Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Didactic Series

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Didactic Series

SPEAKER: Janet Funk, MD, Professor of Medicine, Nutritional Sciences and BIO5 Institute. Dr. Funk the leader of an NIH-funded research program with a strong focus on metastatic breast cancer that spans the research spectrum from bench to bedside.  Current translational projects are focusing on investigating the utility of turmeric dietary supplements as adjuvant therapeutics for the prevention of breast cancer bone metastases.  Her investigation of bone protective effects of turmeric in breast cancer is an outgrowth of earlier translational studies in her laboratory that elucidated bone protective effects of turmeric in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 

TOPIC: "DEXA"

SPEAKER: Leopoldo Cobos, MD, Endocrine Fellow

TOPIC:   JOURNAL CLUB: “Weight Loss”