Scientific Program

 

 

Invited Speakers

 

 

The expanding translational universe of the GLP-1 system

Daniel Drucker, M.D., University of Toronto

Gairdner laureate and plenary lecture presenter

 

Dysregulation of amino acid and sphingolipid metabolism in co-morbidities of diabetes

Christian Metallo, Ph.D., The Salk Institute for Biological Studies

 

Diet-dependent tumor addictions in prostate cancer: A basis to precision nutrition strategies?

David Labbé, Ph.D., Department of Surgery, McGill University and Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

 

Understanding Why We Eat What We Eat?

Dana Small, Ph.D., Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, and of Psychology, McGill University AND Department of Medicine, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

 

Dietary carcinogens

Joe Schwarcz, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Chemistry and Director, Office for Science and Society, McGill University

 

Deciphering Thermogenic Adipose Tissue from Inside-Out

Yu-Hua Tseng, Ph.D., Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School

 

Mesenchymal progenitor cells and adipose tissue remodeling

Patrick Seale, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

 

The power of ONE: Immunology in the age of spatial and single cell genomics

Ido Amit, Ph.D., The Weizmann Institute of Science

 

Immunometabolic regulation of mood and motivation

Stephanie Fulton, Ph.D., Université de Montréal

 

 

Obesity-induced neuroinflammtion and leptin signaling

Maia Kokoeva, Ph.D., McGill University and  Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Obesity Causes and Treatment: The End of the Beginning

Jeffrey Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., Rockfeller University

Gairdner laureate and plenary lecture presenter

 

Dissecting disease-mediated dysregulation of gut-brain circuits

Lisa Beutler, M.D., Ph.D., Northwestern University

 

Novel mechanisms of energy dissipation: quantitative contribution and activation mechanism

Lawrence Kazak, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, McGill University and Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute

 

Is Rising Uncertainty Caused by Sensed Versus Metabolized Nutrients Contributing to the Obesity Epidemic?

Mark Schatzker, Writer in Residence, Modern Diet and Physiology Research Centre, McGill University

 

How does the brain talk to the liver?

Alexandre Caron, Ph.D., Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Laval

 

Legacy Effects of Cold Exposure on Adipose Tissue Plasticity

Rana Gupta, Ph.D., Duke University School of Medicine

 

Impact of Lifestyle on Brain-Body Communication

Filip Swirski, Ph.D., Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City

 

Fuelling cancer progression through the myeloid compartment

Daniela Quail, Ph.D., Department of Physiology, McGill University and Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute

 

Energy balance, diet-regulated hormones, and cancer

Michael Pollak, M.D., Professor, Departments of Oncology, Medicine, and Pharmacology, McGill University

Investigator, Lady Davis Research Institute of the Jewish General Hospital 

Member, Segal Cancer Centre and Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Montreal