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Boyd Lectures to Focus on the Genetics of Obesity, Oct. 1
World-renowned geneticist Claude Bouchard, professor and director of the Human Genomics Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, will deliver the fall 2013 George H. Boyd Distinguished Lecture at the University of Georgia, on October 1.
World-renowned geneticist Claude Bouchard, professor and director of the Human Genomics Laboratory at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, will deliver the fall 2013 George H. Boyd Distinguished Lecture at the University of Georgia.
On October 1, Bouchard will deliver two separate lectures. The first is a scientific lecture designed primarily for faculty and staff currently working in the sciences. This lecture is titled “The Genomic and Epigenomic Evidence
Among the Multiple Determinants of Obesity,” and will be at 11:00 A.M in room 203 of the Ramsey Center.
The second lecture, titled “The Obesity Epidemic: Reflection on Contentious Issues,” is appropriate for a larger audience of scientists and non-scientists. It will be given at 3:30 P.M. in the UGA Hotel and Conference Center’s Mahler Hall.
Claude Bouchard is a leading expert on the genetics of obesity, and the morbidities associated with obesity, such as Type 2 diabetes and hypertension. Much of his research focuses on the genetics of adaptation to exercise and nutritional interventions, and he is currently investigating the genetic variation in adaptation to regular physical activity as it relates to cardiorespiratory endurance and changes in obesity-related health risk factors.
Dr. Bouchard has authored and coauthored several books and more than 1,000 scientific papers. He is past president of the Obesity Society and past president of the International Association for the Study of Obesity. He served as the Executive Director of Pennington Biomedical Research Center from 1999 to 2010. Prior to coming to Pennington, he held the Donald B. Brown Research Chair on Obesity at Laval University where he was the Director of the Physical Activity Sciences Laboratory for about 20 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the American Society of Nutrition, the American Heart Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.