Friday, September 3
Adrian Vella, MD, FRCP
Mayo Clinic
"Using Physiology to Inform our Understanding of Common Genetic Variation and the Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes"
Friday, September 10
P. Charles Lin, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute
"Vascular Inflammation and Human Disease"
Friday, September 17 - VIOM Speaker
Joseph W. Thompson, M.D., MPH
Rovt. Wood Johnson Foundation
"Ending the Childhood Obesity Epidemic by 2015"
Friday, September 24
No Seminar
Friday, October 1 (CANCELLED)
Ann Marie Schmidt, M.D.
New York University
"RAGE – A Multi-Ligand Receptor in Chronic Diseases"
202 Light Hall 12:00 P.M. (note room change)
Friday, October 8 - VIOM Speakers
Sabina Gesell, Ph.D.
Vanderbilt Pediatrics
"Physical Activity in Children in After-Care"
AND
Cyndya Shibao, M.D.
Vanderbilt Division of Pharmacy
"Racial Differences in the Autonomic Contribution to Blood Pressure in Obesity"
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.
Friday, October 15
Pietro Galasetti, MD, PhD
University of California, Irvine
"Early Pathogenetic Mechanisms of
Future Cardiovascular Complications in
Pediatric Obesity and Diabetes"
206 Preston Research Building 12:00 P.M.
Friday, October 22
David Moller
Lilly Research Laboratories
"Challenges and Opportunities for Diabetes Drug Discovery"
208 Light Hall 12:00 P.M. (note room change)
Friday, October 29
Marzzieh Salehi, M.D.
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
"Gastric Bypass Surgery and Glucose Metabolism: Beyond Weight Loss"
Friday, November 12 - VIOM Speaker
Philipp Scherer, Ph.D.
Southwestern Medical Center
"Novel Aspects of the Physiology of Adipocyte-Derived Factors"
Friday, November 19 - DIABETES DAY@ SLC
Lawrence J. Mandarino, Ph.D.
Arizona State University
"Novel Mechanisms of Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle"
Friday, December 3
Owen Chan
Yale University
"The Role of the VMH GABAergic System in Regulating Glucose Counterregulatory Responses to Hypoglycemia"
Friday, December 10 - VIOM Speaker
Kari North, Ph.D.
University of North Carolina
"The Genetic Epidemiology of Obesity: the New Frontier"
Friday, December 17
Lori Sussell, Ph.D.
Columbia University Medical Center
"Regulation of Islet Cell Fates"