Clinical Research Conference Archives 2013

UT Southwestern Medical Center's program in Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Research Outreach extends the scope to the medical community, other state institutions, and the general public. The weekly forum is open for discussion of obesity and education programs.

  • January 2, 2013 [CME]
    Shawna Nesbitt, M.D.
    Associate Dean, Minority Student Affairs
    Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
    “Is aspirin in the elderly really protective?” [ASPREE Project]
  • January 9, 2013 [CME]
    John (Drew) Bird, M.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
    “Investigational Therapies for the Treatment of Food Allergy”
  • January 16, 2013 [CME]
    Roger Rosenberg, M.D.
    Professor, Neurology
    "DNA Aβ42 Vaccine Therapy for Early Alzheimer's Disease"
  • January 23, 2013 [CME]
    Daniel Bowers, M.D.
    Associate Professor, Pediatrics
    "Effects of Hypothalamic Radiation on Metabolism in Survivors of Childhood Brain Tumors"
  • January 30, 2013 [CME]
    Vijay Nambi, M.D.
    Assistant Professor
    Baylor College of Medicine
    Cardiology Staff, Ben Taub Hospital 
    "Ultrasound Imaging in Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Where We Have Been, Where We Are and Where We Should Go To"
  • February 6, 2013 [CME]
    Naim Maalouf, M.D.
    Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
    "Dietary Proteins and Calcium Metabolism"
  • February 13, 2013 [CME]
    Juan M. Pascual, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director, Rare Brain Disorders Clinic and Laboratory
    Departments of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, Physiology, and Pediatrics
    Division of Pediatric Neurology
    "Disorders of Cerebral Intermediary Metabolism and Brain Function"
  • February 20, 2013 [CME]
    Jaime Almandoz, M.D.
    Center for Human Nutrition
    "Systemic Spillover of Dietary Fatty Acids in Type 2 Diabetes: Effect of Weight Loss"
  • February 27, 2013 [CME]
    Catherine McNeal, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation
    Scott & White Healthcare
    "Atherogenic HDL Containing ApoC-I"
  • March 6, 2013 [CME]
    Linda Baker M.D.
    Professor of Urology and Eugene McDermott 
    Center for Human Growth and Development 
    "Genetics of Prune Belly Syndrome"
  • March 13, 2013 [CME]
    Jennifer L. Jones, Ph.D., R.D.
    Nutrition and Wellness Research Center
    Iowa State University
    "The Effect of a Mediterranean-style, Low Glycemic Load Diet on Lipoprotein Metabolism and Inflammation in Women Classified with Metabolic Syndrome"
  • March 20, 2013 [CME]
    Carol Wise, Ph.D.
    Director of the Molecular Genetics Program for Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
    Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
    UT Southwestern Medical Center
    "GOOD for Kids: Translational genomics at TSRHC" 
  • March 27, 2013 [CME]
    Gregory Grabowski, M.D.
    Director, Division of Human Genetics 
    Director, Medical Genetics Training Program
    Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics
    Cincinnati Children's Hospital 
    "Gaucher disease: From the phenome to the genome to the lipidome" 
  • April 3, 2013
    Richard Bergman, Ph.D.
    Director of Cedars-Sinai's Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Los Angeles, Calif.
    "Biography of the Disposition Index" 
  • April 10, 2013 [CME]
    Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D.
    Director of the Center for Human Nutrition
    "Body Fat Composition and Metabolic Risk in the Dallas Heart Study" 
  • April 17, 2013 [CME]
    Ildiko Lingvay, M.D.
    Program Director, Endocrinology Fellowship Program
    Assistant Professor
    Internal Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences
    "Metabolic Changes After Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes" 
  • April 24, 2013 [CME]
    Sandeep Das, M.D., M.P.H.
    Associate Professor in Internal Medicine
    "Translating Secondary Prevention Guidelines into Practice: The Parkland ACS QI initiative"
  • May 1, 2013 
     Jay M. Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D.
    Vice President and Head
    PCSK9 Development & Launch Unit
    Sanofi-Aventis USA
    "PCSK9 - A Clinical Trials Update"
  • May 8, 2013 [CME]
    Ian Neeland, M.D.
    Research Fellow in Cardiology
    "Relation of Regional Fat Distribution with Left Ventricular Structure and Function"
  • May 15, 2013 [CME]
    Sid O'Bryan, Ph.D.
    Assistant Professor Department of Neurology
    Director of Rural Research, F. Marie Hall Institute for Rural Research and Community Health
    Texas Tech University Health Science Center
    Garrison Institute on Aging  
    "Metabolic Pathways for Treating Mild Cognitive Impairment among Mexican Americans"