The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 4 | Dr. Douglas Heimburger Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB | "Tasting Menu" I: UAB’s EatRight Program EatRight Past (history, scientific basis) | Watch Video |
| Ms. Suzanne Henson Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB | "Tasting Menu" I: UAB’s EatRight Program EatRight Present (key features and operational principles) | Watch Video | |
| Dr. Jamy Ard Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB | "Tasting Menu" I: UAB’s EatRight Program EatRight Future (ongoing research and new initiatives)" | Watch Video | |
| January 11 | Dr. Myra Crawford | "Tasting Menu" II: Family Medicine & Community Programs PDA Obesity Treatment in Family Practice | |
| Dr. Michael Wyss | "Tasting Menu" II: Family Medicine & Community Programs CORD Jazzercise Program in Birmingham Schools | ||
| Dr. Monica Baskin | "Tasting Menu" II: Family Medicine & Community Programs Impact of Fruit and Vegetable Cost on Obesity in Children and Parents | Watch Video | |
| January 18 | John B. Vincent, Ph.D. UAB | “Recent Advances in the Biochemistry of Chromium (III)" | Watch Video |
| January 25 | Dr. Frank Franklin UAB | "Tasting Menu" III: Pediatric, Public Health & Community Programs Pediatric Obesity Programs at UAB | Watch Video |
| Dr. Michael Weaver UAB | "Tasting Menu" III: Pediatric, Public Health & Community Programs School of Nursing’s Community Outreach | Watch Video | |
| Dr. Max Michael UAB | "Tasting Menu" III: Pediatric, Public Health & Community Programs SOPH’s Birmingham Walks Program | Watch Video | |
| February 1 | Mark A. Tepper, Ph.D. CytRx Laboratories, Inc. | "Use of RNAi Technology to Develop Molecular Medicines to Treat Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes." | |
| February 8 | Mary Boggiano, Ph.D. Department of Psychology, UAB | "Eating Disorders: New Insights from Animal Models" | Watch Video |
| February 15 | Kirill M. Popov, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UAB | “Regulation of Mammalian Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex” | Watch Video |
| February 18 | Dongsheng Cai, M.D., Ph.D. Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School | “Metabolic Action of IKK/NF-kB in Tissue-Specific Manner: From Insulin Resistance, Obesity to Muscle Wasting.” | |
| February 22 | Theodore Drell, Ph.D. Almased USA, Inc. | “The Role of a High Soy Protein Diet in Weight Loss” | Watch Video |
| March 1 | Fredrik Lonnqvist, M.D., Ph.D. Stockholm, Sweden | “AMPK and Cortisol as Metabolic Targets in a Clinical Drug Development Perspective” | Watch Video |
| March 8 | Byung-Hong Chung, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Science, UAB | “Postprandial Lipemia: Its Role in Reverse Cholesterol Transport and Dietary Fat Mediated Change in Endogenous Lipoprotein Cholesterol” | Watch Video |
| March 15 | Nengjun Yi, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics, UAB | “Mapping Complex Epistatic QTL for Obesity in Experimental Designs” | Watch Video |
| March 22 | Rachel P. Wildman, Ph.D. Tulane Univ. New Orleans, La. | "Obesity and the Vasculature: Is the damage permanent or can our arteries bounce back" | Watch Video |
| April 12 | Majd Zayzafoon, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Pathology, UAB | "NFAT: New Anabolic Target to Treat Osteoporosis" | |
| April 15 | Alan Attie University of Wisconsin, Madison | "Mining the Mouse Genome for Diabetes Susceptibility Genes" | |
| April 19 | Bettina Mittendorfer, Ph.D. Washington University School of Medicine | "Sexual Dimorphism in Human Lipid Metabolism" | Watch Video |
| April 26 | Donna Arnett, Ph.D. Department of Epidemiology, UAB | "Genetic Modifiers of Triglyceride Response to a High Fat Meal: Observations from the GOLDN Study" | Watch Video |
| May 3 | Jose Fernandez, Ph.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB | "Gene, Race and Obesity: Are We Making Any Progress?" | Watch Video |
| May 17 | Elizabeth Blum, Ph.D. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet | "Hormonal Influences on Male- and Female- Advantage Components of Spatial Cognition" | |
| September 6 | David B. Allison, Ph.D. and Timothy Garvey, M.D. Department of Nutrition Sciences, UAB | "State of the CNRU Address" | |
| September 13 | Natalia Y. Kedishvili, Ph.D. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, UAB | "Regulation of Retinoic Acid Biosynthesis: Links to Diabetes and Obesity?" | |
| September 20 | Richard Simerly Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA | "Wired for Feeding: Leptin and Development of Hypothalamic Neural Circuitry" | |
| September 27 | David Kump, Ph.D. Department of Genomics, UAB | "How to Gain Fat: Mechanisms of Fat Increase with Exercise Cessation in Rats" | Watch Video |
| October 4 | Phil Scherer, Ph.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine – Bronx, NY | "The Role of Adipocyte-Derived Factors in Metabolism, Inflammation, and Cancer." | Watch Video |
| October 25 | Paul Wolkowicz, Ph.D. Cardiovascular Dept. of UAB | "What I Don't Know About Fatty Acid Oxidation" | Watch Video |
| November 1 | Ian Janssen, Ph.D. School of Physical & Health Education and Dept. of Community Health & Epidemiology, Queen’s University | "Sarcopenic-Obesity: What Is It And How Do We Assess It?" | Watch Video |
| November 8 | Christopher Newland, Ph.D. Auburn University | "Experimental Neurotoxicology of Methylmercury: Roles of Nutrition and Dosing Regimen in its Behavioral Effects" | Watch Video |
| November 15 | Jing X Kang, Ph.D., MD Massachusetts General Hospital | "Omega-3 Fatty Acids" | |
| November 22 | David B. Allison, Ph.D. Department of Biostatistics, Department of Nutrition, UAB | "Obesity & Mortality: Questions and Controversy" | Watch Video |
| November 29 | Helen Olivia Thomas, Ph.D. Visiting Researcher, Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, University of Miami | "The Metabolic Syndrome in Children and Adolescents" | |
| December 6 | Anthony Ferrante, Jr., MD, Ph.D. Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, New York | "Macrophages, Inflammation and Obesity" | |
| December 13 | Stephen Marshall Hexos Inc, Washington State | "Endocrine and Nutritional Regulation of Fuel Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis: Role of Nutrient Signaling Pathways" | Watch Video |
* Special NORC Seminar