Gut Health, Microbiota & Probiotics Throughout the Lifespan 2016: Metabolic & Brain Function
September 15-16, 2016
Boston, MA
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Welcome
W. Allan Walker, MD
Conrad Taff Professor of Nutrition and Pediatrics
Director, Division of Nutrition Harvard Medical School
Director, Mucosal Immunology Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital for Children
SESSION I - METABOLIC FUNCTION
Moderator:
Samuel Klein, MD
William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Science
Director, Center for Human Nutrition
Director, Center for Applied Research Sciences
Chief, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science
Medical Director, Weight Management Program
Washington University School of Medicine
PREGNANCY: Factors that Influence the Perinatal Microbiome
Kjersti Aagaard, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Baylor College of Medicine
INFANT: Manipulating the Infant Microbiome to Improve Metabolic Health
Josef Neu, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology
University of Florida
ADULTHOOD: Influence of the Microbiome on Body Weight Regulation
Rob Knight, PhD
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Computer Science
& Engineering, University of California, San Diego
ADULTHOOD: Dissecting the Role of the Gut Microbiome in Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
C. Ronald Kahn, MD
Mary K. Iacocca Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Chief Academic Officer, Joslin Diabetes Center
ADULTHOOD: Gut Microbiota and Chronic Inflammatory Diseases
Andrew Gewirtz, PhD
University Center Professor,
Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection,
Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Georgia State University
ADULTHOOD: Host Microbiome Interactions in Health and Disease
Eran Elinav, MD, PhD
Senior Scientist, Immunology Department
Incumbent of the Rina Gudinski Development Chair
Weizmann Institute of Science
ADULTHOOD: Effect of Diet on the Microbiome and Cardiometabolic Health
Karine Clément, MD, PhD
Professor of Nutrition
ICAN: Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition/INSERM/Universté
Pierre et Marie Curie
ADULTHOOD: Manipulating the Adult Gut Microbiome for Metabolic Health
Patrice D. Cani, PhD
Professor, Research Associate FRS-FNRS
Louvain Drug Research Institute (LDRI), Metabolism and Nutrition
Walloon Excellence in Life sciences and BIOtechnology (WELBIO)
Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
OLDER ADULT: The Microbiota of Older Adults: Clinical Perspectives on Health and Disease
Vincent J. Quagliarello, MD
Professor of Medicine
Clinical Chief, Infectious Disease
Yale University School of Medicine
Outlook on Gut Health and Metabolic Function
Samuel Klein, MD
Closing Remarks:
W. Allan Walker, MD
SESSION II - BRAIN FUNCTION
Moderator:
Emeran A. Mayer, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine, Physiology and Psychiatry
David Geffen School of Medicine
Execuitive Director, Oppenheimer Family Center
for Neurobiology of Stress
Co-Director, CURE: Digestive Diseases Research Center
University of California, Los Angeles
PREGNANCY: Transmission of Maternal Stress Signals in Neurodevelopment via the Micriobiome
Tracy Bale, MD
Professor of Neuroscience, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
INFANT PERIOD: Does Obstetric Mode of Delivery Alter Brain Function?
Ted Dinan, PhD
Professor and Department Head, Psychiatry
University of College Cork
ADULTHOOD: Indigenous Bacterial Species from the Gut Microbiota Regulate Host Serotonin Biosynthesis
Elaine Hsiao, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology
Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
ADULTHOOD: Gut Microbiota Brain Interactions in IBS
Kirsten Tillisch, MD
Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
OLDER ADULT: Gut Microbiota Related to Parkinson’s Disease
Filip Scheperjans, MD, PhD
Neurologist, Helsinki University Hospital
Outlook on Gut Health and Brain Function
Emeran A. Mayer, MD
Closing Remarks
W. Allan Walker, MD