Date
| Speaker
| Department
| Title
|
| 1/12/2017 | Dr. Nikki Bush | University of Alabama | "Ethnic Disparities in Obesity and Metabolic Risk" |
| 1/26/2017 | Dr. Frank Greenway | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | "Translational Treatment for Obesity with Repurposed Drugs and Foods " |
| 2/1/2017 | Dr. Brent Wagner | University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio | "The Pathophysiology of Gadolinium-Associated Systemic Fibrosis" |
| 2/6/2017 | Dr. Paul Whelton
(Heart Month Seminar Series) | Tulane University | "Clinical Trials, Practice Guidelines, Policy and Performance Indicators" |
| 3/1/2017 | Dr. Greg Morton | University of Washington | "Role of the Brain in Glycemic Control" |
| 3/15/12017 | Dr. Dale Abel | University of Iowa | Metabolic Signaling and the Regulation of Myocardial Autophagy |
| 3/22/2017 | Dr. Gerald Shulman | Howard Hughes Medical Institute | "The New Biology of Type 2 Diabetes" |
| 3/29/2017 | Dr. Mark Sussman | San Diego State University | "Cardiac C-Kit Biology: Revealed to be Relevant" |
| 4/13/2017 | Dr. Donna Ryan | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | New Ways of Thinking: How We View Our Patients Struggling with Obesity |
| 5/17/2017 | Dr. Haiming Cao | National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) | Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis by Long Non-Coding RNAs |
5/25/2017
CANCELED | Dr. Nia Mitchell | Duke University School of Medicine | Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): An Option to Treat Obesity in the Underserved |
| 6/15/2017 | Dr. Corby Martin | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Quantitative Studies of Energy Balance: Implications for Dietary Interventions |
| 6/30/2017 | Dr. Philip Schauer | Lemer College of Medicine | Metabolic Surgery: A Cure for Diabetes and Obesity? |
| 08/24/2017 | Dr. Celso Gomez-Sanchez | University of Mississippi Medical Center | Of Mice and Man: The Regulation of Aldosterone Biosynthesis in Primary Aldosteronism |
| 08/31/2017 | Dr. Steven Heymsfield | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Obesity: Why is Weight Loss So Difficult to Maintain? |
| 09/21/2017 | Dr. Nia Mitchell | Duke University School of Medicine | Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): An Option to Treat Obesity in the Underserved |
| 10/05/2017 | Dr. Sundeep Khosla | Mayo Clinic Center for Clinical & Translational Science | Sex Steroids, Coupling and Age-Related Bone Loss |
| 10/26/2017 | Dr. James Sowers | University of Missouri School of Medicine | Role of Cell Specific Mineralocorticoid Receptor activation in Cardiovascular Stiffness and Impaired Relaxation |
| 11/02/2017 | Dr. James Meigs | Harvard Medical School | Health Implications of Type 2 Diabetes Genetics |
| 11/09/2017 | Dr. Chris Newgard | Duke University School of Medicine | Metabolomics reveals new cardiometabolic disease mechanisms and intervention strategies |
| 12/14/2017 | Dr. Goutham Rao | Case Western Reserve University | Management of Childhood Obesity and Cardiovascular Risks in Primary Care Settings |