Scientific Symposia Series
The Division of Education plans and coordinates a bi-annual series of consensus conferences, bringing together international expert scientists in specific fields to present data and develop conclusions and recommendations for future research.
Upcoming and Past Conferences
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Bariatric Surgery: Do the Mechanisms Hold the Key for Novel Therapies?
12/6/2010 - 12/7/2010 Co-chairs: Hans Rudolf-Berthoud, PhD, Professor, Neurobiology & Nutrition, PBRC Eric Ravussin, PhD, Professor, Skeletal Muscle Physiology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center Philip Schauer, MD, Professor, Endocrinology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD, Director, Weight Center, Massachusetts General Hospital |
Imaging in Translational Research
3/1/2010 Co-chairs: Brian Gold, PhD, Associate Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Kentucky Jeffrey Keller, PhD, Professor, Aging and Neurodegeneration & Associate Executive Director for Basic Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
Emerging Issues in Energy Balance, Adipocyte Biology & Developmental Origins of Chronic Disease
11/9/2009 - 11/10/2009 Co-chairs: Claude Bouchard, PhD, Executive Director Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Professor, Human Genomics Rudolph Leibel, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Masanobu Kawakami, MD, Professor and Chairman, Department of Medicine, Omiya Medical Center, Jichi Medical School |
Circadian Biology and Sleep: Missing Links in Obesity and Metabolism?
4/26/2009 - 4/28/2009 Co-chairs: Jeffrey Gimble, MD., PhD.,Professor, Stem Cell Biology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center Molly Bray, PhD., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine Andrew Young, Ph.D., U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine |
Adaptive Thermogenesis & Human Obesity
12/7/2008 - 12/9/2008 Co-chairs: Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., Professor, Human Physiology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center Jean-Pierre Flatt, M.D., Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., Professor, Human Genetics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
The 2007 John S. McIlhenney Series of the Pennington Scientific Symposium: Neuro-Immune Signaling and Inflamation
12/2/2007 - 12/5/2007 Co-chairs: Joost J. Oppenheim, M.D., Chief, Laboratory of Molecular Immuno-Regulation, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Janko Nikolic-Zugic, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Science University Vishwa Deep Dixit, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Neuroendocrine-Immunology, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System |
The 2007 John S. McIlhenny Series of the Pennington Scientific Symposium: Epigenetic Mechanisms in Obesity: Research & Public Health Implications
5/20/2007 - 5/23/2007 Co-chairs: Kenneth Eilertsen, Ph.D., Nuclear Reprogramming and Epigenetics, Pennington Biomedical Research Center David Barker, Ph.D., M.D., Clinical Epidemiology, Oregon Health and Science University Rob Waterland, Ph.D., Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular and Human Genetics Baylor College of Medicine, Children's Nutrition Research Center |
The 2007 John S. McIlhenny Series of the Pennington Scientific Symposium: Diabetes Complications
1/29/2007 - 1/30/2007 Co-chairs: Irina Obrosova, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center George King, M.D., Joslin Diabetes Center & Harvard Medical School George Bray, M.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center |
Botanicals and Cardiometabolic Risk
10/29/2006 - 10/31/2006 Co-chairs: William Cefalu, M.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center Mike Lefevre, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center Larry Rudel, Ph.D., Wake Forest Univ. School of Medicine |
Infection, Inflammation & Obesity
4/30/2006 - 5/2/2006 Co-chairs: Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, Ph.D., Pennington Biomedical Research Center Philipp E. Scherer, Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine David B. Allison, Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Nutrition |
