The obesity summit brings together international scientists to discuss and debate the main research, clinical and psychosocial factors of obesity, its treatment and causes.
Meeting description: In an informal academic setting this event promises to offer opportunities to discuss a great variety of factors involved in obesity, including prediction, prevention, diagnosis and management, gene-environment interactions, drug discovery, fetal reprogramming, lipidomics and metabolomics.
Deadlines
Abstract submission for oral presentation is 10th January 2016
Early registration deadline is 20th February 2016
Early registration deadline for poster submission is 28th March 2016
Who Should Attend:
This event is suited to anyone with an academic or professional interest in obesity and its research; including researchers, senior scientists, postgraduate students, physicians, pharmacologists, and those who work in research and development of pharmaceuticals and related technology.
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The 2016 Obesity Summit has an open abstract session: Abstracts can be submitted on any subject related to Obesity
Talks Include:
| Talk Title | Speaker | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal high fat diet affects epigenetic programming of hypothalamic mechanisms, a pathway towards obesity in their offspring | Professor Noam Meiri, | The Volcani Center | Israel |
| Structural equation model of the linkages between obesity and poverty in a longitudinal birth cohort at 30 and 35 years | Dr Geraldine McLeod | University of Otago | New Zealand |
| Cultural Perspectives on Binge Eating and Obesity | Professor. Fary Cachelin | United States | |
| Long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery: The Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) study: | Associate Professor Kajsa Sjöholm | The Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University | Sweden |
| Developmental programming in the pathogenesis of fatty liver disease | Dr Jude Oben | Institute of Liver and Digestive Health | United Kingdom |
| Robotic bariatric surgery | Dr. Monika E Hagen | University Hospital Geneva | Switzerland |
| Impact of the vitamin D on adipose tissue biology | Dr. Jean-François Landrier | Aix-Marseille University | France |
| Paternal obesity alters sperm non-coding RNAs, which can program embryo and offspring development | Dr. Tod Fullston | University of Adelaide, | Australia |
| The dangerous link between Obesity and Mental Illnes | Dr Margarita Rivera, | Centro de Investigación Biomédica | Spain |
| Amino acids, energy metabolism and obesity | Dr Amany Elshorbagy | University of Alexandria | Egypt |
| Digestive Adaptation and Metabolic Surgery | Dr Alper Celik | Turkish Metabolic Surgery Foundation | Istanbul |
| TBC | David Haslam | Watton Place Clinic | United Kingdom |
| Brown adipose tissue as an anti-obesity target | Professor Michael E Symonds | Queen's Medical Centre | United Kingdom |
| Cognitive behavioral treatment (CBT) in obesity: | Professor Daniel Stein | Tel Aviv University | Israel |
| How Much Difference Does Exercise Make In the Treatment of Obesity? | Professor Edward Laskowski | Mayo Clinic | United States |
| Epigenetic Signatures of Obesity | Dr Manlio Vinciguerra | The Royal Free Hospital | United Kingdom |
| Mechanisms of heart failure in obesity | Dr Gary Sweeney | York University, | Canada |
| TBC | Dr Ebaa Al-Ozairi | Department of Medicine | Kuwait |
| Abdominal pain after Bariatric surgery Causes and management | Dr Muhammad A Jawad | Orlando Regional Medical Center & Bariatric and Laparoscopy Center, | United States |
| Dietary protein and energy balance | Dr. Prasanth Chelikani | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Revisional surgery after weight regain after bilio-pancreatic diversion with duodenal switch | Dr. Philipp Nett, | Bern University Hospital | Switzerland |
| How to successfully maintain weight loss | Professor Signe Sørensen Torekov, | University of Copenhagen | Denmark |
| TBC | Dr. Dexi Liu | University of Georgia | United States |
| Adiposity and Health-Related Outcomes After Knee Joint Injury in Youth Sport | Dr. Clodagh Toomey | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Mitochondrial function and dysfunction in adipocytes and obesity | Professor Thierry Arnould | Belgium | |
| Resistance to obesity and associated disorders in Noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines | Dr Armelle Yart | INSERM | France |
| Awkward Adiposity? | Lesley Gray | University of Otago | New Zealand |
| Obesity influence on treatment outcomes in endometrial cancer | Khadra Galaal | Royal Cornwall Hospital, | United Kingdom |
| How do genetic studies help us understand the obesity epidemic | Professor Timothy Frayling | Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust and University of Exeter | United Kingdom |
| Management of Obesity in individuals with complex medical illnesses | Dr. Khin Swe Myint, | Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals | United Kingdom |
| Eating patterns and nutrient intake associated with obesity in older people | Dr. Jose Eduardo Corrente | São Paulo State University | Brazil |
| Obesity influence on treatment outcomes in endometrial cancer | Khadra Galaal | Royal Cornwall Hospital | United Kingdom |
| Mechanisms of glucose lowering after bariatric surgery | Dr. Adrian Vella | Mayo Clinic | United States |
| Outcomes of bariatric surgery | Dr. Christopher D. Still | Geisinger Health System Obesity Institute | United States |
| The development of a novel duodenal switch technique - the SOFY procedure | Dr. Axer Stephan | Torsby Hospital | Sweden |
| Liraglutide protects diet inducued obesity through elevation of energy expenditure | Dr. Lixin Li | Central Michigan University | United States |
| Obesity alters adipose stem cell niche Tampa, | Dr. Niketa A. Patel, | University of South Florida | United States |
| Mental health in children and adolescents with severe obesity | Dr. Grete Katrine Teilmann | Nordsjællands Hospital | Denmark |
| TBC | Professor Nain-Feng Chu | Tri-Service General Hospital | Taiwan |
| Weight stigma: discrimination that continues to be unchallenged | Dr. Stuart Flint | Sheffield Hallam University | United Kingdom |
| The impact of bariatric surgery on clinical depression | Dr Helen Booth, | King's College London, | United Kingdom |
| Single anastomoses gastric bypass | Dr. Subhi Abu Obeid | Ichilov Hospital | Israel |
| Obesity and Insulin Resistance Are the Central Issues in Prevention of and Care for Comorbidities | Dr. Ellen Govers, | VU University Amsterdam | Netherlands |
| The family “halo effect” of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy | Dr. Pierre Verhaeghe, | CHU Amiens-Picardie Site Nord, | France |
| The occurrence of foot-drop after obesity surgery | Dr Frank Weyns, | Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg | Belgium |
| Development of hypothalamic satiety centres | Dr. Deborah Kurrasch | University of Calgary | Canada |
| Weight Loss Modelling | Miguel Ángel Rojo Tirado | Technical University of Madrid | Spain |
| TBC | Professor David Cruz Díaz | University of Jaén | Spain |
| Bariatric psychology | Dr. Gerbrand Van Hout | Catharina Hospital Obesity Centre | Netherlands |
Advisory Board Members
| Name | Affiliation | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Beverly Mühlhäusler | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Dr Clare Llewellyn | Health Behaviour Research Centre | United Kingdom |
| Dr. Sanjay Kinra | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine | United Kingdom |
| Dr Igho Onakpoya | University of Oxford | United Kingdom |
| Professor Daniel Stein | Chaim Shiba Medical center | Israel |
CPD Credits
| Credits from The Institute of Biomedical Science (code) | Approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 18(Mdo11N16) | This event may be counted as 54 CPD credits |
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