Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Schedule

This year, COAST seminars at Laurel Heights are focused on supporting development of obesity research discussion-oriented meetings to support new research, particularly on the theme of SES, stress and food behaviors

12:00 - 1:30 pm
UCSF Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street, Conference Room 474, 4th Floor

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Friday, September 18, 2009
Topic: The Vagus Nerve, Obesity and Vagotomy

Rob Lustig, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology
Director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health Program (WATCH)
University of California at San Francisco

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474
 

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Friday, October 9, 2009- SPECIAL DATE
Topic: Weight and mortality: the population perspective and issues of interpretation

Katherine M. Flegal
Senior Research Scientist/Distinguished Consultant National Center for Health Statistics Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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Friday, November 20, 2009
Topic: Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Stress Reduction
During Pregnancy: Potential Implications for Perinatal
Obesity Interventions

Cassandra Vieten, PhD
Associate Scientist, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute
Director of Research, Institute of Noetic Sciences

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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DECEMBER - NO SEMINAR

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Friday, January 15, 2010
Topic: Battle of the Weight Loss Diet: Is Anyone Winning at Losing?

Christopher Gardner, PhD
Director of Nutrition Studies at Stanford Prevention Research Center Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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Friday, February 19, 2010
3rd Annual Mary Dallman Symposium

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Friday, March 19, 2010
Topic: TBA

Marc Hellerstein, MD, PhD
Professor of Human Nutrition (Calloway Chair),
University of California at Berkeley,
Professor of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition,
University of California at San Francisco,
Co-Founder and Chief of SAB, KineMed, Inc.

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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Friday, April 23, 2010
**Please note special date**
Topic: Promoting Healthy Weight with ‘Stability First’

Michaela Kiernan, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Stanford Prevention Research Center
Stanford University School of Medicine

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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Friday, May 21, 2010
Topic: TBA

Judith Stern, ScD
Distinguished Professor of Nutrition
University of California at Davis

Time and Location: 12:00-1:30 pm, UCSF Laurel Heights campus, Conference Room 474

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Fall 2009-Spring 2010 Schedule

12:00 - 1:30 pm
UCSF Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street, Conference Room 474, 4th Floor

For more information, please contact Marin Thompson, COAST Program Coordinator at COAST@chc.ucsf.edu.

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