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FERNANDO GERCHMAN


Professor do Departamento de Medicina Interna da UFRGS. Serviço de Endocrinologia e Metabologia - HCPA. PPG Ciências Médicas: Endocrinologia - UFRGS.
 
 

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

• Room 3 - Bernard Jeanrenaud
08:00-10:00
OPENING COURSES: THE ROLE OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS IN THE GENESIS AND MAINTENANCE OF OBESITY
Coordinator: Maria Teresa Zanella (SP)
Coordinator: Fernando Gerchman (RS)

Genetics of obesity
Speaker: Maria Edna de Melo (SP)

The role of brain
Speaker: Jose Donato Junior (SP)

The role of adipose tissue
Speaker: Luiz Osorio Silveira Leiria (SP)

The role of gut hormones
Speaker: Sylka Rodovalho (SP)

The role of the gut microbiota
Speaker: Marco Aurelio Ramirez Vinolo (SP)

Panel Discussion
 

Thursday, June 27, 2024

• Room 1 - Alfredo Halpern
14:00-15:30
SESSION: HETEROGENEITY IN RESPONSES TO OBESITY TREATMENT
Coordinator: Bruno Geloneze (SP)
Coordinator: Silvana Pannain (United States)

Abstracts - 129737: INCREASING GLP1-RA EFFICACY BY TARGETING NON-CODING RNA: A COMBINATORY APPROACH TO DEVELOP A MORE EFFECTIVE THERAPEUTIC PARADIGM - Presenter: Riccardo Panella
Predictors of weight loss in incretin-based therapies
Speaker: Deborah B. Horn (United States)

What have we learned about the role of genetics in predicting response to obesity interventions?
Speaker: Fernando Gerchman (RS)

Energy compensation, metabolic adaptation and physical activity
Speaker: Kevin D. Hall (United States)

Discussion
• Room 5 - Phillip James
09:30-10:30
MAIN CONFERENCE: NEUROBIOLOGY OF EATING BEHAVIOR
Coordinator: Fernando Gerchman (RS)

Molecular and functional genetics of food intake regulation in times of an obesity pandemic
Speaker: Marcelo Rubinstein (Argentina)

Questions
 

Friday, June 28, 2024

• Room 3 - Bernard Jeanrenaud
11:00-12:30
SYMPOSIUM: CANCER AND OBESITY
Coordinator: Marcelo Alves da Silva Mori (SP)

Obesity as a risk factor for cancer: putative mechanisms
Speaker: Philipp Scherer (United States)

Sex differences on the impact of obesity and its treatment on cancer outcomes
Speaker: Ada Cuevas (Chile)

Lifestyle interventions to prevent cancer incidence and recurrence
Speaker: Fernando Gerchman (RS)

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Centro de Convenções Frei Caneca
R. Frei Caneca, 569 - Bela Vista,
São Paulo - SP, 01307-001




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