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, Ph.D. Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine | "Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications of Neural Melanocortin Receptor Dysfunction in Human Obesity | Watch Video |
| January 13 | Val Sheffield, MD, Ph.D. University of Iowa | "The Molecular Pathophysiology of a Human Obesity Syndrome" | Watch Video |
| 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 Cancer Susceptibility" | Watch Video |
| February 3 | Myles S. Faith, Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | "Family, Feeding and Eating Phenotypes in Childhood Obesity" | Watch Video |
| February 10 | Jonathan D. Roth, Ph.D. Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | "Integrated Neurohormonal Approaches to the Treatment of Obesity" | |
| February 17 | Randall R. Sakai, Ph.D. University of Cincinnati Med CTR, Cincinnati, Ohio | "Social Dominance and Adiposity" | Watch Video |
| February 24 | Steven N. Blair, P.E.D., Ph.D. University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC | "Physical Activity in the Prevention of Weight Gain and Management of Obesity" | Watch Video |
| March 3 | Nathaniel J. Dominy, Ph.D. University of California | "For the Hungry Hominid a Tuber was not Hard: Origin and Evolution of the Human Diet" | Watch Video |
| March 10 | Yu-Hua Tseng, Ph.D. Havard Medical School | "Bone Morphogenetic Proteins Adipocyte Development" | |
| March 17 | David W. Stepp, Ph.D. Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia | "Peripheral Insulin Resistance Accounts for Vascular Dysfunction in Obesity" | Watch Video |
| 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, Ph.D., MSPH Centers of Disease Control & Prevention, Atlanta, GA | "Obesity and Pregnancy- Trends & Complications" | Watch Video |
| 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, Ph.D. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA | "Global Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes: The Role of Genetic Susceptibility vs. Environment" | Watch Video |
| 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" | |
| May 5 | Mary Elizabeth Patti, MD Harvard Medical School | "Early Life Determinants of Diabetes Risk" | |
| June 2 | Andrew Hills, Ph.D. and Nuala Byrne, Ph.D. 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" | Watch Video |
| September 8 | Julie A. Mennella, Ph.D. Research Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | "Contribution of Genes and Experiential Factors to Individual Differences in Taste Preferences and Eating Behavior among Children" | Watch Video |
| 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" | Watch Video |
| 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" | |
| September 29 | Robert H. Eckel, MD University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine | "Macronutrient Fuel Partitioning, Insulin Action, Energy Balance, and Body Weight Regulation" | Watch Video |
| 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, Ph.D. University of South Carolina | "Policies to Promote Physical Activity for Obesity Prevention in Youth" | Watch Video |
| 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?" | Watch Video |
| November 03 | Paul S. MacLean, Ph.D. University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado | "Countering the Biological Drive to Regain Weight with Regular Exercise" | Watch Video |
| November 10 | Jorge Vizcarra, Ph.D. Food and Animal Science, Alabama A&M University, Normal, Alabama | "Ghrelin and Feed Intake: Differential Role in Mammalian and Avian Species." | Watch Video |
| November 17 | Kevin Grove, Ph.D. Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon | "Programming Metabolic Systems: Effects of Maternal Obesity and Diet" | Watch Video |
| November 24 | Kevin Hall, Ph.D. NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD | "Mechanistic Mathematical Models for Metabolism and Body Weight Change." | Watch Video |
| December 01 | Paul Coates, Ph.D. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD | "The NIH and Dietary Supplements: A (Challenging) Partnership." | Watch Video |
| December 08 | Satish C. Kalhan, MD Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio | "Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease." | Watch Video |
| December 15 | Alexandra C. McPherron, Ph.D. Genetics of Development and Disease Branch, NIDDK/NIH | "Metabolic Effects of Myostatin Inhibition." |
* Special NORC Seminar