Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center
Harvard Clinical Nutrition Research Center
Present the 2005 - 2006
Boston Nutrition Seminars
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Faculty Club
50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA
6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
June 6, 2006
Caloric Restriction: A Feasible Anti-Aging Intervention in Humans?
Sai K. Das, Ph.D., Instructor in Nutrition and Scientist III, Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University and Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D., Professor of Nutrition and Director, Energy Metabolism Laboratory at Tufts University
May 9, 2006
Energy and Glucose Homeostasis Beyond Leptin
Rexford S. Ahima, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Diabetes & Endocrinology Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
April 11, 2006
Leptin, More Than an Obesity Hormone
Steve Grinspoon, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, MGH Program in Nutritional Metabolism and Clinical Director, Neuroendocrine Clinial Center, Massachusetts General Hospital
March 14, 2006
Neuronal Plasticity and Mitochondrial Uncoupling in Hypothalamic Regulation of Energy Balance
Tamas L. Horvath, DVM, Ph.D., Chairman, Section of Comparative Medicine, Associate Professor of Comparative Medicine, Ob/Gyn and Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine
February 14, 2006
Neuropeptides as a Link Between Obesity and Intestinal Inflammation. New Clues to Old Concepts
Charalabos (Harry) Pothoulakis, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Director, Gastrointestinal Neuropeptide Center, Gastroenterology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
January 10, 2006
Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity: Lessons from the Amish
Alan R. Shuldiner, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Head, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Nutrition
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
December 13, 2005
Utilizing Zebrafish to Elucidate the Role of Nutrition in Early Development
Jonathan Gitlin, M.D., Helen B. Roberson Professor of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine
November 15, 2005
A Genetic Signature Present in 10% of Individuals is Associated with Adult and Childhood Obesity
Michael Christman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Genetics and Genomics, Boston University School of Medicine
October 11, 2005
Molecular Physiology of Weight Regulation
Rudolph Leibel, M.D., Co-Director, Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Head, Division of Molecular Genetics, Columbia University
Click HERE for an archived list of the Boston Nutrition Seminars for 2004-2005.
Note: these seminars have been discontinued as of the 2006-2007 year.
For more information, please contact Donna Gibson (617-638-7125)
Supported in part by the Conrad Taff Nutrition Educational Fund