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Nov. 1st, 2007 - Nov. 1st, 2008  Obesity Alliance Weekly CME Conference

NOVEMBER 2007

  • November 1, 2007
    Steven Smith, MD
    "Intrinsic Defects in Substrate Switching in Skeletal Muscle: A Precursor to Obesity and Diabetes"
  • November 8, 2007
    Joel Goodman, Ph.D.
    "Peroxisomes, Lipid Droplets, and Lipodystrophy - All in Yeast!"
  • November 15, 2007
    Helen Hobbs, MD
    "The Dallas Heart Study - History & Future"
  • November 29, 2007
    Robert Hegele, MD, FRCPC, FACP
    "Genetic forms of the cardiometabolic syndrome"
  • December 6, 2007
    Kenneth Cusi, MD, FACE
    " Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD):Time for New Treatment Strategies?"

  • December 13, 2007
    Charles Rosenfeld, MD
    "Insulin Resistance in Hispanic Large-for-Gestational Age Neonates at Birth"
  • December 20, 2007
    David Self, Ph.D.
    "Mechanisms of D2 Receptor Sensitization in Cocaine Relapse"
  • December 27, 2007- rescheduled
    Colleen A. McClung, Ph.D.
    "Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Mood Disorders and Obesity Phenotype"
  • Thursday, January 03, 2008 
    Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D.
    “ HDL: Lipoprotein Particle at the Crossroads of Dyslipidemia, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease”
    Special Seminar at 1:00 PM, Y6.224 (Non-CME)
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   2008 Lectures 

  • Thursday, January 10, 2008
    Philip W. Shaul, M.D.
    "CRP and the Metabolic Syndrome: Marker or Mediator?"
  • Thursday, January 17, 2008
    Makoto Kuro-O, MD, Ph.D.
    "The Klotho gene-family regulators of FGF and metabolism"
  • Thursday, January 24, 2008
    Rex Ahima, M.D., Ph.D.

