You're invited!... July 9-10, 2014

 

The 15th Annual Postgraduate Nutrition Symposium

Wednesday & Thursday

July 9-10, 2014

 

Located at

   

Daniel Tosteson Medical Education Center

Carl Walter Amphitheatre

(2nd Floor)

 

Harvard Medical School

260 Longwood Avenue

Boston, MA

 

Presented by

 

Harvard Nutrition Obesity Research Center and the Division of Nutrition
Harvard Medical School

 

in conjunction with

 

The Department of Nutrition

Harvard School of Public Health

and

Boston Nutrition Obesity Research Center

 

 

 

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Program: 

 

DAY 1 - WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2014

7:15 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

 

Welcome

W. Allan Walker, MD - Harvard Medical School

Steven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical School

 

SESSION 1: Determinants of Energy Expenditure and Balance

Moderator: Hideo Makimura, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School

 

Leptin Signaling in Central Appetite Pathways

Rexford S. Ahima, MD, PhD - University of Pennsylvania 

 

Brown Fat: Critical Determinant of Energy Expenditure

Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School

 

Metabolic Flexibility and Substrate Partitioning in Energy Balance

Eric Ravussin, PhD - Pennington Biomedical Research Center  


Gastric Peptides in Energy Balance

David E. Cummings, MD - University of Washington  

 

The Effect of Sleep on Energy Balance

Eve Van Cauter, PhD - The University of Chicago

 

SESSION II: Current Therapies for Obesity and Fat Accumulation

Moderator: Scott Butsch, MD, MSc - Massachusetts General Hospital  

 

Recently Approved Therapeutics for Obesity

Caroline M. Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN - Boston University School of Medicine 

  

Targeting of Visceral and Ectopic Adipose Depots

Steven K. Grinspoon, MD - Harvard Medical School  

 

Dietary Strategies for Weight Loss; More than Just Calories

David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School


Behavioral Modification in Weight Loss Therapy 

John P. Foreyt, PhD - Baylor College of Medicine

 

A Perspective on the FDA Approval Process

Abraham Thomas, MD, MPH - Henry Ford Hospital

 

 

DAY 2 - THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014     

7:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

          

Welcome

George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD - Harvard Medical School

  

SESSION III: Novel Therapeutics to Alter Energy Balance

Moderator: Miguel Alonso-Alonso, MD, MPhil - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 

 

A Novel Muscle Protein Regulating Energy Balance: Irisin

Bruce M. Spiegelman, PhD -Harvard Medical School

Effects of Gastric Bypass on Energy Therapeutics

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD - Massachusetts General Hospital

Novel Effects of Bile Acids on Energy Regulation

Karen K. Ryan, PhD - University of Cincinnati

Potential Effects of Altered Gut Microbiota on Energy Balance

Jonathan Krakoff, MD - National Institutes of Health

Sirtuins in Metabolism and Energy Balance

Marcia C. Haigis, PhD - Harvard Medical School 

  

Closing Remarks

  

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