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Bone
Talk Titles
Bone Marrow Adiposity
- Clinical implications of bone marrow adiposity - Cliff Rosen
- Bone as an endocrine organ - William Cawthorn
- Fractures and altered bone metabolism in diabetes - Bo Abrahamsen
- Obesity and fractures - Peter Ebeling
- Comparative analysis of nutritional guidelines for Vit D - Roger Bouillon
- Global adult dietary calcium intake - International Osteoporosis Foundation - Ambrish Mithal
- Hypoparathyroidism diagnosis and therapy - Dolores Shoback
- Hyperparathyroidism: diagnosis and therapy - Jens Bollerslev
- Bone nutrients - Tom Clemens
- X linked hypophosphatemic rickets - Tom Carpenter
- Short stature: new insights - Ola Nillson
- Fracture assessment worldwide - Ghada El Hajj Fuleihan
- Longterm management of osteoporosis: combination, sequential and drug holidays - Socrates Papapoulos
- Ethnicity and bone in women from Sub-Saharan Africa - Magda Conradie
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TB and Diabetes
- How strong are the epidemiological data? - Julia Critchley
- Challenges in management
- Continuous glucose monitoring in managing type 2 diabetes - Pratik Choudary
- Implications for DOHAD in Africa - Shane Norris
- Early insults and diabetes - Rajan Yajnik
- Epigenetics in Diabetes prediction and prevention - Karl Bacos
- Harnessing gut-pancreas interactions - Adrian Vella
- Polyagonists for obesity and diabetes - Matthias Tschop
- The artificial pancreas – is the loop closed? - Revital Nimri
- Brain and hypoglyacemia - Stephanie Amiel
- Hypoglycaemia in type 2 diabetes - Sophia Zoungas
- Genetics of obesity - Mark Goodarzi
- Brown fat function and therapeutic potential - Patrick Seale
- FSH regulation of body fat - Mone Zaidi
- microRNAs and vascular complications - Mark Cooper
- Emerging diagnostic tools for peripheral neuropathy - Rayaz Malik
- Treating diabetic osteopathy - Claudia Sedlinsky
- Global estimates of diabetes prevalence - Jonathan Shaw
- Physical activity as a risk factor - Felix Assah
- Socio-economic factors - Sarah Wild
- Mechanisms of inflammaging in HIV - Andrea Cossarizza
- Association between HIV and diabetes - Joel Dave
- HIV infection and cardiovascular risk - Mosepele Mosepele
- Metabolic consequencese of prolonged fasting - Nader Lessan
- Managing diabetes during religious fasting - MAK Omar
- Impact of fasting on management of other endocrine replacement therapies - Abbas Raza
- Insights from African Studies - Ayesha Motala
- Insights from African migrant studies - Charles Agyemang
- The interface between genes and environment - Charles Rotimi
- Diagnosis – why the controversy? - David Sacks
- Maternal hyperglycaemia and offspring metabolic dysfunction - Ronald Ma
- Appetite regulation and treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity - Sadaf Farooqi
- Healthy obesity – fact or fiction - Matthias Blueher
- Childhood obesity - Aaron Kelly
- Can we prevent type 1 diabetes? - Bart Roep
- C-peptide measurement: useful or not? - Angus Jones
- Beta-cell transplants for type 1 diabetes – are we there yet? - Perola Carlsson
- Pharmacogenetics of metformin - Jose C. Florez
- What next after metformin? - Steven Kahn
- Early iInsulin use in managing Type 2 DM? - John Buse
- The microbiome-GUT-brain Axis - Nathalie Delzenne
- GUT microbiome associations in the pathophysiology of metabolic disease - Max Nieuwdorp
- Promoting metabolic health – Microbiome based strategies - Jody Rusch
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Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
- Genetic basis of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - Lawrence Layman
- Central control of male reproductive function - Ursula Kaiser
- Hypogonadism and prolactin - Nadine Binart
- Animal models of premature ovarian failure - Aleksandar Rajkovic
- Human mutations causing premature ovarian failure - Paul Laissue
- Androgen therapy for women:Endocrine Society Guidelines - Margaret Wierman
- AMH in prediction of ovarian failure - Scott Nelson
- "Cryopreservation for infertility treatment" - Claus Yding Anderson
- Ovarian preservation in chemo therapy - Richard Anderson
- Adipocytes in polycystic ovarian syndrome - Elisabeth Stener-Victorin
- Phenotypes in polycystic ovarian syndrome - Bulent Yildiz
- PCOS: The South African experience - Zephe van der Spuy
- Anti-Mullerian hormone,androgens and ultrasound - Joop Laven
- Paediatric issues in diagnosis - Selma Witchel
- Medical treatment of polycystic ovarian syndrome - Helena Teede
- Disorders of sexual development - Eric Vilain
- Pubertal development disorders - Leo Dunkel
- Why family planning is important to women’s health and socio-economic development. - Michael Mbizvo
- Contraceptive choices for women in Africa and developing countries: gaps and challenges? - Helen Rees
