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COMP Seminar Series
The COMP Seminar Series meets bi-monthly to discuss current, relevant issues concerning child overweight.
At the conclusion of this activity, COMP Seminar Series participants will be able to:
- Identify new evidence-based research strategies for treating overweight children
- Counsel patients and their guardians about intervention methods and their expected impacts
- Identify factors contributing to child overweight and the mechanics of the contributions of these factors to co-occurring conditions.
- Unless otherwise stated, COMP Seminar Series events take place from 12:00-1:00pm at CMRC, 2430 N. Halsted, 1st Floor, Wolfson Conference Room.
Accreditation Statement:
Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Upcoming COMP Seminars - the next COMP seminar will take place On Thursday,March 10, 2011 @ 12-1pm. The presenter will be Dr. Daniel Block.
Previous COMP Seminars
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Date of Presentation
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Presenter
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Title
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1/5/2006
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Marian Fitzgibbons, MD
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Research on Happy Healthy Kids: Moving from Efficacy to Effectiveness
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3/2/2006
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Peter Whitington, MD
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Cellular Signaling in Experimental Fatty Liver Disease
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5/4/2006
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Dan Kirchenbaum, MD
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Useful Options for Treating Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: The Remarkable Potential of Immersion Programs
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9/7/2006
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Adolfo Ariza, MD & Maryann Mason, PhD
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Nutrogenomics, Bio-Engineering and Obesity Research: Report back from NIH/NSF & IOM Workshops on Emerging Directions
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11/2/2006
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Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH
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How Does Obesity Affect Injuries?
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1/4/2007
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Helen Binns, MD, MPH
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Issues on Obesity Management in Primary Care
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3/8/2007
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Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH & Roopa Seshadri, MS
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Children's Obesity Database
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5/3/2007
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Kelly Lowry, PhD
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Self Esteem in Overweight Children and the Impact of Weight Management Programs: Implications for Clinicians and Researchers
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9/6/2007
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Rick Weiss
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Computer Technologies for Weight Management
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11/8/2007
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Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD
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Metabolic Syndrome: New Cohort Study Results
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1/3/2008
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Lester Arguelles, PhD, MS
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Vitamin D and Metabolic Syndrome-a role beyond Bone Metabolism
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3/5/2008
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Maryann Mason, PhD
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Child Physical Activity: Do Safety and Built Environments Matter?
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9/3/2008
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James Young, MD
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Effects of maternal diet on sympathetic nervous system (SNS) function in offspring of the rat: potential contributor to obesity
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11/5/2008
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Katherine Kaufer Christoffel, MD, MPH
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Disturbances in Early Weight Gain in Obese Children
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1/7/2009
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Phyllis Zee, MD
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Cancelled
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3/4/2009
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Beverly McElmurry, MD
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Child obesity prevention associated conceptual framework programs and evaluations: UIC/CON's experiences
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9/17/2009
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Boyd Metzger
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What happens to progeny of mothers with diabetes as they grow up?
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11/4/2009
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Phyllis Zee, MD
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Sleep and obesity: interacting epidemics?
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1/6/2010
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Kelly Lowry, PhD
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The impact of parenting practices and risk for child obesity in early childhood.
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3/4/2010
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Steve Rothschild, MD
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The block-by-block campaign & study: community-level intervention in diabetes.
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| 5/7/2010 |
Irwin Benuck, MD, PhD. |
Updates on cardiovascular risk reduction in children. |
| 11/4/2010 |
Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, Ph.D. |
Early life programming by sex hormones, implications for childhood obesity. |
| 1/6/2011 |
Angela Odoms-Young, Ph.D. |
Engaging "Community" in Obesity prevention & treatment: The work of the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN). |
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