Applications of Complex Systems Science in Obesity and Non-Communicable Chronic Disease Research

Nutritional Epidemiology RIS; Obesity RIS; Community and Public Health RIS

Wednesday, April 30, 2014
8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Chairs

Youfa Wang, MD, MS, PhD, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Terry Huang, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska, Medical Center, Omaha, NE

Presentations

  • Applications of systems science in biomedical research: The opportunities, promise and challenges.  Youfa Wang, MD, MS, PhD, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
  • Complex systems science and selected methods.  Yaneer Bar-Yam, PhD, New England Complex Systems Institute, Cambridge, MA
  • Applications of systems science in childhood obesity research and interventions.  Terry Huang, PhD, MPH, University of Nebraska, Medical Center, Omaha, NE
  • A physiologist takes an integrated look at obesity.  Michael Joyner, MD, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
  • NIH support for systems science related research.  Layla Esposito, PhD, NIH, Bethesda, MD