The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 8 | Gloria A. Benavides, Ph.D. UAB | "Hydrogen Sulfide Mediates the Vasoactivity of Garlic" | |
| January 15 | David B. Allison, Ph.D. UAB | "Causes of Obesity: Expect the Unexpected." | |
| January 22 | William Karasov, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin | "Physiological Ecology" | Watch Video |
| January 29 | Nathaniel J. Dominy, Ph.D. University of California | "Adaptive drool in the gene pool: copy number varition of the human salivary amylase gene (Canelled due to inclement weather)" | Seminar was Cancelled |
| February 5 | Steven G. Lloyd, MD, Ph.D. UAB | "Myocardial Ischemia and the Atkins Diet" | Watch Video |
| February 12 | Richard J. Deckelbaum, MD Columbia University, New York | "Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Health Benefits" | Watch Video |
| February 19 | Elena Volpi, MD, Ph.D. University of Texas Medical Branch | "Insulin Resistance and Sarcopenia" | |
| February 26 | Stephen J. Freedland, Ph.D., MD Duke University School of Medicine | "Obesity and Prostate Cancer: A Growing Problem." | Watch Video |
| March 4 | Edward J. Boyko, MD, MPH University of Washington | "Development and Consequences of Visceral Adiposity in Japanese Americans." | Watch Video |
| March 11 | Barry E. Levin, MD New Jersey Medical School | "Obesity: It's all in your brain." | |
| March 18 | Naima Moustaid-Moussa, Ph.D. University of Tennessee | "The Renin-Angiotensin System, Adipose Tissue, Obesity and Diabetes: What are the Links?" | Watch Video |
| March 25 | Andre' Marette, Ph.D. Laval University Medical Research Center, Quebec, Canada | "Role of Inflammatory Signaling and Nutrient Sensing in Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance." | Watch Video |
| April 1 | John F. Rawls, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | "Genetic and Environmental Factors Regulating Llipid Metabolism in Zebrafish" | Watch Video |
| April 15 | Angelo Tremblay, MSc, Ph.D. Laval University, Quebec, Canada | "Obesity and Environmental Toxins: the Case of Organochlorines" | Watch Video |
| April 22 | Bruce Blumberg, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine | "Identification of environmental obesogens: Is the environment making us fat?" | |
| April 29 | Donald McClain, MD, Ph.D. University of Utah Health Sciences | "Protein Modification by O-GlcNAc; New Insights into the Role and Regulation of a Nutrient Sensing Pathway " | Watch Video |
| May 6 | John J. Kopchick, Ph.D. Ohio University | "Growth Hormone (GH), GH Antagonists, and GH Receptor "Knock-Outs": of Mice and Men (and Women)" | Watch Video |
| May 13 | Molly S. Bray, Ph.D. SDA/ARS Children's Nutrition | "New Approaches to Gene Discovery in Obesity." | Watch Video |
| September 9 | Scott Pletcher, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas | "The Modulation of Drosophila lifespan, and physiology by perceptual systems." | |
| September 16 | Thorkild I.A. Sorensen, Ph.D. Institute of Preventive Medicine Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark | "Challenges in the study of the causes of Obesity." | |
| September 23 | James Annesi, Ph.D. Director of Wellness Advancement, YMCA of Metropolitan Atlanta | "Exercise Adherence: Evidence-based Intervention." | Watch Video |
| September 30 | Clifton A. Baile, Ph.D. Professor in Animal Science and Foods & Nutrition,University of Georiga | "Leptin, Fat Stores, Bone Marrow Adipocytes and the Skeleton." | Watch Video |
| October 14 | Stephen Daniels, MD, Ph.D. Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics,University of Colorado School of Medicine | "Cardiovascular Complications of Pediatrics and Adolescent Obesity." | Watch Video |
| October 21 | Robert A. Waterland, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas | "Epigenetics and Obesity" | |
| October 28 | Ofer Reizes, Ph.D. Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute,Clveland Ohio | "Wiring of the Brain Circuits that Control Appetite and Body Weight by Syndecan-3: are We Wired for Leanness or Obesity?" | |
| November 4 | James Levine, MD, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic Transplant Center, Rochester, Minnesota | "N-E-A-T Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis" | Watch Video |
| November 11 | Leslie Kozak, Ph.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana | "Programming of Diet-Induced Obesity" | Watch Video |
| November 18 | Margarethe Hoenig, Dr. Med.Vet., Ph.D. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia | "Obesity-a feline pandemic" | |
| November 25 | Kishore M. Gadde, MD Duke University Medical Centre, Durham, North Carolina | "Pharmacotherapy of Obesity" | Watch Video |
| December 9 | Ruth Harris, Ph.D. University of Georgia | "Can leptin make you fat?" |
* Special NORC Seminar