News and Events - Diabesity Institute

News & Events

Upcoming Events

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Annual Meeting: The New Science of Metabolism: Calories In vs. Calories Out (or Eat Less and Exercise More) is Outdated and Inadequate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