Medicine Grand Rounds with UMich’s Dr. Roger Cone

The Department of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson presents:

Topic: “New Hypothalamic Mechanisms Underlying Energy Homeostasis”
Roger Cone, PhD, FAAAS

Noon-1 p.m., Lecture Hall, Room 5403
College of Medicine – Tucson
(See flyer below for ALL virtual viewing links.)

— A light lunch will be provided. —

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Presenter: 
Roger Cone is the Mary Sue Coleman Director & Research Professor at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute, vice provost and director of the U-M Bioscience Initiative and a professor in the U-M Medical School’s Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology. He previously held several prestigious posts at Vanderbilt University and Oregon Health & Science University in molecular physiology, diabetes, obesity and metabolism research.

Cone and his laboratory associates work on the central control of energy homeostasis. Their primary interest is understanding how the central nervous system regulates energy storage, and the role of these neural circuits in obesity, disease cachexia and anorexia nervosa. Recent projects include: development of small molecule compounds for the treatment of obesity, identification of novel cell signaling pathways in the brain involved in the regulation of body weight, and identification of genes predisposing humans to anorexia nervosa.

Among his many honors, Cone was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Medicine. He has received the Ernst Oppenheimer Award (U.S. Endocrine Society), Berthold Memorial Award (German Endocrine Society), Freedom to Discover Award for Distinguished Achievement in Metabolic Diseases Research from Bristol-Myers Squibb, the University of Edinburgh’s Ipsen Prize, the American Physiological Society’s Berson Award, and the University of Chicago’s Donald Steiner Award. He also was named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Cone holds several U.S. patents and has published over 160 scholarly articles. He has served on the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and the board of the Hilda and Preston Davis Foundation, and currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Cell Metabolism, and the National Academy’s Board on Life Sciences.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from Princeton University in 1980, his doctorate in biology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the mentorship of gene therapy pioneer Richard Mulligan, in 1985.

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Accreditation Statement: The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement: All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with ineligible companies that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.

Learning Objectives:

• Essential elements of the homeostatic system controlling long term energy stores
• The role of the melanocortin-3 receptor in energy homeostasis
• Understanding the current, and potential future therapeutic roles for melanocotin-based drugs

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