The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Vsevolod Polotsky, M.D., Ph.D. John Hopkins University School of Medicine | "Sleep Disordered Breathing and Metabolic Dysfunction: The Chicken or the Egg" | |
| January 17 | Edmond K. Kabagambe, Ph.D. School of Public Health, UAB | "Dietary Intake, Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Disease" | Watch Video |
| January 19 | Neil Binkley, M.D. University of Wisconsin Medical School | "Vitamin D Status and Measurement" | |
| January 24 | Philip Kern, M.D. UAMS Medical Center | “Metabolic Syndrome: Fat In All The Wrong Places.” | |
| January 31 | John Chatham, Ph.D. University of Alabama at Birmingham | “Protein-O-Glycosylation and the Heart” | Watch Video |
| February 7 | Jay Horton Southwestern University | "PCSK9's Role in the Regulation of Plasma Cholesterol Levels" | Watch Video |
| February 14 | Charles Billington, M.D. University of Minnesota | “Beyond Setpoint: The Challenge of Increasing Adiposity” | Watch Video |
| February 21 | Anthony Comuzzie, Ph.D. Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research | "The Search for Obesity and Diabetes Genes: Updates From the Trail.” | Watch Video |
| February 28 | James Hicks, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine | “Eat and Run: Prioritization of Oxygen Delivery During Elevated Metabolic States.” | |
| March 7 | Guillermo Oliver St. Jude Children's Research Hospital | “Molecular Mechanism Regulating the Development of the Lymphatic Vasculature in Health and Disease.” | |
| March 14 | Dr. Thomas W. Gettys Pennington Biomedical Research Center | "Nutrient Sensing Mechanisms which Link Composition of Dietary Lipid to Specificity of Transcriptional Responses in the Liver" | |
| March 17 | Kathleen Tharp University of Iowa | "Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Obesity in Rural Iowans" | |
| March 21 | Linda Kao, Ph.D. John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health | “Non-Alcoholic Beverages and The Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study ” | Watch Video |
| March 28 | Tamas Horvath, DVM, Ph.D Yale University School of Medicine | “Synaptic Plasticity and Energy Homeostasis.” | Watch Video |
| April 11 | Joe Bass Northwestern University | “Obesity, Diabetes & The Circadian Gene Oscillator” | Watch Video |
| April 18 | Mercedes R. Carnethon, Ph.D. Northwestern University | “Evidence for Identifying the Temporal Association between Depression and Diabetes” | Watch Video |
| April 25 | Russell T. Hepple, Ph.D. University of Calgary | “Long-Term Caloric Restriction Prevents the Age-Associated Decline in Skeletal Muscle Aerobic Function.” | |
| May 2 | Mulchand Patel Buffalo | “Why Are We So Fat?” | |
| September 5 | Charles Mobbs, Ph.D. Mt. Sinai School of Medicine | "Glucose-Sensing Neurons: Mechanisms and Function" | Watch Video |
| September 12 | Barbara Rolls, Ph.D. Penn State University | "Dietary Strategies to Enhance Satiety: Implications for Weight Management" | |
| September 19 | Earl Ford, MD, MPH National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion | "Metabolic Syndrome: Epidemiological and Public Health Considerations" | |
| September 26 | Nir Barzilai, MD | "Is Life-Span Determined by Genes or the Environment?" | Watch Video |
| October 3 | David S. Ludwig, MD, Ph.D. Harvard Medical School | "A Low Glycemic Diet in the Treatment of Obesity and Related Complications" | |
| October 10 | Richard Cooper, MD Loyola University Chicago | "Facts and Fallacies on Race, Genes and Common Disease" | Watch Video |
| October 17 | Josep Vidal | "GLP-1, PYY, and Gastric Bypass Surgery" | Watch Video |
| October 31 | Monica Baskin, Ph.D. Department of Health Behavior, UAB | "Obesity Prevention Among African-American Females: Trick or Treat?" | Watch Video |
| November 7 | Marla Sokolowski, Ph.D. University of Toronto | "Food-Related Behaviors: From Nature to Molecule and Back Again." | |
| November 14 | Cynthia Sites, MD OB/Gyn, UAB | "Risk of Metabolic Syndrome After Menopause: What Can We Offer?" | |
| November 21 | Vera Bittner, MD, MSPH Department of Medicine, UAB | "Cardiac Rehabilitation 2006" | Watch Video |
| November 28 | Leonard Epstein, Ph.D. University at Buffalo | "Behavioral Choice Theory and Obesity." | Watch Video |
| December 12 | Ioannis Constantinidis, Ph.D. University of Florida | "Use of NMR Techniques to Examine Islets and β-Cell Metabolism." | Watch Video |
* Special NORC Seminar