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SPRING 2009

UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents
Mini Medical School for the Public
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Tuesday Evenings | 7pm-8:45pm | May 5 - June 9
513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, California

Current Controversies in Nutrition: Letting Science Be the Guide
May 5
Obesity 2009: Ten Things you Thought you Knew
Robert B. Baron, MD, MS, Director, Mini Medical School for the Public; Professor of Medicine; Associate Dean, Graduate and Continuing Medical Education
May 12
Fad Diets: Do They Really Work?
Andrea Garber, PhD, RD, Assistant Professor, Division of adolescent Medicine
May 19
Cholesterol and Fats in your Blood: Chemistry, Control, and Chaos
Tracy Fulton, PhD, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
May 26
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Robert H. Lustig, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Dvision of Endocrinology
June 2
Regulation of Appetite: Is it Genetic?
Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, UCSF Diabetes Center
June 9
Nutrition in a Bottle: A Scientific Review of Vitamins, Minerals and Supplements
Ellen Hughes MD, PhD, Clinical Professor of Medicine; Former Director of Education, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine