| SEP 16, 2005 | Steffen Helmling, Ph.D. Senior Scientist and Project Manager NOXXON Pharma AG - US Office, Cambridge, MA "Ghrelin as an anti-obesity target: insights from ghrelin antagonist NOX-B11" |
| SEP 23, 2005 | James Greenberg, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences Brooklyn College of C.U.N.Y., Brooklyn, NY Earle Chambers, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow New York Obesity Research Center "Correcting biases in estimating deaths attributable to obesity" |
| SEP 30, 2005 | Natasha Leibel, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics Columbia University, New York "Type 2 Diabetes in children" |
| OCT 7, 2005 | Lisa Marie Ramirez, Ph.D. Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY "In vivo partial body potassium determination in the human body using gamma-ray spectroscopy" |
| OCT 14, 2005 | No Conference - NAASO Annual Meeting |
| OCT 21, 2005 | Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr. PH Recipient, Distinguished Achievement Award in Nutrition Research IHN Sponsored Nutrition Award Symposium "Epidemiology and the study of nutrition" |
| OCT 28, 2005 | Carol-Joan Segal-Isaacson, Ed.D., R.D. Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Social Medicine Division of Health, Behavior and Nutrition Department of Epidemiology and Population Health Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY "Results of recent research at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and elsewhere comparing the effects of low fat to low carbohydrate diets" |
| NOV 4, 2005 | Per M. Hellstrom., M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden "Gastric emptying and hunger/satiety - using ghrelin and GLP-1 as tools" |
| NOV 11, 2005 | Marija Chouinard, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Russ Berrie Diabetes Research Center Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons "Positional cloning of Type 2 Diabetes modifier genes in obese mice" |
| NOV 18, 2005 | Jan L. Breslow, M.D. Professor, Rockefeller University Head, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics Rockefeller University Hospital, NYC "Genetics of atherosclerosis: studies in humans and mice" |
| NOV 25, 2005 | No Conference - Thanksgiving Holiday |
| DEC 2, 2005 | Sue A. Shapses, Ph.D., R.D. Associate Professor of Nutrition Sciences Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ "Bone mobilization during weight reduction: the mechanisms explain why" |
| DEC 9, 2005 | Jeanine Albu, M.D. Associate Professor of Medicine Columbia University and NY Obesity Research Center "Altered fat distribution and insulin resistance: an update" |
| DEC 16, 2005 | Blandine Laferrere, M.D. Research Associate, Dept. of Medicine New York Obesity Research Center "Diabetes control after bariatric surgery: is it only weight loss?" |
| DEC 23, 2005 | NO CONFERENCE - Winter Holidays |
| JAN 6, 2006 | Russell Rising, Ph.D. Senior Research Scientist EMTAC, Inc. Miami FL "Recent advances in the study of childhood obesity" |
| JAN 13, 2006 | Yiying Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology Columbia College of P & S, New York, NY "Physiological role of the peripheral leptin receptor and leptin signaling" |
| JAN 20, 2006 | Jennifer Nasser, Ph.D. Research Associate Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY "Application of human operant task performance to energy balance questions: Data update in obese humans who binge eat, and future research plans" |
| JAN 27, 2006 | Somdat Mahabir, Ph.D., M.P.H. Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX "Is there a relationship between postmenopausal adiposity and folate status?" |
| FEB 3, 2006 | Bret H. Goodpaster, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA "Changes in body composition with aging: The influence of obesity and physical activity" |
| FEB 10, 2006 | Jeffrey S. Flier, M.D. George C. Reisman Professor of Medicine Chief Academic Officer Harvard Medical School Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA "Obesity 2006: molecular insights confront an expanding epidemic" |
| FEB 17, 2006 | David G. Thompson, M.D., F.R.C.P. Professor of Gastroenterology University of Manchester Head, Clinical Academic Group Hope Hospital, Salford, UK "Nutrient regulation of enteroendocrine secretion" |
| FEB 24, 2006 | Börk Balkan, Ph.D. Director of Biology The Institute for Diabetes Discovery, Inc. Branford, CT "PTP1b inhibition as a treatment for type 2 diabetes mellitus, obesity and the metabolic syndrome" |
| MAR 3, 2006 | Jose Fernandez, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Nutrition Sciences Division of Physiology and Metabolism University of Alabama, Birmingham "Applications of genetic admixture to the study of racial disparities in obesity" |
| MAR 10, 2006 | Kathleen Keller, Ph.D. Research Fellow Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY "Do calcium rich foods protect children from obesity? A review of recent data and controversies" |
| MAR 17, 2006 | Kathleen V. Axen, Ph.D. Professor Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences Brooklyn College of CUNY, Brooklyn, NY "Effect of very low-carbohydrate diets on metabolic syndrome in dietary obese rats" |
| MAR 24, 2006 | Merle Myerson, M.D., Ed.D. Division of Cardiology St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Adj. Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Columbia University "The effect of weight loss method on body fat distribution and cardiovascular risk profile" |
| MAR 31, 2006 | Simon Klebanov, Ph.D. Research Associate New York Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, NYC "Beyond the correlation between obesity and health" |
| APR 7, 2006 | Donald Kotler, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Columbia College of P&S Head, Gastroenterology Division St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, NYC "Body composition and immune effects of AIDS pharmacotherapy" |
| APR 14, 2006 | NO CONFERENCE - Spring Holidays |
| APR 21, 2006 | Daniel J. Hoffman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Nutritional Sciences Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey "Growth retardation and adult chronic diseases: Interaction between substrate oxidation and stress response" |
| APR 28, 2006 | Todd D. Schraw, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell Biology Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY "New insights into obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus through adiponectin overexpression" |
| MAY 5, 2006 | Dympna Gallagher, Ed.D. Asst. Prof. in Nutritional Medicine, Columbia University Director, Body Composition Unit, Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, NYC "Body composition assessment in newborns" |
| MAY 12, 2006 | Judith Korner, M.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Division of Endocrinology Department of Medicine Columbia University College of P&S "Analysis of appetitive hormones and body composition after bariatric surgery" |
| MAY 19, 2006 | Barbara A. Gower, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Nutrition Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL "Ethnic differences in insulin secretion and action" |
| MAY 26, 2006 | Evan S. Berk, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Candidate Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center New York City "Metabolic inflexibility in African American females" |
| JUN 2, 2006 | Christopher N. Ochner, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Candidate Department of Psychology Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA "The relationship between calcium and body weight: Recent findings from a study of weight loss maintenance" |
| JUN 9, 2006 | NO CONFERENCE - American Diabetes Assn. Annual Meeting |
| JUN 16, 2006 | Chih-Hsing (Paulo) Wu, M.D. Visiting Scholar Obesity Research Center, Body Composition Unit St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center Columbia University Institute of Human Nutrition New York, USA "Truncal fat in relation to total body fat: Influences of age, sex, and ethnicity" |
| JUN 23, 2006 | Merle Myerson, M.D., Ed.D. Division of Cardiology St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Adj. Associate Professor of Epidemiology Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University "Independent effects of Rimonabant plus diet and exercise on metabolic syndrome vs. diet and exercise alone: A research proposal" |