhD
Purdue University |
"The Effects of Dietary Protein and Age on Albumin and the Skeletal Muscle Transcript Profile." |
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May 10 |
Stephen Kolwicz, Jr, Postdoc
Temple University |
"The Protective Phenotype Assoicated with Exercise Training in the Hypertensive Myocardium." |
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May 29 |
April Stull, Postdoc
Purdue University |
"Relationships among Inositols, Glucose Tolerance, and Insulin Receptor Phosphorylation." |
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May 31 |
Daniel Smith, PhD
University of Virginia |
"The Extension of Chronological Life Span in S. cerevisiae by Calorie Restriction." |
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June 21 |
Ishwarlal (Kenny) Jialal,MD, PhD,Professor
UC Davis Medical Center. (co-hosted by Merck & Co., Inc.) |
"Diabetes is an Inflammatory State." |
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July 10 |
Qinglin Yang, PhD, Associate Professor
Morehouse School of Medicine |
"Metabolic Syndrome and Adiposity of the Heart." |
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September 11 |
Timothy Bartness, PhD, Professor
Georgia State University |
"Innervation of White Adipose Tissue." |
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September 18 |
Ruud Schilder, PhD
University of Nebraska, Lincoln. |
"Obesity in an Insect: "Simply" and Energy Imbalance?" |
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September 25 |
Luigi Fontana, MD, PhD
Washington University |
"Adiposity, Calorie Restriction and Metabolic Health." |
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October 2 |
Matthew W. Gillman, MD, SM
Harvard Medical School |
"Developmental Origins of Obesity and Its Consequences" |
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October 9 |
Olivier Boss, PhD, Associate Director of Pharmacology
Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
"SIRT1-Activating Small Molecules for Treating Type 2 Diabetes." |
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October 16 |
Richard D. Mattes, MPH, PhD
Purdue University |
"Weight Management Through Leveraging Food/Diet Composition" |
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October 30 |
Bruce M. Psaty, MD, PhD
University of Washington |
"Drug Safety" |
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November 6 |
Steven N. Austad, PhD
University of Texas Health Science Center |
"Can Caloric Restriction Extend Human Life and Health?" |
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November 13 |
Suresh T. Mathews,PhD
Auburn University |
"Fetuin-A, A Novel Inhibitor of Insulin Action, Altered in Insulin Resistance and Diabetes" |
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November 20 |
Eric Schadt, PhD, Senior Scientific Director
Merck & Company, Inc. |
"Variations in DNA Induce changes in Molecular Network States That Drive Disease: Moving beyond genome-wide association studies." |
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November 27 |
Peter Wilson,MD
Emory University |
"Cardiovascular Risk and the Metabolic Syndrome" |
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December 4 |
Jimmy Bell,MD, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Faculty of Medicine
Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
"The Anatomical and Metabolic Geography of the Body Fat: Genetic, Environment and wishful thinking." |
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December 11 |
Russell T. Hepple,PhD
University of Calgary, Canada |
"Caloric Restriction and Aging Muscle: Why Eating Less Leaves More" |
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