8th Annual Obesity Research Incubator Session
2-5:30 pm | Friday, May 10th, 2019
Hale Conference Room and Hale Cafe Atrium
The Cardiovascular, Diabetes & Metabolic Disorders (CVDM) Research Center cordially invites you to participate in its 8th annual obesity incubator session. The goal of this session is to bring together BWH clinicians and researchers working in the fields of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease to address this challenging public health crisis by promoting cross-collaborative research efforts and stimulating new ideas for further investigation.
To promote vibrant scientific discussions, the plenary session will feature short talks by selected junior investigators in the field of obesity research, followed by a keynote presentation from Caroline Apovian, MD, Professor of Medicine at Boston University, Director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at the Boston Medical Center and past president of The Obesity Society. Following the talks, there will be an interactive poster session focusing on early stage ideas in the areas of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Plenary Session
2-4 pm Hale Conference Center
Keynote Address
Translating Obesity Research to the Practice of Obesity Medicine
Caroline Apovian, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Boston University School of Medicine
Short Talks by selected junior investigators
Fecal Microbiota Transplantation by Oral Capsules for the Treatment of Obesity: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial
Jessica Allegretti, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Identification of novel microbe-metabolome signatures associated with insulin sensitivity in mice
Jennifer Lee, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital
Investigating how the source of dietary fat shapes the anti-cancer immune response in obesity
Lydia Lynch, PhD
Instructor in Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension
Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Poster Session
4-5:30 pm Hale 1st Floor Café Atrium