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27 Apr 2023    

NPOD 14th Annual Spring Retreat

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 14th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at the Nebraska East Union. 

The symposium was attended by 88 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of "Causes and Consequences of Obesity":

• Dr. Jorge E. Chavarro (Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health)
  “Is there anything left to know about OBESITY and fertility?”

View NPOD 14th Annual Spring Retreat Article

21 Sep 2022    

8th Annual Fall Symposium 2022

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 8th Annual Fall Symposium on Wednesday, September 7, 2022 at the Sheldon Museum of Art.
The symposium was attended by over 85 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of “Extracellular Vesicles”:

• Kristy Brown (Weill Cornell Medical College)

• Elizabeth McNeill (Iowa State University)

• Susmita Sahoo (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)

View 8th Annual Fall Symposium 2022 Article

26 Apr 2022    

NPOD 13th Annual Spring Retreat

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 13th Annual Spring Retreat on Tuesday, April 19, 2022 at the Sheldon Museum of Art (12th and R St, Lincoln, NE).

The symposium was attended by 75 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of "Lipid Metabolism":

• Dr. Mark McNiven (Mayo Clinic - Mayo Center for Biomedical Discovery)
  “Cellular Insights into Fatty Liver”

View NPOD 13th Annual Spring Retreat Article

30 Sep 2021    

7th Annual Fall Symposium 2021

The Nebraska Center for the Prevention of Obesity Diseases (NPOD) hosted his 7th Annual Fall Symposium on Monday, September 13, 2021.  This fall’s event was delivered by Zoom.
The symposium was attended by over 70 participants.

Featured speakers were experts on the topics of "Single Cell Analysis":

• Smita Krishnaswamy, Yale School of Medicine
• Edward A. Fisher, New York University - School of Medicine 
• Elin Grundberg, Children's Mercy Kansas City

View 7th Annual Fall Symposium 2021 Article