The 12th UIC Annual Diabetes and Obesity Research Day
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 - Live & Online
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The 12th annual University of Illinois Chicago Diabetes and Obesity Research Day will take place on Tuesday, October 8th, 2024. The focus of this year’s meeting is “Obesity, Diabetes, and the Brain”. Increasing evidence indicates that the brain plays a central role in the pathogenesis of both obesity and diabetes. Leading investigators will discuss the role of circulating factors like leptin, GLP-1, and insulin, as well as fuels and metabolites, neuroinflammation, gut-brain communication, diurnal rhythms, and sleep. The event will also feature short talks highlighting recent findings. The proceedings will take place LIVE (Moss Auditorium, 909 South Wolcott, Chicago), and will also be available for viewing ONLINE.
Students, trainees, and both emerging and established investigators are invited to present their work in a live poster session. We welcome presentations on basic, translational, clinical, behavioral, and community-based diabetes and obesity research. Awards for outstanding posters will be announced at the end of the meeting. (Presenters are encouraged to submit abstracts of their work by MN, Sunday, Sept 29).
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Locations:
Oral Presentations: Moss Auditorium, 909 S Wolcott Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
Poster Session: Faculty Alumni Lounge, 1819 W Polk St, Chicago, IL 60612
Register for Meeting and Webinar: https://go.uic.edu/DORDRegistration2024
Abstract/Poster Instructions: https://go.uic.edu/DORDPosters2024
Questions? Contact Jocelyn Mantakul: mantakul@uic.edu
Schedule :
9:00-11:00 AM – Basic/Translational Research
Moss Auditorium, 1020 COMRB, 909 S Wolcott
Moderators: Pingwen Xu, PhD and Vaibhav Konanur, PhD
9:00-9:15 AM – Short talk 1: Maxine Loh, PhD, Roitman Lab, Dept of Psychology, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, UIC. “Dopamine Activity Encodes the Valence of the Same Taste Across Acquisition and Extinction of a Conditioned Taste Aversion.”
9:15-9:30 AM – Short talk 2: Xiaohua Yang, PhD candidate, Xu Lab, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, UIC. “Leptin-sensitive Sensory Nerves Mediate Cross-talk Between Interscapular Brown Adipose Tissue and Proopiomelanocortin Neurons.”
9:30-10:00 AM – Martin Myers, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Michigan. “Hypothalamic & Brainstem Systems Control Food Intake and Body Weight.”
10:00-10:30 AM – Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD, Asst Professor, Northwestern University, “Dysregulation of the Gut-Brain Axis in Obesity.” (Emerging Investigator Award)
10:30-11:00 AM – Scott Kanoski, PhD, Professor, University of Southern California. Dietary Influenceson Memory Function: What, When, and How?”
11:00-12:00: Break
12:00-1:00 PM: Medical Grand Rounds
Moss Auditorium, 1020 COMRB, 909 S Wolcott
Michael Schwartz, MD, Williams Professor, University of Washington, “Understanding the Brain’s Role in Glucose Homeostasis and Diabetes Pathogenesis”
1:00-3:00 PM: Poster Session
Faculty Alumni Lounge, 1819 W Polk St
3:00-5:00 PM: Clinical/Translational Research
Moss Auditorium, 1020 COMRB, 909 S Wolcott
Moderators: Sirimon Reutrakul, MD and Brian Layden, MD, PhD
3:00-3:15 PM: Short talk 3: Nan Lv, PhD, Rsch Asst Prof, Vitoux Program on Clinical Research, UIC. “Association of Changes in Neural Targets and Dietary Outcomes Among Patients with Comorbid Obesity and Depression.”
3:15-4:00 PM: Josianne Broussard, PhD, Assoc Prof, Colorado State. “Impact of Sleep & Circadian Disruption on Cardiometabolic Outcomes: Mechanisms & Countermeasures”
4:00-4:45 PM: Daniel Drucker, MD, University of Toronto. “GLP-1 Medicines: Mechanisms and Clinical Impact” (Webinar only)
4:45: Poster Awards – Abeer Mohamed, MD, PhD
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Special Thank You To Our Partners and Sponsors
College of Nursing
Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition
Department of Medicine
The Center for Clinical and Translational Science
The Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center
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