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UT Obesity Research Center

The UT Obesity Research Center is dedicated to developing interdisciplinary approaches for the prevention and treatment of overweight and obesity that will decrease obesity-related complications, and help people achieve long-term maintenance of a healthy weight.

The main purpose of the center is to foster collaborations and provide a mechanism for developing program projects in obesity research and place University of Tennessee faculty in a better position to be able to compete for external funding. 

News:

Seminar Series on Brain and Stress

  • Zofia Zukowska, MD, PhD - Georgetown University - 3/19/10 - Webcast
    NPY and stress-related disease
  • Russell Brown, PhD - East Tennessee State University - 3/26/10 - Webcast
    Stress, nicotine, and addiction
  • Jennifer Blackford, PhD - Vanderbilt University - 4/23/10 - Webcast
    Temperament, brain imaging, and anxiety

USDA Food Environment Atlas

New Funding Opportunities

Call for 2009-2010 P&F Proposals in Interdisciplinary Obesity Research

Missed an event? Check out our archived webcasts under Recent News & Events.

 

Basic Science

Population Health

Intervention