Date: Thursday, October 19 Time: 6:30pm Location: Apache Room Tyler Junior College Tyler, TX Health Benefits of a Plant Based Diet Dr. Katie Root The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center My presentation is about the health benefits of a plant-based diet. I plan to review the spectrum of plant-based diets and define the terminology of these different diets. We will discuss the multiple proven health benefits of a plant-based diet, including those related to cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and cancer. I will discuss the impact of the gut microbiota and dietary intake on chronic disease. Finally, we will discuss ways to implement a plant-based diet. Speaker Bio I was born and raised in Tyler, TX, graduating from Chapel Hill High School. I received a Bachelor of Science in Forensic Science from Baylor University. I then worked at the UT Health Science Center in a biomedical research lab for a year before going to Ross University School of Medicine. I then completed my residency in internal medicine at LSU in Shreveport. I began practicing in primary care at ETMC in 2013. I then received a board certification from the American Board of Obesity Medicine. I later transitioned to the UT Health Science Center and became the associate program director for the internal medicine residency program in 2020. I went into full-time academics in 2021 and obtained my Master’s of Health Administration at UT Tyler in December 2021. I am now also the program director for the UT Tyler Transitional Year residency program.
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Medicinal Chemistry in Animal Health and the Unique Challenges Dr. Matthew Bedore Zoetis, Inc. Medicinal chemistry in human health is a well-documented discipline but the challenges facing an animal health medicinal chemist are often less known and can vary from their human health counterpart. One such example is in heartworm (Dirofilaria immitis) prevention in companion animals which is becoming increasingly problematic due to developing resistance against current macrocyclic lactone (ML) treatments. In order to combat resistance, new substrate is being sought to achieve HW prevention. Depsipeptides, such as emodepside, represent an exciting class of molecules which have shown efficacy against ML resistant heartworm strains in dogs. Initial structure-activity relationship development and navigation of complex synthetic challenges led to the identification of new depsipeptides with improved in vitro potency and larval stage selectivity over emodepside. The unique challenges of this class of compounds for treating canine heartworm disease and the overall differences in early discovery for animal health will be discussed from a medicinal chemistry perspective.
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Next Section Meeting Date: Thursday, April 20 Time: 7:00 pm (light refreshments will be available at 6:30pm) Location: Auditorium, B‐86 Eastman Chemical Company Longview, TX
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Speaker: Dr. Charles Whiteside Topic: History of Ana-Lab Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022 Time: 7:00 pm (6:30 pm for refreshments) Location: Ballroom in the Duvall Student Center Kilgore College Address: 726 Nolen Ave. Kilgore, TX 75662
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We will have a student poster session at UT-Tyler on April 21, 2022 at 7pm. Join us as we network with students and discuss their research. If you or one of your students, would like to present, please contact Sean Butler (sbutler@uttyler.edu) by April 14. Newsletter is attached with more information.
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