Norris Cotton Cancer Center

A National Cancer Institute Comprehensive Cancer Center

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Schedule of Events

Tuesday April 23rd Location: Top of the Hop
5:00-7:00 PM	Student Poster Session and Reception at Top of the Hop. iPad grants will be awarded to the top 3 posters.
7:15 PM	Dinner for speakers at the Canoe Club
Wednesday April 24th Location: Alumni Hall
8:00-8:40AM	Arrival/Registration (rolls, juice, and coffee available)
8:40-8:50	Welcoming remarks: Mark Israel, M.D., Director, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
8:50-9:00	Introduction and Overview: Jason H. Moore, Ph.D., Third Century Professor and Director, Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Sciences, Geisel School of Medicine
9:00-9:05	Speaker Introductions
9:05-9:55	Invited Speaker: Cecilia Lindgren, Ph.D., Broad University of MIT & Harvard, Oxford University, UK. Scholar in Residence "The Genetics of Obesity and Fat Distribution, Two Sides Of the Same Coin"
9:55-10:15	Dartmouth Speaker: Benjamin Moyer, Ph.D., Research Associate Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth "Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) and Western Diet as Agents of Obesity"
10:15-10:45	Coffee Break (rolls, soft drinks and coffee available)- Student Posters for viewing
10:45-10:50	Speaker Introductions
10:50-11:40	Invited Speaker: Pamela Goodwin, M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, Canada. Marvelle Koffler Chair in Breast Research, Senior Investigator "Obesity & Breast Cancer: Clinical Implications & Potential Mediators"
11:40-12PM	Dartmouth Speaker: Diane Gilbert-Diamond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Community & Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth "Children’s Genetic Predisposition to Eat without Hunger After Food Advertisements"
12:00-1:00	Buffet Lunch for all attendees, Student Posters for viewing. Following lunch iPad Research and Education Grants will be awarded
1:00-1:05	Speaker Introductions
1:05-1:55	Invited Speaker: Ruth Loos, M.D., Mount Sinai Hospital. Professor of Preventative Medicine, Director of the Genetics of Obesity & Related Metabolic Traits Program "Genetic Prediction of Common Obesity"
1:55-2:45	Invited Speaker: David Allison, Ph.D., University of Alabama Birmingham, Distinguished Professor, Associate Dean for Science, Director, Nutrition Obesity Research Center "Obesity: Separating Myths, Presumptions & Facts"
2:45-3:15	Coffee Break (coffee Available)-Student Posters for viewing
3:15-3:20	Speaker Introductions
3:20-4:10	Invited Speaker: Lee Kaplan, M.D., Ph.D., Massachusetts General Hospital. Department of Gastroenterology "Gastrointestinal Regulation of Metabolic Function"
4:10-4:30	Dartmouth Speaker: Richard Rothstein, M.D., Chair of the Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth "Innovative Interventions for Weight and Diabetes Management"
4:30-4:35	Keynote Speaker Introduction
4:35-5:35	Keynote Speaker: Joel Hirschhorn, M.D., Ph.D., Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Concordia Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics, Children's Hospital Boston "Genetics of Human Obesity & Other Polygenic Traits: What Are We Learning?"
5:35-5:45	Closing Remarks: Richard Rothstein, M.D.
5:45-6:45	Reception **Wine/beer/other drinks/hors d'oeuvres will be served