The seminar is sponsored by the Nutrition Obesity Research Center and co-sponsored by the Department of Nutrition Sciences.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | Dorothy Pekmezi, Ph.D. and Emily B. Levitan, Ph.D. UAB | "Physical Activity Promotion in Underserved Populations" - Dorothy Pekmezi, Ph.D. "Diet and Heart Failure" - Emily B. Levitan, Ph.D. | |
| January 12 | Stuart Newman, Ph.D. New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York | "Brown Fat in Evolution and Development" | Watch Video |
| January 19 | Deborah I. O'Connor, Ph.D., RD Associate Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | "Can the Large Depot of Folate in the Colon be Absorbed? If so, What is its Relevance to Colonic Health" | Watch Video |
| January 26 | Dongsheng Cai, MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine | "Inflammatory and circadian programs in hypothalamic dysregulation of energy balance." | |
| February 2 | Heather Koopman, Ph.D. Biology & Marine Biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC | "Whales: Animals with Unusual Amounts of Unusual Fats." | Watch Video |
| February 9 | Stephen A. Watts, Ph.D., Professor Department of Biology, UAB | "Advancement of Aquatic Animal Models at UAB: Sea Urchins and Zebrafish." | Watch Video |
| February 16 | Scott W. Ballinger, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Pathology, UAB | "Mitochondrial function and damage as a major risk factor for individual susceptibility for disease development" | |
| February 23 | Lenda Jo Connell, Ed.D. Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama | "Using 3D Body Scans to Understand Body Size and Shape" | Watch Video |
| March 2 | Mark P. Mattson, Ph.D. Senior Investigator, Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging, and Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland | "Impact of Dietary Energy Intake on Neuronal Plasticity and Vulnerability to Aging and Disease" | Watch Video |
| March 9 | Neil E. Rowland, Ph.D. Professor, University of Florida | "Economics of Food Intake, Energy Homeostasis, and Obesity" | Watch Video |
| March 16 | Wei Shen, MD Associate Research Scientist, Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University, New York, NY | "Advances in Understanding Marrow Adipose Tissue in Relationship to Bone" | Watch Video |
| March 23 | Paul Pfluger, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio | "Cellular Fuel Sensors in the Control of Energy Homeostasis" | Watch Video |
| March 30 | Michael L. Power, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate, Research Department, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Washington, D.C. | "Does Captivity Make Me Look Fat? Obesity in Captive Common Marmoset Monkeys" | Watch Video |
| April 04 | Daniel A. Hahn, Ph.D. University of Florida | "Metabolic mechanisms mediate the miserable months: adventures in insect hibernation." | Watch Video |
| April 13 | Sonia Caprio, MD, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT | "The Road to Insulin Resistance in Obese Adolescent" | Watch Video |
| April 20 | Boyd E. Metzger, MD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL | "The Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) Study Clinical & Research Implications" | Watch Video |
| May 04 | Frederique Tesson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada | "On the Path to Genotype-Specific Intervention for the Metabolic Syndrome." | Watch Video |
| September 14 | Ronald Cortright, Ph.D. Department of Exercise and Sport Science and Dept. Physiology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina | "Skeletal Muscle Bioenergetics in Health and Disease: Emphasis on Obesity and Diabetes." | Watch Video |
| September 21 | Chi-Liang Eric Yen, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI | "Intestine Lipid Metabolism and Energy Balance." | |
| September 28 | Adebowale A. Adeyemo, MD Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland | "Genetics of Obesity in West Africans and African Americans" | Watch Video |
| October 05 | James Cheverud, Ph.D. Professor, Washington University in St. Louis | "It All Depends: Context-Dependent Genetic and Genomic Imprinting Effects on Obesity in Mice." | Watch Video |
| October 19 | Greg Barsh, MD, Ph.D. Investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute, Professor of Genetics, Stanford University, San Francisco, CA | "Genetics and genomics of melanocortin signaling" | |
| October 26 | Zhao Chen, Ph.D., MPH Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of Arizona | "Body composition Research-Challenges and Opportunities" | |
| November 02 | Kerstin E. E. Schroder, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Health Behavior, UAB | "Computer-Assisted Dieting: Effects of A Randomized Controlled Trial" | Watch Video |
| November 09 | Dennis T. Villareal, MD Professor, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico | "Frailty Interventions in Obese Older Adults" | |
| November 16 | John Alverdy, MD Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill | "Nutrients, Microbes and the Intestinal Bioreactor" | Watch Video |
| November 23 | John M. Miles, MD Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota | "Production of FFA From TG-RICH Lipoproteins" | Watch Video |
| November 30 | Rex A. Wright, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Psychology, UAB | "Obesity as a Determinant of Fatigue and Associated Cardiovascular Responses: A Series of Simulation Studies." | Watch Video |
| December 7 | Gary Taubes, Ph.D., MS, RWJF Independent Investigator in Health Policy, U.C. Berkeley School of Public Health, Berkeley, CA | "Why We Get Fat: Adiposity 101 and an Alternative Hypothesis of Obesity." | Watch Video |
| December 14 | Catherine Kotz, Ph.D. Professor, GRECC, MN Obesity Center and FScN, VA Medical Center and University of Minnesota | "Integration of Feeding and Physical Activity in Obesity Resistance: Role of Orexin" | Watch Video |
* Special NORC Seminar