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Barnstable Brown Obesity and Diabetes Research Day

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2013 BARNSTABLE BROWN OBESITY & DIABETES RESEARCH DAY
MONDAY, MAY 13
Biomedical Pharmaceutical Complex Building
Room 124

9 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.

8:30 – 9 a.m. Breakfast


PROGRAM FOR THE DAY

SESSION I


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
9 – 9:15 a.m.
Philip A. Kern, MD
Director, Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center
Associate Provost, Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences

INVITED SPEAKER
9:15 –10:15 a.m.
"Diabetes and vascular disease: new research and clinical implications"
Peter Reaven, MD
Research Professor at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
Professor of Clinical Medicine
University of Arizona

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS FROM SELECTED ABSTRACTS
Introductions by Philip A. Kern, MD
Director, Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center
Associate Provost, Clinical and Translational Sciences
Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences

10:15 – 10:30 a.m. (10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Sage Kramer, Departments of Pediatrics, Cardiology and Physiology
"Obesity reduces cardiac strains, torsion and synchrony in mouse models: a cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study"

10:30–10:45 a.m.(10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Prabhakara Nagareddy, PhD, Saha Cardiovascular Research Center
"Neutrophil-derived S100A8/A9 promotes myelopoiesis and impairs atherosclerosis lesion regression in diabetes"

10:45–11:00 a.m.(10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Brian Finlin, PhD, Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology
"Adipose-specific lipoprotein lipase transgenic mice are protected against high fat diet-induced glucose and insulin intolerance by a unique mechanism"

BREAK
11:00 –11:30 a.m.

INVITED SPEAKER
11:30 –12:30 p.m.
“Unexpected regulators of metabolic stress”
Jean Schaffer, MD
Virginia Minnich, Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Director, Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center and Diabetes Research Center
Washington University School of Medicine

LUNCH & POSTER SESSION
Lunch will be held in the atrium; the Poster Session will be located on the 3rd floor
12:30 – 2:45 p.m.

SESSION II


INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
2:45 - 3:00 p.m.
Philip A. Kern, MD
Director, Barnstable Brown Diabetes and Obesity Center
Associate Provost, Clinical and Translational Science
Director, Center for Clinical and Translational Sciences

INVITED SPEAKER
3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
“Bariatric Surgery: It's not what you think it is. Molecular targets for the effects of surgery on obesity and diabetes"
Randy Seeley, PhD
Professor of Medicine, Donald C. Harrison Endowed Chair
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Director, Cincinnati Diabetes and Obesity Center (CDOC)

PODIUM PRESENTATIONS FROM SELECTED ABSTRACTS
Introductions by Lisa Tannock, MD
Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine
Associate Director, Barnstable Brown Kentucky Diabetes and Obesity Center

4:00 – 4:15 p.m. (10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Stephanie Rose, MD, Internal Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
"Patient and provider attitudes toward obesity care in the primary care setting"

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. (10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Robin Shoemaker, Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences
"ACE2 deficiency reduces insulin content of isolated pancreatic islets and plasma insulin concentrations post-glucose challenge in obese C57BL/6 mice"

4:30 – 4:45 p.m. (10 minutes duration, plus 5 minutes Q&A)
Victoria King, PhD, Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology
“Serum amyloid A accumulates in apo-B containing lipoproteins in obese diabetic mice and humans”

RECEPTION AND AWARDS BANQUET
HILARY J. BOONE CENTER (500 Rose Street)
5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m.
Introductory remarks
Frederick C. de Beer, MD
Dean, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Vice President for Clinical Academic Affairs

Presentation of Awards
Lisa A. Cassis, PhD
Chair, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Pharmacology
Director, Center of Research in Obesity & Cardiovascular Disease
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