| Speaker | Seminar Date | University/Institute |
| Jacob Friedman, PhD | January 21 (Wed) | University of Colorado School of Medicine |
| 2nd Symposium | Feb. 17 (Tue) & 18 (Wed) | 10 speakers (8 external & 2 internal) |
| Harvey Grill, PhD | March 2 (Mon) | University of Pennsylvania |
| Wei Li, PhD | March 10 (Tue) | USC |
| Ashlesha Datar, PhD | April 14 (Tue) | USC |
| 4 USC students/postdocs | May 19 (Tue) | USC |
| Chittaranjan Yajnik, MD | May 21 (Thur) | King Edward Memorial Hospital & Research Centre in Pune, India |
| Ofer Reizes, PhD | September 8 (Tue) | Cleveland Clinic – Lerner Research Institute |
| Steve Mittelman, MD; Pinchas Cohen, PhD, & Ralf Langen, PhD | October 13 (Tue) | USC |
| Frank Hu, MD, PhD | October 28 (Wed) | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health |
| Kevin Grove, PhD | November 17 (Tue) | Oregon Health & Science University |
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DORI-Directed Study on Sucralose and Brain Hunger Pathways Garners Media Attention A newly published study led by Dr. Kathleen Page, Director of the Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute (DORI), has
