Adverse Environmental Stressors Impact Health: Perspectives from the Brain and Gut Microbiome

Dates and Times

Start: 2/12/2025 7:00 AM
End: 2/12/2025 8:00 AM

Objectives

The goal of the presentation is to show evidence for how environmental stressors “get under the skin” and are embedded in biology (specifically the brain-gut microbiome system) and are associated with increased risk for the development of adverse health outcomes such as obesity and altered eating behaviors. Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and disproportionately affects ethnic minorities and women. These alarming projections have led to the National Institute of Health and Healthy People 2020 priority initiatives directed at reducing ethnic and sex disparities. By focusing on adverse environmental factors, we aim to bring to the forefront those individuals who are at increased risk to develop obesity as a result of disadvantaged backgrounds.

This talk will cover the topic of the brain gut microbiome system, how this system is involved in obesity and eating behaviors, and how this system is altered by environmental factors. We will present various studies demonstrating the influence of environmental factors on the brain gut microbiome system with examples highlighting increased risk for obesity.

Speakers

Location

Chancellors Hall
39 Tuckahoe Rd
Duke Auditorium
Southampton, NY 11968

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.