- Moving forward to achieve sustainable development goals: securing adequate research and programme investment for family planning? - Felicity Zawaira
- Update on menopause physiology and treatment - Susan Davis
- Keeping women's bones too strong to break - Tobie de Villiers
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Childhood growth disorders
- Imprinted disorders and growth - Irene Netchine
- Clinical utility of IGF-I measurements - Art J. van der Lely
- Growth hormone signalling pathways Michael Waters
- IGF-1 and cell differentiation David Clemmons
- Is GH replacement safe for adult patients? Ken Ho
- Somatotrophic axis and aging - John Kopchick
- Does GH cause cancer? - Peter Lobie
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Genetics of primary aldosteronism
- Genetic causes of primary aldosteronism - Maria Christina Zennaro
- Adrenal aging and somatic mutations and primary Aldosteronism - William E. Rainey
- New tools: plasma steroid metabolome during adrenal vein sampling - Graeme Eisenhofer
- Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism - Anand Vaidya
- The link between primary aldosteronism and sleep apnoea
- Current management of primary aldosteronism - Ellis Levin
- How to improve beneficial effects of RAS blockade: angiotensinogen siRNA or a combination with neprilysin inhibition ? - A.H. Jan Danser
- Mas and ETB receptors: a new partnership in cardiovascular disease - Rhian Touyz
- Unravelling the secrets of angiotensin AT2-receptor signalling - Ulrike Steckelings
- Current management of primary aldosteronism - Ellis Levin
- The link between primary aldosteronism and sleep apnoea
- Diagnosis of primary aldosteronism - Anand Vaidya
- Genetics of primary macronodular adrenal hyperplasia - Jerome Bertherat
- Genetics of adrenocortical cancer - Tobias Else
- Genetics of childhood Cushing's syndrome - Constantine Stratakis
- Genomics of pheochromocytoma and araganglioma - Lauren Fishbein
- Diagnosis and perioperative care - Nalini Shah
- New imaging and therapies for pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma
- Adrenal Crisis: prevention and management - Stephanie Hahner
- Spectrum of adrenal failure in Africa - Ian Ross
- Emerging therapies for adrenal insufficiency - Richard Ross
- Ad4BP/SF-1 more than a regulator of adrenal steroids - Ken Morohashi
- Novel steroid androgen/precursor steroids and implications - Amanda Swart
- Urine steroid metabolomics for diagnosis of adrenocortical disease - Weibke Arlt
- Is AVS useful to identify lateralizing aldosterone excess?
- New tools: plasma steroid metabolome during adrenal vein sampling - Graeme Eisenhofer
- Regulation of cortisol secretion in macronodular adrenal hyperplasia - Hervé Lefebvre
- Macronodular adrenal hyperplasia: new cellular tools - Maria Candida B. Villares Fragoso
- Mechanisms of ectopic hormone receptors in adrenal tumors/hyperplasia - Peter Kamenicky
- Clinical impact of mild cortisol excess - John Newell-Price
- Japan guidelines for subclinical Cushing's syndrome - Toshihiko Yanase
- Therapy of mild cortisol excess - Antoine Tabarin
- 3beta hydroxysteroid deficiency - Alicia Belgorosky
- 21-hydroxylase deficiency - Deborah Merke
- 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency - Ali Alzharani
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Transgender Symposium
- Male to Female - Guy T’sjoen
- Female to Male - Michael Irwig
- Gender and sexual diversity (South Africa) - Michael Pepper
- Total or free testosterone in diagnosis of male hypogonadism? - Fred Wu
- Spermatogenesis without testosterone? - Olayiwola Oduwole
- Animal models for male contraception - Patricia Cuasnicu
- Male hormonal contraception; where are we now? - Cristina Meriggiola
- Reversable inhibition of sperm under guidance - N.K. Lohiya
- Central control of spermatogenesis - Ursula Kaiser
- Spermatogenesis without testosterone? - Olayiwola Oduwole
- Spermatogenic stem cells
- Epigenetics and spermatogenesis
- Misuse and abuse of androgens David Handelsman
- Analytic approaches for human sport drug testing
- Testosterone treatment of late onset hypogonadism
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Elusive FSH - more than a simple gonadotrophin
- FSH polymorphisms and microheterogeneity: are they clinically important - Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre
- Evolution of FSH action - C.H.K Cheng
- Extra-gonadal FSH actions - Raj Kumar
- Kisspeptin regulation and neuronal activity - Allan Herbison
- Regulation of KNDy neurons in generation of GnRH pulses - Victor Navarro
- Neurokinin and hot flushes - Waljit Dhillo
- Hypothalamic neurons derived from pluripotent stem cells - Florian Merkle
- Oxytocin the love hormone - Mike Ludwig
- Generation of hypothalamic neurons from IPS - Ei Terasawa
- Appetite control mechanisms - Mathias Tschop
- Novel pathways linking metabolism to reproduction - Manuel Tena-Sempere
