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President Cell Biology & Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine ..................................................................................... Awards Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award ("Lilly Award"), 2005 (American Diabetes Association) ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Current efforts in my laboratory are focused on the identification and physiological characterization of novel proteins that serve as potential links between the adipocyte and the processes of whole body energy homeostasis, inflammation and cancer, thereby identifying novel targets for pharmacological intervention and further defining the role of adipose tissue as an endocrine tissue.

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Professor Molecular Medicine and Metabolism, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University ..................................................................................... Award Japan Society of the Study of Obesity, Research Award (1998) Japanese Society of Molecular Medicine, Research Award (2005) ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Molecular Medicine of the Metabolic Syndrome

Associate Professor Biology, York University ..................................................................................... Awards CIHR New Investigator Award, 2005-2010 Human Proteomics Organization (HUPO) 2004 Young Investigator Award, 2004 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Obesity, Insulin Resistance and Diabetes, Obesity and Heart Failure

Chairman Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California at Irvine ..................................................................................... Awards Lucille P. Markey Scholar Award in Biomedical Science, 1986 UCI Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research, 1998

Assistant Professor Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine ................................................................................... Awards Travel Grant Award, 79th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, USA, 1997 Travel Grant Award, 8th International Congress on Obesity, France, 1998 Research Award, Japan Society for the Study of Obesity, 2002 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Metabolic Syndrome, Adipose Tissue Biology, Central Regulation of Energy Homeostasis, Fatty Acid Biology

Associate Professor Department of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University ..................................................................................... Awards Harvard Albert J. Ryan fellowship, 1995-1996 Leukemia Society of America Special Fellow Award, 1999-2002 1st Blue Ribbon Award from Korean Society of Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2005

Professor Chief, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine ..................................................................................... Director Genome Research Center for Diabetes and Endocrine Disease

10:00 - 12:30

Director Weight Loss Surgery, Yotsuya Medical Cube, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center .................................................................................... Professional Society Affiliate Surgeon, American Society of Bariatric Surgery Treasure Board , Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery Founding Member, Asia Pacific Bariatric Surgical Society

10:30 - 12:30

12:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:30

President Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Understanding psychosocial, economic, biological and environmental influences on fruit and vegetable intake and physical activity among children; design and evaluation of theory based population interventions for diet and physical activity change among children; use of video games as a channel for reaching children with behavior change programming; improved measurement of diet and physical activity related measures of behavior, psychosocial and environmental influences among children.

15:30 - 16:00

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Professor Department for Nutrition and Health, Institute for health Sciences, Free University Amsterdam (Present) ..................................................................................... President-elect and as president, 1992-2000 European Association for the Study of Obesity ..................................................................................... Advisor World Health Organization and the International Obesity Task Force ..................................................................................... Awards senior research fellowship by the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), 1988-1992 bi-annual Nutritition Prize (Liga Voedingsprijs) in The Netherlands, 1999

Director Diabetes Research Centre & M.V. Hospital for Diabetes (WHO Collaborating Centre for Research, Education & Training in Diabetes) ..................................................................................... Chairman National Diabetes Control Programme, ICMR ..................................................................................... Member WHO Consultative Committee on Classification & Diagnosis of Diabetes ..................................................................................... Awards Hoechst Sr. Lecture awarded by in Association of Physicians of India, 2000 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Epidemiology of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes in Pregnancy, Diagnosis of Diabetes, Diabetes in Children, Insulin Metabolism in Diabetes, Study of Prediabetic State, Cardiovascular risk factors in Indians, Coronary artery disease in Indians, Genetic studies in Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, Familial aggregation in Diabetes, Economic of Diabetes Health Care

Director, Center for Collaboration and Partnership Director, Research Coordination and Evaluation National Institute of Health and Nutrition ..................................................................................... Honors Chairman of the committee for the development of dietary guide for pregnant women (MHLW), 2005 Chairman of the committee for the development of food guide for preventing of NCDs (MHLW and the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries), 2004 Vice-president of Japanese Association of Diet and Nutrition, 2004 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Public Health and Community Nutrition, Epidemiology

Professor & Chairman, Preventive Medicine Director, Center for Clinical Epidemiology Ajou University School of Medicine and Hospital ..................................................................................... Executive Committee Member International Diabetes Federation-Western Pacific Region, 2003-2009 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Clinical Epidemiology, Research Fields in Diabetes Epidemiology, Osteoporosis Epidemiology, and Metabolic Syndrome

16:00 - 18:00

Head Bariatrics, Clinic of Weight Management, L.H. Hiranandani Hospital .................................................................................... Chief, Consultant Department Minimal Access Surgery, Saifee Hospital & Lilavati Hospital and Research Centre Mumbai .................................................................................... Awards Ranbaxy Award, Best Thesis at MS. Exams 'Therapeutic Endoscopy in Obstructive Jaundice'. Silver Medal at Shirin Mehtaji Oration - 1996 'Obstructive Jaundice' Gold Medalist in Anatomy

Professor Surgery, Min-Sheng General hospital, National Taiwan University .................................................................................... Honors President, Taiwan Association for Endoscopic Surgery Chairman, Asia-Pacific Bariatric Surgery Society Vice Superintendent of Min-Sheng General Hospital .................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields Academic Interests> Laparoscopic Surgery, Obesity Surgery, Gastric Cancer Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery Research Fields> Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery, Cancer Biology

Professor and Chairman Department of Surgery I, Oita University Faculty of Medicine .................................................................................... Honors Director, Japan Society for Portal Hypertension, 1994 Director, Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery, 1995 Director, Asian-Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy, 2002 Chairman, Education Committee, World Organization of Digestive Endoscopy, 2002

Head Laparoscopic Gastric and Hernia Surgery Center, Hansol Hospital .................................................................................... Member of Korean Surgical Society Korean Endoscopic & Laproscopic Surgery Association Korean Society for the Study of Obesity Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons

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18:30 - 21:00

Professor - Molecular Endocrinology, University of Cologne, Germany - Diabetology, University of Leipzig, Medical Department III, Germany ..................................................................................... Awards Award of the German Obesity Society (2003)

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08:45 - 09:35

Professor, Head Human Nutrition, The Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University ..................................................................................... Honors Council of the WHO International Obesity Task Force President-Elect of The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) 2002-2006. ..................................................................................... Awards The International Association for The Study of Obesity's Andre Mayer Award, 1994.

08:45 - 09:35

Professor Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina (Present) ..................................................................................... President and CEO The Cooper Institute, The Fred and Barbara Meyer Chair in Preventive Medicine, 2002-2006. ..................................................................................... Honors and Awards Runner's World All Star Team, 1985 Honor Award, AAHPERD, 1991 ICSSPE Gold Medal, 1996 ACSM Honor Award, 2003 ..................................................................................... Academic Interests and Research Fields My research focuses on the relation of physical activity to health. I do both epidemiological and clinical trials studies

09:35 - 10:00

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Chief Division of Nutrition and Chronic Diseases Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University System, USA ..................................................................................... Director NIH Center for the Study of Botanicals and Metabolic Syndrome Pennington Biomedical Research Center Louisiana State University System and Rutgers University ..................................................................................... Adjunct Professor University of Vermont College of Medicine / Fletcher-Allen Health Care Burlington, Vermont ..................................................................................... Awards Outstanding Senior, Biological Sciences Southeastern Louisiana University (1975) Clinical Faculty Teaching Award Tulane University School of Medicine (1986-1989) The Geron Corporaton-Samuel Goldstein Distinguished Publication Award for the Best Paper Published in Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences (May 1996-March 1997)