    "Resistin"
  • Thursday, January 31, 2008
    Stephen Farmer, Ph.D.
    "Role of PPARgamma and SIRT1 in Regulating Adipocyte Formation and Function"
  • Thursday, February 07, 2008
    Michael Jensen, MD
    "Adipose Tissue Metabolism - An Aspect We Should not Neglect?"
  • Thursday, February 14, 2008
    Coleen A. McClung, Ph. D.
    "Circadian Genes, Rhythms and the Biology of Mood Disorders and Obesity Phenotype"
  • Thursday, February 21, 2008 
    Robert Bachoo, M.D., Ph.D
    "GBM Metabolism: The genetics of supply and demand"
  • Thursday, February 28, 2008
    Randy Seeley, Ph.D.
    "How obesity went to our heads: Novel aspects of the neuroendocrine control of energy balance"
  • Thursday, March 06, 2008
    Leon Avery, Ph.D., MBA
    "Molecular basis of feeding regulation"
  • Thursday, March 13, 2008
    Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.
    "The role of adipokines in Diabetes, Obesity and Lipid Metabolism"
  • Thursday, March 20, 2008
    Michael Schwartz, M.D.
    "Diabetes, Obesity and the Brain"
  • Thursday, March 27, 2008 
    Hei Sook Sul, Ph.D.
    "A tale of two local adipose regulatiors: Pref-1 and AdPLA"
  • Thursday, April 03, 2008
    Giuseppe Novelli, M.D
    "Simple genotypes and complex phenotypes: The strange case of Mr. Lamin gene"
  • Thursday, April 10, 2008
    Jon Graff, MD, Ph.D.
    "Fat Pharm: New approaches to regulating metabolism"
  • Thursday, April 17, 2008
    Carol Elias, Ph.D.
    "Hypothalamic pathways linking leptin action and reproduction"
  • Thursday, April 24, 2008
    Rudolph L. Leibel, M.D.
    "Molecular Physiology of the Control of Body Weight"
  • Thursday, May 08, 2008
    Roger H. Unger, M.D.
    "Leptin,lipotoxicity and lipid partitioning: How adipogenic capacity determines susceptibility to T2D and metabolic syndrome".
  • Thursday, May 15, 2008
    Timothy F. Osborne, Ph.D."
    "Transcriptional Regulation of Lipid Metabolism"
  • Thursday, May 22, 2008
    Russell Debose-Boyd, Ph.D.
    "
    Feedback regulation of cholesterol synthesis through ER-associated degradation of HMG CoA reductase."
  • Thursday, May 29, 2008
    Lora Hooper, Ph.D.
    "Innate immune responses to commensal bacteria at gut epithelial surfaces"
  • Thursday, June 05, 2008
    Matthias Tschoep, M.D.
    "The gut-brain axis in metabolic regulation"
  • Thursday, June 12, 2008
    Ruth McPherson, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Genetic Complexity of Obesity"
  • Thursday, June 19, 2008
    David Russell, PhD
    "
    Cholesterol Turnover in the Brain"
  • Thursday, June 26, 2008
    Joel Elmquist, DVM, PhD
    "Hypothalamic integration of metabolic cues into coordinated physiological responses"
  • Thursday, July 03, 2008
    No meeting
  • Thursday, July 10, 2008
    Masashi Yanagisawa, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Orexin: A link between sleep/wake and energy homeostasis?"
  • Thursday, July 17, 2008
    Craig Malloy, M.D
    "Non-invasive analysis of adipose composition in humans"
  • Thursday, July 24, 2008
    Anna Mae Diehl, M.D.
    "Fixing Fatty Livers"
  • Thursday, July 31, 2008 
    Melanie Cobb, PhD
    “MAPKs in beta cell function”
  • Thursday, August 07, 2008 
    Burant, Charles MD
    "Hepatic Steatosis and Insulin Resistance in Hepatitis C"
  • Thursday, August 14, 2008
    Timothy E. Graham, MD
    "
    RBP4 and Insulin Resistance: New Insights into Physiological Function and Cellular Mechanism"
  • Thursday, August 21, 2008
    Donalyn Scheuner, Ph.D.
    "The Role of Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Beta Cell Biology and Metabolic Disease"
  • Thursday, August 28, 2008
    Anthony Scime, Ph.D.
    "A Role of p107 in Mesodermal Cell Fate Decisions"
  • Thursday, Sep. 4, 2008
    Kevin Grove, Ph.D.
    "Fetal lipotoxicity and the development of metabolic system in the nonhuman primate"
  • Thursday Sep. 11, 2008
    Philip Kern, M.D.
    "Insulin resistance: changes in gene expression related to lipid partitioning and inflammation"
  • Thursday Sep. 18, 2008
    Deborah L. Clegg
    "Sex Matters!"
  • Thursday, Sep. 25, 2008
    Steven K. Grinspoon, MD
    "Pathophysiology and Management of Fat Redistribution in HIV Lipodystrophy"
  • Thursday, October 02, 2008
    Keith Parker, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Steroidogenic factor 1: key mediator of endocrine function."
  • Thursday, October 09, 2008
    Jonathan C. Cohen, Ph.D.
    "Genetic variation in PNPLA3 confers susceptibility to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease"
  • Thursday, October 16, 2008
    Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.
    "Leptin Therapy: The promise, the disappointment and the sliver lining"
  • Thursday, October 23, 2008
    Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.
    " Integrated Metabolism of Hepatic Fat Oxidation and Gluconeogenesis"
  • Thursday, October 30, 2008
    David Y. Hui, Ph.D.
    "A tale of Two LDL receptor family proteins LRP1 and LRP8 in vascular cell homeostasis"
  • Thursday, November 6, 2008
    Jonathan Purnell , M.D.
    "Nutrient regulation of food intake in humans"
  • Thursday, November 13, 2008
    J. Eduardo Rame, M.D., M.Phil.
    "Caloric Restriction, Cardiac Lipotoxicity, and Leptin: A Study of the ob/ob Murine Model"
  • Thursday, November 20, 2008 (Special lecture; Non-CME)
    Alan Cherrington, Ph.D.
    “New Concepts in Insulin’s Regulation of Glucose Production In Vivo”
  • Thursday, November 27, 2008
    Thanksgiving
  • Thursday, December 4, 2008
    Thomas Wilkie, Ph.D.
    "RGS/G-protein control of glucose homeostasis in liver metabolism and
    pancreas development"
  • Thursday, December 11, 2008
    Jean J. Zhao, Ph.D.
    "Isoforms of PI3K in cancer and metabolism"
  • Thursday, December 18, 2008
    Robert D. Toto, M.D.
    "Microalbuminuria, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk"
  • Thursday, December 25, 2008
    Christmas
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    2009 Lectures