- Conditional knockout of prolactin receptors alters specific behaviours - Dave Grattan
- Hyperprolactinemia and ovarian function - Susana Rulli
- Reproductive competence in captive white rhino: impact of phytoestrogens - Martin van Rooyen
- Monitoring steroid hormone secretion in elephant seal single whiskers - Nico Lubcker
- Hormonal immunization for elephant contraception - Henk Bertschinger
- Faecal steroid hormones in monitoring wildlife stress and reproduction - Andre Ganswindt
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Managing multiple endocrine tumor syndromes
- Screening for MEN1 manifestations - Akihiro Sakurai
- The changing clinical picture of MEN2 - Frederic Castinetti
- Endocrine aspects of prostate cancer: pathogenesis and treatment - Riana Bornman
- Advances in understanding prostate carcinoma - Vanessa Hayes
- Therapy of recurrent NETs - Aaron (Arthur) Vinik
Cushing Syndrome
Acromegaly
Prolactinoma
Endocrine management for pituitary surgery
Pituitary Genetics
Pituitary Function
Pituitary Mass
Signalling And Receptors
- Persistent morbidity and increased mortality despite remission of Cushing Disease - Niki Karavitaki
- Effects of Cushing's syndrome on the central nervous system - Oskar Ragnarsson
- New treatments for Cushing Disease - Beverly Biller
- How do they grow so tall? Genetics of Gigantism - Albert Beckers
- Should we measure GH and/or IGF-I for diagnosis and follow up? - Ariel Barkan
- Bone, lung and heart: targets for excess GH morbidity - Andrea Giustina
- Prolactinomas in children and adolescents - Philippe Chanson
- Management of prolactinomas in pregnancy - Marcello Bronstein
- Multimodal therapies for giant prolactinomas - Ilan Shimon
- Anesthestic challenges for pituitary surgery - Luis Syro
- Pre- and post-operative endocrine evaluation - Monica Gadelha
- Quality of life after pituitary surgery - Nienke Biermasz
- Genetics of pituitary development: animal and human models - Sally Camper
- Pituitary gene expression - Eduardo Arzt
- Pathogenesis of craniopharyngioma - Cynthia Andoniadou
- Receptor-targeted therapy - Steven Lamberts
- How to replace pituitary hormones - Maria Fleseriu
- Peri-operative pituitary functional imaging - Mark Gurnell
- Pituitary cell cycle control - Jacques Drouin
- Differential diagnosis of the pituitary mass - Anne Klibanski
- Medical management of non-secreting pituitary adenomas - Yona Greenman
Talk Titles
Signaling from internalized GPCRs
- Tracking intracellular GPCR signaling
- Holding hands – GPCRs, beta-arrestin and G proteins - Arun Shukla
- Endosomal signalling from the Ca2+-sensing receptor: clinical implications - Raj Thakker
- Pharmacological chaperones for melanocortin MC4R-linked early onset severe obesity - Michel Bouvier
- Rescuing function of inactivating mutations in human luteinizing hormone receptors - Claire Newton
- NK3R mutations and infertility - Robert Millar
- Taste receptors in the gastrointestinal tract
- The bile acid receptor TGR5 at the interface of metabolism and inflammation - Kristina Schoonjans
- Biology of AMP kinases
- AMPK: guardian of metabolism and mitochondrial homeostasis - Sébastien Herzig
- Personalized pharmacogenomics profiling - incorporation into clinical practice? - George P Patrinos
- Nuclear receptors determine hormone insensitivity - Ken Korach
- Membrane-mediated nuclear receptor signalling - Iman van den Bout
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Subclinical thyroid disorders
- Subclinical hyperthyroidism: impact on health - Anne Cappola
- Subclinical hypothyroidism: impact on health - John Walsh
- Subclinical thyroid disease and pregnancy outcomes - Robin Peeters
- When to biopsy a thyroid nodule: comparison of guidelines - Laurence Leenhardt
- Beyond cytology: role of molecular testing - Bryan Haugen
- Follow up of thyroid nodules: how much and how long - Andrea Frasoldati
- New therapies for Grave's orbitopathy - George Kahaly
- Long-term anti-thyroid drug therapy - David Cooper
- Graves' Disease in pregnancy: optimizing outcomes - Haixa Guan
- Pediatric Graves' disease: how to treat - Juliane Leger
- Congenital central hypothyroidism: causes and long-term Outcome - Eric Fliers
- Pediatric nodular thyroid disease - Marek Niedziela
- Genetics of thyroid function Marco Medici
- Individualizing therapy for hypothyroidism: is there a role for T4/T3 therapy? Doug Ross
- Screening for thyroid disease during pregnancy: worldwide perspectives Elizabeth Pearce
- "Challenges of iodine supplementation: a public health perspective" - Michael Zimmerman
- Iodinization in Tanzania
- Iodine thyroid blocking after nuclear accidents: lessons learned - Shunichi Yamashita
- The epidemic of thyroid cancer: overdiagnosis? - Hyeong Sik Ahn
- Molecular markers in thyroid cancer pathogenesis - Matt Ringel
- Management of low risk thyroid cancer - R. Michael Tuttle
