Intramural Pediatric Research Seminar Series (IMPRESS)

The Intramural Pediatric Research Seminar Series (IMPRESS) provides an opportunity to discover the wide variety of amazing cutting edge, interdisciplinary and collaborative work being done across the Department of Pediatrics. This event will occur on the last Tuesday of every month.

Neurobehavioral Functioning and Neurocircuitry of Adolescents with Obesity

Speaker:
Amy Gross, PhD, LP, BCBA
Associate Professor& Division Director, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience
Associate Director of Clinical Care, Center for Pediatric Obesity Medicine

Kelvin Lim, MD
Drs. T.J. and Ella M. Arneson Land-Grant Chair in Human Behavior
Professor, Director of Adult Mental Health Research
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adolescent severe obesity is a complex and difficult-to-treat disease. Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of this intractable disease will enhance our understanding and support development of novel, effective interventions tailored to individual factors. Stemming from research supported by a Department of Pediatrics Progressive Award, we will present our neurobehavioral and neuroimaging findings in adolescents with average BMI compared to those with severe obesity. We will also discuss current and future directions of this work, including how the Progressive Award led to extramural funding and our continued collaborative efforts in novel assessment in youth with obesity.

Audience: Department of Pediatrics Faculty & Staff
Location: In person in the Wilf Family Center in Conference Room 1 or via Zoom

To have the calendar invite and Zoom link added to your calendar, please submit the request here: https://z.umn.edu/PedsIMPRESS