OnDemand: Ask the Researchers: Drs. Nikhil Dhurandhar and Leah Whigham on Practical Obesity Management

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The Obesity Society’s Clinical Practice Section is excited to announce the inaugural "Ask the Researchers" webinar. This event will feature Drs. Nikhil Dhurandhar and Leah Whigham, two world-renowned researchers and esteemed members of The Obesity Society. They will present their latest research on Practical Obesity Management, a software-enhanced program developed through a collaborative process with providers. Following the presentation, attendees will have the opportunity to engage directly with the researchers and ask questions about the clinical implications of their work.

1. Describe the research to streamline obesity management in primary care

2. Explain how primary care providers can apply this research to provide better obesity management in their own practices

Dr. Leah D. Whigham, PhD, FTOS

Professor

Leah Whigham, PhD, FTOS, is a Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also the founding director of the Center for Community Health Impact (CCHI) and the founding director of the El Paso Nutrition & Healthy Weight Clinic. Dr. Whigham has over 25 years of experience in basic, clinical, and translational research related to obesity.

Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, PhD, FTOS

Professor and Chair, PhD, FTOS

Dr. Nikhil Dhurandhar is a physician and nutritional biochemist. He has been in the field of obesity treatment, clinical trials and basic science studies since 1983. He is a past president of the obesity society, Editor-In-Chief of the International Journal of Obesity, and Chair of the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Associate Dean at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Dr. Zoobia Chaudhry, MD

Assistant Professor

Dr. Chaudhry is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In addition to her obesity medicine clinical practice, she leads the Obesity Medicine fellowship, co-directors the course on obesity, nutrition and behavior change for medical students, and precepts both obesity medicine fellows, internal medicine and preventive medicine residents at Johns Hopkins.