Diet and Immunometabolism

Nutritional Immunology RIS and Obesity RIS
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center – Grand Ballroom East

Tuesday, March 31, 2015
8:00 AM–10:00 AM

Chairs

S. Raza Shaikh, PhD and Laura Coleman, PhD, RD

Presentations

How might ‘metabolic health’ reduce diabetes and cancer risks in obesity? Gerald V. Denis, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Role for resident macrophages in adipose tissue iron homeostasis. Alyssa Hasty, PhD, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

Metabolite mediated regulation of inflammasome activation. Wajahat Z. Mehal, PhD, MD, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Lymphocyte function in human type 2 diabetes. Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, PhD, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA

Adipose tissue inflammation and insulin sensitivity. Andrew Greenberg, MD, JM-USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA