On Wednesday, July 27, Jay Horton, M.D., director of the UT Southwestern Task Force for Obesity Research (TORS), will lead an intimate seminar from 12 noon to 1 p.m. about the work of the task force. The seminar will be held in the South Campus (main) Library’s Administration Conference Room (Room E3.314E).
This is your chance to interact with one of the foremost obesity/diabetes researchers in the country. Join Dr. Horton for a thought-provoking dialogue in an informal setting. Refreshments will be provided. Bring your lunch – and your ideas!
Pre-registration is not required, but seating is limited to 30 participants! For more information, contact John Fullinwider by phone at 214.648.3801 or by email.
The TORS is a team of endocrinologists, neuroscientists, biochemists, geneticists, nutritionists, gastroenterologists, cardiologists, and psychiatrists who are based at UT Southwestern and are conducting cutting-edge research to develop new approaches for the prevention of obesity and the treatment of related conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes, stroke, and fatty liver disease.
Dr. Horton is professor of internal medicine and molecular genetics and the Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He obtained his bachelor’s and medical degrees from the University of Iowa and completed his internal medicine residency, gastroenterology fellowship, and Howard Hughes post-doctoral fellowship at UT Southwestern. Dr. Horton is a former PEW scholar and member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and Association of American Physicians. He serves as a consulting editor for The Journal of Clinical Investigation and associate editor of The Journal of Lipid Research.
Dr. Horton presented the February 2011 President’s Lecture Series on “The Obesity Epidemic: Why Is Your Brain Not Listening?”.