Clinical Research Conference

UT Southwestern's Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Research Outreach program extends the scope to the medical community, other state institutions, and the general public. The forum is open for discussion of obesity and education programs. The weekly seminars are being held at noon Wednesdays in Y6.224 on the sixth floor of the Green Research Building in the Center for Human Nutrition. Continuous Medical Education credit is offered as noted on the schedule of lectures.

• May 22, 2013 [CME]
  Jaime Davidson, M.D., FACP, FACE
  Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine 
  Division of Endocrinology
  Texas Department of Health Services council member
  "The Role of the Kidney in Glucose Homeostasis, SGLT-2s in Clinical Development"
• May 29, 2013 [CME]
  Julia Kozlitina, Ph.D.
  Assistant Professor
  Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, Internal Medicine
  "Interpretations and Applications of Accelerometer Data - Physical Activity and Beyond" 
• June 5, 2013 [CME]
  Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.
  Program Director, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases
  Department of Internal Medicine
• June 12, 2013 [CME]
  Jennifer Lambert, Ph.D.
  Center for Human Nutrition
  "Effect of Weight Loss on Liver Lipogenesis and NAFLD"
• June 19, 2013 [non-CME]
  Gerald M. Reaven, M.D.
  Professor of Internal Medicine
  Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
  Stanford University School of Medicine
  "Insulin Resistance: Not A Simple Concept"
• June 26, 2013
  Joint Seminar with Preventive Cardiology
• July 3– Sept 4
  Summer recess
• October 23, 2013 [CME]
  Helen Vlassara, M.D.
  The Mount Sinai Chair on Diabetes and Aging
  Professor of Geriatrics, Medicine and Molecular Medicine
  Director, Division of Experimental Diabetes and Aging
  Brookdale Department of Geriatrics
  Mt Sinai School of Medicine
  "AGEs and Diabetes: A Paradigm Shift and its Solution"