Obesity & Cancer Webinar Series
- Behavioral Research Program
- Health Behaviors Research Branch (HBRB)
- Obesity and Energy Balance
- Trans-NCI Obesity & Cancer Working Group
- Obesity & Cancer Webinar Series
Upcoming Events
February 20, 2025: The Role of Obesity as a Risk Factor for Early Onset Cancer Disparities
Speakers
Professor of Medicine,
Associate Director of Clinical Research,
Co-Director, Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology,
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Senior Investigator,
Metabolic Epidemiology Branch,
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics,
National Cancer Institute
Past Events
June 21, 2024: NIH Obesity Research Task Force Seminar: Environmental Pollution, Climate, Respiratory Disease, and Obesity – The Association between Childhood Obesity and Exposure to Environmental Chemicals
Speakers
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals as Obesogens and Cardiometabolic Risks
Jim G. Hendrick, MD Professor of Pediatrics,
Vice Chair for Pediatrics and Director, Division of Environmental Pediatrics,
Professor of Population Health,
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Lifelong Impact of Environmental Exposures: Exploring the Influence of Air Pollutants on the Gut Microbiome and Risk for Obesity and Liver Disease
Visiting Associate Professor,
Department of Environmental Health and Engineering,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Identifying and Preventing the Adverse Health Effects of PFAS Exposure
Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
Director, Center for Children’s Environmental Health,
Brown University
April 29, 2024: Intersecting Multilevel Determinants of Cancer Outcomes and Disparities among Hispanic/Latine Populations
Speakers
Professor, Department of Psychology,
Co-Director, South Bay Latino Research Center,
College of Sciences, San Diego State University
Associate Professor,
Public Health Sciences & Clinical Research Divisions,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
May 24, 2023: The role of inflammation in obesity-associated cancer
Speakers
Associate Attending,
Breast Medicine Service,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Director, Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center,
Professor of Internal Medicine,
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism,
The Ohio State University
Chief Scientific Officer and Executive Director of the Comprehensive Cancer Center, Huntsman Cancer Institute,
Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Presidential Professor in Cancer Research,
University of Utah
Co-Director, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center,
Department Chair, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology,
Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology,
Distinguished Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology,
University of Utah
April 12, 2023: The Role of Structural Racial/Ethnic Racism in the Intersection between Obesity and Cancer Health Disparities
Speakers
Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics,
Chief, Cancer Epidemiology Division,
University of California, San Francisco
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology),
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Associate Professor, Epidemiology,
Rollins School of Public Health,
Emory University
March 24, 2023: Obesity and prostate cancer risk: gaps in our current understanding, and thoughts on how to close the gaps (Part 2)
Speakers
Professor, Nutrition
Harvard T.H. Chan School Of Public Health
Alexander-Goldfarb Research Chair in Medical Oncology
Professor, Departments of Medicine & Oncology
Director, Division of Cancer Prevention
McGill University
February 28, 2023: Obesity and prostate cancer risk: gaps in our current understanding, and thoughts on how to close the gaps (Part 1)
Speakers
Staff Physician, Durham VA Medical Center
Professor of Urology
Warschaw, Robertson, Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer
Director, Center for Integrated Research on Cancer and Lifestyle (CIRCL)
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Professor and Program Head
Cancer Prevention Program
Division of Public Health Sciences
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
October 12, 2022: Caregiver and Clinician Conversations about Increasing the Physical Activity of Pediatric Cancer Patients
Speakers
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Harvard Medical School,
Associate Chief, Division of Population Sciences,
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Co-Founder and President,
The Mattie Miracle Cancer Foundation
March 28, 2022: Exercise and Physical Activity Intervention in Pediatric Cancer Survivors: From Clinical Applications to Policy
Speakers
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Member,
Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control,
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Clinical Assistant Professor,
Health Policy and Administration,
University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health
Professor, Health Policy and Administration,
University of Illinois Chicago School of Public Health,
Director, Health Policy Research,
UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy
December 6, 2021: Accelerating the Development of Pediatric Physical Activity Interventions
Speakers
Assistant Professor,
Child Health & Exercise Medicine Program,
Department of Pediatrics,
McMaster University
Professor,
Oncology and Pediatrics,
Director, Survivorship Research Initiative,
Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center
Professor and Endowed Community Chair,
Department of Health Promotion, Social and Behavioral Health,
University of Nebraska Medical Center
September 9, 2021: Obesity, Microbiome, & Cancer: Mechanistic Considerations
Speakers
Professor of Medicine,
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition,
University of Florida College of Medicine
Professor,
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology,
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
University of Toledo College of Medicine
June 3, 2021: The Intersection of Chronic Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Obesity, and Cancer Risk
Speakers
“Do inflammation and insulin resistance link obesity to cancer and other diseases?”
Professor of Obesity Medicine,
Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity and Vasculature, Munich,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Leipzig, Germany
“Metabolic fitness, obesity, and cancer”
Professor,
Department of Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School
“Metabolic fitness, obesity, and cancer”
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Cell Biology,
Harvard Medical School
“Chronic inflammation contributions to the obesity-cancer connection”
Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine,
Distinguished University Professor,
Director, Center for Science, Health and Society,
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center,
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
March 25, 2021: Intersectionality of Obesity, Cancer, and Health Disparities in Population-Based Research
Speakers
Moffitt Cancer Center
Duke University
RAND Corporation
March 18, 2021: Intersectionality of Obesity, Cancer and Health Disparities in Clinical Research
Speakers
Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Cancer Center
Penn State Cancer Institute
Susan F. Smith Center for Women's Cancer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
March 11, 2021: Intersectionality of Obesity, Cancer and Basic/Translational Health Disparities Research
Speakers
“Insulin and aggressive breast cancer biology – two disciplines – one Disease”
City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Obesity, diabetes and aggressive breast cancer: socioeconomics meets biology"
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
“Obesity primes chronic inflammatory cells that promote cancer”
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center
March 4, 2021: Why are Individuals with Obesity from Racially/Ethnically Diverse Backgrounds at Increased Risk for Cancer?
Speakers
“Are They? What We Know and Don’t Know about Disparities in Associations between Obesity and Cancer”
Rutgers Cancer Institute
“Racial Disparities in Endometrial Cancer: Intersection of Obesity and Genomics”
UNC Chapel Hill Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
“Social and Environmental Contributors to Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obesity”
Medical University of South Carolin
“FOOD: Food to Overcome Outcomes Disparities”
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
December 10, 2020: The Challenges with Cancer, Obesity and COVID-19
Speakers
W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor,
Department of Nutrition,
Gillings Global School of Public Health,
Carolina Population Center,
University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology,
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics,
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center,
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
December 3, 2020: Sleep and Circadian Rhythm Assessment in Obesity and Cancer Research: Current Approaches, Challenges and Opportunities
Speakers
College Professor of Distinction, Department of Integrative Physiology
Director, Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory, University of Colorado Boulder
Director, Program in Sleep Medicine Epidemiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Peter C Farrell Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
March 11, 2020: Intermittent Fasting and Time-Restricted Eating: Implications for Biomarkers, Body Composition, and Cancer Outcomes
Speakers
Professor,
Regulatory Biology Laboratory,
Salk Institute
Professor of Nutrition,
College of Health Solutions,
Arizona State University,
Adjunct Professor of Medicine and Family Medicine and Public Health
UC San Diego
Assistant Professor,
Department of Nutrition Sciences,
University of Alabama at Birmingham