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The Neurobiology of Eating Behavior in Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
June 8, 2022 - 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
FreeThis event will be held virtually. All are welcome!
Registration for this event is free for all attendees.
The NORCH is pleased to announce the topic for our 2022 symposium, “The Neurobiology of Eating Behavior in Obesity: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets.” See below for the full list of speakers.
Session 1: Pathways Governing Eating Behavior
Moderators: Vibha Singhal, MD, MPH and Frankie Heyward, PhD, Harvard Medical School
The Neural Basis for Hunger
Bradford B. Lowell, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Integration of Endocrine and Neuroimaging Techniques to Evaluate Food Motivation
Laura Holsen, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Gut-brain Communication in Control of Appetitive Behavior
Ivan E. de Araujo, DPhil
Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Inflammatory Modulators of Food Consumption and Endocrine Action
Ellen Schur, MD, MS
Professor of Medicine, University of Washington
Gut Microbiota as a Key Regulator of Brain & Behaviour: Relevance to Obesity
John F. Cryan, PhD, MRIA
Vice President for Research & Innovation, University College Cork
Why did I eat that? Alterations in brain and behavior contributing to obesity
Carrie Ferrario Newman, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Michigan
The George L. Blackburn Keynote Lecture:
Biology of Appetite
Sadaf Farooqi, PhD, FRCP, FMedSci, FRS
Professor, University of Cambridge
Session 2: Targeted Interventions to Modulate Pathways
Moderators: Carmen Monthé-Drèze, MD and Franziska Plessow, PhD, Harvard Medical School
Lessons from Bariatric Surgery
Ali Tavakkoli, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
GLP-1 Analogues: Mechanisms for Appetite Effects
Jamy Ard, MD
Professor of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine
Intranasal Oxytocin Effects on Food Intake
Elizabeth Lawson, MD, MMSc
Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Effects of Transcranial Stimulation on Eating Behaviors and Weight
Marci E. Gluck, PhD
Director of Behavioral Sciences, NIH/NIDDK, Phoenix Epidemiology & Clinical Research Branch
Mechanisms of Compulsive Eating in Obesity
Paul Kenny, PhD
Professor, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
