2024 Annual Mid-Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium

Event Details

Meeting Objective

The goal of this meeting is to encourage scientific exchanges, interactions, and collaborations at the regional level.

Background

The 2024 Annual Mid-Atlantic Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium is co-organized by the Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Obesity Branch (DEOB) at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Organizing Committee

Rebecca Brown: DEOB, NIDDK
Aaron Cypess: DEOB, NIDDK
Carol Haft: Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases, NIDDK
Andrew Lutas: DEOB, NIDDK
Connie Noguchi: Molecular Medicine Branch, NIDDK
Marc Reitman: DEOB, NIDDK
Patrick Seale: Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Arthur Sherman: Laboratory of Biological Modeling, NIDDK
Simeon Taylor: University of Maryland School of Medicine
William Wong: The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Registration Deadline

September 26, 2024

Agenda

7:30 a.m. – 8:20 a.m.

Morning Refreshments and Registration
Griffin Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

8:20 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Introductory Remarks
Marc Reitman, M.D., Ph.D., DEOB, NIDDK

Session I
Chair: Rebecca Brown, M.D., M.H.Sc., DEOB, NIDDK

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Invited Talk—Wild-derived Microbiota Protect Mice against Diet-induced Obesity Via Immune-mediated Brown Adipose Tissue Activation
Barbara Rehermann, M.D., Chief, Immunology Section, Liver Diseases Branch, NIDDK

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Poster Blitz, Session #1

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Coffee and Posters

10:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.

Welcoming Remarks
Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., MACP, NIDDK

Session II
Chair: Aaron Cypess, M.D., Ph.D., M.M.Sc., DEOB, NIDDK

10:35 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

10:50 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

Invited Talk—Utilizing Islet Autoantibody Signatures for Precision Medicine in Type 2 Diabetes
Nisa M. Maruthur, M.D., M.H.S., Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

11:20 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

Poster Blitz, Session #2

11:50 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.

Invited Talk—Brainstem Mechanisms Mediating GLP-1/GIP Agonist Effects on Energy Balance
Matthew R. Hayes, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

12:20 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch and Posters

Session III
Chair: William Wong, Ph.D., Physiology Department and Center for Metabolism and Obesity Research, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Invited Talk—Interactions of 17-beta-estradiol and Peptide Hormones in the Control of Metabolism and Glucose Via the Hypothalamus
Troy A. Roepke, Ph.D., School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

2:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Coffee and Posters

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Short Talk—TBD, Selection from Submitted Abstracts

3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Invited Talk—The Intersection of Food Choice, Neural Pathways, and Metabolic Responses in Humans
Alexandra DiFeliceantonio, Ph.D., Center for Health Behavior Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

4:15 p.m.

Adjournment

Abstracts

Coming soon.