  • Thursday, January 1, 2009
    New Year Holiday
  • Thursday, January 8, 2009
    Amit Khera, M.D.
    "Gender Dimorphism in Obesity and C-reactive protein"
  • Thursday, January 15, 2009
    Daniel Rader, M.D.
    "Effects of Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein (MTP) inhibition on lipids, hepatic fat, and weight in humans: an update"
  • Thursday, January 22, 2009
    Ronald Peshock, M.D.
    "Cardiovascular Risk Assessment by Imaging Methods in the Dallas Heart Study"
  • Thursday, January 29, 2009
    Leslie B. Vosshall, PhD
    "Connecting Smell to Food Intake"
  • Thursday, February 5, 2009
    Roger Unger, M.D.
    "The Trihormonal Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes: Triple Trouble Hypothesis"
  • Thursday, February 12, 2009 (Non-CME)
    Michael S. Brown, M.D.
    "The SREBP Pathway: Membrane Molecules in Motion
  • "Thursday, February 19, 2009 (Non-CME)
    Richard Bergman, Ph.D.
    "Pathogenesis of the Metabolic Syndrome”
  • Thursday, February 26, 2009
    David D'Alessio, M.D.
    "Neuroendocrine mediation of the incretin effect: GLP-1 as a link between the CNS and peripheral metabolism"
  • Thursday, March 5, 2009
    Vincent Aguirre, M.D.
    "The Physiology of Gastric Bypass and Implications for Endoluminal Therapy of Obesity and Diabetes"
  • Thursday, March 12, 2009
    Steven Young, M.D.
    "An endothelial cell molecule required for the processing of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins"
  • Thursday, March 19, 2009
    Marc Hellerstein, M.D., Ph.D.
    “Effects of caloric restriction and intermittent fasting regimens on functionally significant in vivo target pathways, including dynamics of adipose tissue components”
  • Thursday, March 26, 2009
    Evan D. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Pathway Discovery in Adipocyte Biology Using Epigenomics"
  • Thursday, April 02, 2009
    John Dietschy, M.D.
    "Metabolic consequences of reversing the defect in cholesterol transport in Niemann-Pick disease"
  • Thursday, April 09, 2009
    Roberto Coppari, Ph.D.
    "Brain SIRT1: A novel target to treat diet-induced metabolic dysfunctions?"
  • Thursday, April 16, 2009
    Dennis Voelker, Ph.D.
    "The minor pulmonary surfactant phospholipids play a major role in regulating inflammation and infection in the lung"
  • Thursday, April 23, 2009
    Jay D. Horton, M.D.
    "Identification and Characterization of a New Modulator of Lipogenesis"
  • Thursday, April 30, 2009
    Joel M Goodman, Ph.D.
    "Lipodystrophy in yeast"
  • Thursday, May 07, 2009
    James de Lemos, M.D.
    "Biomarkers in the Dallas Heart Study"
  • Thursday, May 14, 2009
    Elisa Fabbrini, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Obesity and Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease"
  • Thursday, May 21, 2009
    Joseph Witztum, M.D.
    "Oxidation-specific epitopes are a major target of innate immunity: Implications for health and disease"
  • Thursday, May 28, 2009 (Non-CME)
    Susan Hutson, PhD
    "Leucine Signaling: Fact and Fancy"
  • Thursday, June 04, 2009
    Gregory O'Neal Clark, M.D.  
    "Type 1 Diabetes - What Are We Missing?"
  • Thursday, June 11, 2009
    Darren McGuire, M.D.
    "Effects of Rosiglitazone on Integrated Cardiovascular Performance, Cardiac Structure and Function"
  • Thursday, June 18, 2009
    Kimberly K. Buhman, Ph.D.
    "The Small Intestine: A Role in Fat Storage"
  • Thursday, June 25, 2009
    Joseph A Hill, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Pathological Cardiac Remodeling: Mechanisms and Therapies"
  • Thursday, July 02, 2009
    No Seminar
  • Thursday, July 09, 2009
    Tony K Lam, Ph.D.
    "Nutrient Sensing in the Gut and Brain"
  • Thursday, July 16, 2009
    Eric N. Olson, Ph.D.
    "Toward microRNA-based therapeutics for heart disease"
  • Thursday, July 23, 2009
    Steven Kliewer, Ph.D.
    "FGF21 in Metabolism: From Feast to Famine"
  • Thursday, July 30, 2009
    Vanessa Sperandio, Ph.D.
    "Inter-kingdom signaling: communication between bacteria and host"
  • Thursday, August 06, 2009
    Jay W. Schneider, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Gene-activating small molecule and diabetes"
  • Thursday, August 13, 2009
    Donald B. Jump, Ph.D.
    "Polyunsaturated fatty acid synthesis: A pathway controlling multiple hepatic functions"
  • Thursday, August 20, 2009
    Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.
    "Molecular Mechanisms of Hepatic Steatosis in Lipodystrophies"
  • Thursday, August 27, 2009
    Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D.
    "In search of adrenocortical stem cells: Implications for adrenal cancer"
  • Thursday, September 03, 2009
    Fredric Wondisford, M.D.
    "Transcriptional Control of Hepatic Gluconeogenesis in Obesity"
  • Thursday, September 10, 2009
    Anthony Hollenberg, M.D.
    "New Insights into Thyroid Hormone Signaling and the Regulation of the Thyroid Axis"
  • Thursday, September 17, 2009
    Jose M. Garcia, M.D.
    "Ghrelin in cancer related cachexia"
  • Thursday, September 24, 2009
    Andrew Zinn, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Sim1 and Obesity: Development or Physiology?"
  • Thursday, October 01, 2009
    Doris Stoffers, M.D., Ph.D.
    "Pdx1 partners and targets in the development and function of pancreatic beta cells"
  • Thursday, October 08, 2009- Will be rescheduled at another time.
    Jens Bruning, M.D.
    "Neuronal insulin action in control of glucose and energy homeostasis"
  • Thursday, October 15, 2009
    "McGarry Symposium: "Metabolic Control of Complex Systems"
    North campus ND 3rd floor, T. Boone Pickens Conference Hall
  • Thursday, October 22, 2009
    Neil B. Ruderman, M.D., Ph.D.
    "AMP Kinase/SERT1: A longstanding Partnership"
  • Thursday, October 29, 2009
    Meng Wang, Ph.D.
    "Endocrine and metabolic signaling in promoting healthy aging"