NORC Speakers
Seminar Series With NORC Sponsored Speakers
Partnering with departments on CU campus including Endocrinology, Nutrition, the Diabetes Research Center, and more, the Colorado NORC brings in guest speakers to present research in the areas of nutrition or obesity.
Current Seminar Series Schedules
All series are typically held weekly from September through June.
| Endocrinology Grand Rounds | Endocrinology Research Conference | Diabetes Research Center - Research in Progress | Diabetes Research Center - Seminar Series | Nutrition Seminar | |
| Day of the Week | Wednesday | Wednesday | Monday | Friday | Thursday |
| Time | 8am | 11am | 12pm | 12pm | 12pm |
| Location (Zoom link may also available) | Hensel Phelps | RC1S 7th Floor Conference Room | Barbara Davis Center, Main Conference Room 2104 | Shore Family Auditorium (NHC Building) | RC2 room 1005 |
Fall 2026 NORC Sponsored Speakers
DATE | SPEAKER | INSTITUTION | SEMINAR/TIME |
9/14/2026 | Douglas “Tony” Nguyen, MD | CommonSpirit Health / NHANES | LEAD Seminar 12pm |
9/17/2026 | Michelle
Cardel, PhD, MS, RD, FTOS | Kailera
Therapeutics | Nutrition
Seminar 12pm |
10/14/2026 | Faris
Zuraikat, PhD | Columbia
| Endo GR 8am Endo RC 11am |
10/22/2026 | Sylvia
Becker-Dreps, MD, MPH | University of North Carolina | Nutrition
Seminar 12pm |
11/5/2026 | Peng Ji, PhD | University
of California, Davis | Nutrition
Seminar 12pm |
11/19/2026 | Rachel
Tabak, PhD, RD | Washington
University Public Health | Nutrition
Seminar 12pm |
12/8/2026 | Owen Carmichael, PhD | Pennington Biomedical | LEAD Seminar 12pm |
12/9/2026 | Paola Costelli, PhD | University
of Torino, Italy | Endo RC 11am |
12/10/2026 | Akira
Sekikawa, MD, PhD, MPH | University of Pittsburgh | Nutrition
Seminar 12pm |
Accepting Nominations!
Is there someone you would like to see speak on a topic relating to nutrition or obesity research? Request NORC sponsorship to help bring them to campus.