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Joyce Taylor and Dr Emily Cooper

Public Outreach

  • Television

    Dr. Cooper regularly appears on King 5 News, which airs every other Friday evening at 4:15pm on Channel 5. The program is focused on health, wellness, metabolism and exercise.

Past Events

  • Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference

    (University of Washington) Ambulatory Care Nursing Conference, 2017: Rethinking Obesity and Diabesity: The New Science of Metabolism

  • Healthcare Professional Outreach

    The 2016 American College of Sports Medicine Northwest Annual Meeting:  The New Science of Metabolism: Calories In vs. Calories Out (or Eat Less and Exercise More) is Outdated and Inadequate

    Pacific Northwest 38th Annual National Nurse Practitioner Conference: Targeted Therapy for Diabetes Prevention and Obesity

    Brown University Endocrinology Grand Rounds: Targeting MC4-R Activation in Obesity

    Providence St. Peter Hospital, Family Medicine Residency Program: The Scientific Link Between Metabolic Dysfunction and Obesity

    Sorrento Dinner Presentation: Targeting MC4-R Activation Obesity

Public Outreach

  • Television

    Local King 5 morning news:  100+ segments featuring metabolism, including 13 patient stories.  See our media library to view past episodes.

  • Radio

    Coast to Coast AM (national): Obesity and Diabetes as a Disease, Not a Behavioral Problem.

    Fox sports news Health talk (IRG): 6 local radio segments featuring metabolism.

  • Print

    Outside Magazine:  Crushing It: How Over-Training Can Erode Your Body.

    Outside Magazine:  If You Are Not Eating Enough, You Might Gain Weight.

    Huffington Post:  Changing My Metabolism.

    Huffington Post:  How Early-Morning Eating Changed My Training.

    The Falcon:  (SPU student news): Panel Discusses Harms of Eating Disorders, Dieting Fads.

  • Local Presentations

    Seattle Rotary: Why Diets are not the Big Answer.

    Seattle Pacific University:  Metabolic Impact of Dieting and Eating Disorders (NEDA Week).

    American Diabetes Association Expo: Diabetes & Metabolism.

    Obesity in America: Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease.

  • Research

    Completed MC4R mutation screening: Genetic screening of 200 individuals for heterozygous MC4R mutation for Rhythm Metabolic, Inc.

    Investigator-initiated research: Collaboration with University of Minnesota, Post RYGB Hypoglycemia Study in process.

    Ongoing Collaboration with Inter Science Institute: to develop new additional clinical test options and explore clinical utility for patients with Diabesity.

    Case Study: Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity and loss-of-function MC4R Mutation: Published December 2016

    Case Study: Pharmacological Treatment of Post-prandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia: Published February 2019

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