The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 9 | Joseph Messina, Ph.D. Department of Pathology, UAB |
"Interactions of Insulin and Growth Hormone in the Liver" |
| January 16 | Tom Baranowski, Ph.D. University of Texas |
"A First With Squire's Quest: Interactive Multimedia Nutrition Education and Dietary Assessment" |
| January 23 | Delia Smith-West, Ph.D. Department of Preventive Medicine, UAB |
"Obesity and Pregnancy: An Overview" |
| January 30 | Kris Kulkarni, Ph.D. Atherotech |
"Small, Dense LDL - A Risk Factor for Heart Disease in Asian Indians" |
| February 6 | Amie Jackson, MD Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UAB |
" Weight Control and Nutrition Requirements for Individuals With Mobility Disabilities" |
| February 20 | Jeffrey Kudlow, MD Department of Medicine, UAB |
"O-GIcNAc and Beta Cell Failure: A Possible Cause of Type 2 Diabetes" |
| February 27 | David Erickson, Ph.D. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
"Folic Acid and the Prevention of Birth Defects: Recent Developments" |
| March 6 | Joel Mason, MD Tufts University |
"Pathways in Colorectal Carcinogenesis: Modulation by Folate" |
| March 27 | Stephen Barnes, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAB |
"Protein Mass Spectrometry: A Powerful Tool for Research in the Nutrition Sciences in the Post-Genomic Era" |
| April 10 | Barbara Gower, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
"Ethnic Differences in Insulin Secretion and Action" |
| April 24 | Roland Weinsier, MD Clinical Nutrition Research Center, UAB |
" Free-Living Activity Energy Expenditure in White and Black Women: Relationship to Changes in Body Weight" |
| May 1 | Coral Lamartiniere, Ph.D. Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, UAB |
"Dietary Genistein Protects Against Mammary and Prostate Cancers" |
| May 15 | John Holloszy, MD Washington University Medical Center |
"Induction and Prevention of Visceral Obesity and Insulin Resistance" |
| May 22 | Tim Byers, MD University of Colorado School of Medicine |
"Body Size, Obesity and Cancer Risk" |
| May 29 | James Shikany, DrPH, PH Department of Medicine, UAB |
"Glycemic Index: Utility in Hypercholesterolemia" |
| August 28 | David Berrigan, Ph.D. National Cancer Institute |
"Effects of Calorie Restriction and Murine Recombinant IGF-1 on Body Composition in Mice" |
| September 4 | Nuala Byrne, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
"Adaptations to Weight-Loss in Obese Adults" |
| September 11 | M. Aminul Islam, MD, MSc, DrPH Department of Epidemiology and International Health, UAB |
"Childhood Malnutrition: Bangladesh Perspectives" |
| September 25 | Yiu-Fai Chen, Ph.D. Department of Medicine, UAB |
"Is Atrial Natriuretic Peptide an Anti-Obese Hormone? A Transgenic Model" |
| October 2 | Richard Allman, MD Department of Medicine, UAB |
"Associations Between Nutrition and Mobility Among Community-Dweling Older Adults" |
| October 16 | Paulette Johnson, MD Department of Pediatrics, UAB |
"Energy Expenditure and Nutritional Requirements in Critically Ill Pediatric Patients: What Are They?" |
| October 23 | David Allison, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics, CNRC, UAB |
"Anti-Psychotic Induced Weight Gain" |
| October 30 | Nassrin Dashti, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
"Relative Atherogenecity of Dietary Saturated and Trans Fatty Acids" |
| November 6 | Yingkui Yang, MD Department of Surgery, UAB |
"Molecular Understanding of Ligand Binding to Melanocortin 4 Receptor - New Target to Control Body Weight" |
| November 13 | Philip Wood, DVM, Ph.D. Comparative Medicine, UAB |
"What Does Treatment for AIDS Have To Do With Lipodystrophy, Dyslipidemia and Mitochondrial Toxicity?" |
| November 20 | Richard Bergman, Ph.D. University of Southern California |
"Physiological Basis of the Metabolic Syndrome" |
| November 27 | Tim Nagy, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB |
"Phenotyping 101: Relating Energy Expenditure and Body Composition in Animal Models" |
| December 4 | Ada Elgavish, Ph.D. Department of Urology and Pharmacology, UAB |
"Does Dietary Fat Modulate the Progression of Prostate Cancer? Studies in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer (TRAMP)" |
| December 12 | Dan Lane, Ph.D. Johns Hopkins Medical Institution |
"A Possible Mechanism for the Control of Food Intake via Inhibition of Hyopthalamic Fatty Acid Synthase" |