COURSE GUIDE - International Association for the Study of Obesity

Delegate BiographiesLena Kirchner LarssonLena Kirchner Larsson holds a Master of Science in ClinicalNutrition from the University of Copenhagen and has sinceJanuary 2011 been a PhD student at the Department of HumanNutrition, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.Her PhD project holds several aspects of obesity researchincluding nutritional interventions, genetic analysis, microbiomeanalysis, anthropometric and biochemical measurements andcharacterization. She was previously employed at the Departmentof Clinical Nutrition, Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte for3½ years, where she worked with dietary treatment of obesity andits comorbid conditions.Anna KiryushkinaAnna Kiryushkina is a dietologist at Dr. Ionova’s Clinic. She hasworked as dietologist for the past four years and enjoys her workbecause noticeable results can be seen very fast. Besides weightloss, she observes changes taking place with her patients: findingthe confidence, the choice of decent work, the device personal life,change of image, activity, and mood.Anna studied at the Ivanovo State Medical Academy and isambitious and bright and enjoys learning from the seminars,courses, congresses she attends including the World CancerCongress (Geneva, 2008) and the 11th International Congress onObesity (Stockholm, 2010). Her hobbies include making healthyfood, often cooking strictly on prescription, and attending differentfitness classes such as aerobics, Pilates, kalanetika, and yoga).Werner KniselWerner Knisel is currently head of endocrinology and diabetology atobesity center of Clinic Lindberg Winterthur, Switzerland. Prior to this,from 2003 until 2011, he was head of department for Internal Medicine/ Metabolic Diseases at clinic Saale of Rehabilitation Center BadKissingen / Germany, which specialized as a clinic for endocrinology,diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and extreme obesity for152 inpatients and; certified institution for type 1 and type 2 diabetespatients according to quality criteria of German Diabetes Association.His Scientific activities include:• main topics are lipidology, diabetes mellitus, nutrition with a totalof over 100 publications• fellowship in national and international scientific societies• board member of several national scientific organisations• current scientific projects: continuous glucose monitoring, longtermeffects of weight reduction programs, use of Japanese foodproducts for nutrition therapy of severe obesity in Germany incooperation with University of Kobe / JapanAnthony LeedsAnthony Leeds is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Faculty of Healthand Medical Sciences at the University of Surrey and was recentlyappointed as visiting Professor in the Faculty of Life Sciences atthe University of Copenhagen. He practices part-time in the NHSat the Central Middlesex Hospital in the department of Diabetesand Endocrinology and is a member of the multidisciplinary teamof the North London Obesity Surgery Service at The WhittingtonHospital. He was Senior Lecturer and Principal Investigator inthe Division of Nutrition Sciences at King’s College London untilSeptember 2007 and is now Medical Director of the CambridgeWeight Plan.Sadiq LulaSadiq Lula joined LighterLife UK Ltd as a Data Analyst in May2011. His responsibilities include to undertake analyses of medicalor programme data relating to weight loss and health improvementwith a view to publication or for PR use and to liaise with externalresearch collaborators on specific projects,Sadiq completed his undergraduate degree in Pharmaceuticaland Chemical Sciences in 2005. His previous roles includeclinical research and development within the nutrition andpharmaceutical sectors.Sadiq’s research interests include the impact of nutrition onhealth and well-being and the roles of CBT and TA in the effectivetreatment of obesity.Randi Størdal LundRandi Størdal Lund until 2006 has been mainly within occupationalhealth service. His interest for obesity started when he noticed thatthe employees got more and more obese over the years.He has now worked as a consultant at the Morbid Obesity Centre,Vestfold Hospital Trust in Tønsberg for five years.His topics of interest in obesity management are lifestyleintervention, motivation, quality of life, employment among manyothers. He has published two abstracts (ECO Amterdam 2009 andADA San Fransisco 2008) and has one original article in press inObesity surgery this spring.Sheila MacNaughton✪ Scholarship WinnerSheila MacNaughton is an Advanced Obesity Dietitian and a TeamLeader in the Glasgow and Clyde Weight Management Servicewhich is a multidisciplinary team serving a population of 1.2million in the West of Scotland. It is a Level 3 service dealing withpatients with a BMI over 30 , with co-morbidities and BMI 35 andover without co-morbidities.The service offers behaviour changebased group work over an 18month period. Individual therapy isoffered to patients with special needs.Patients will have access topsychologists, physiotherapists and senior dietitians.Registered as dietitian for many years, her career was focused intodifferent specialities:Renal for 7 years, University lecturer for 10years (nutrition and dietetics), Neurological and physical disabilityfor 10years and back to obesity management in the past 3 years.She is currently involved in the development of pictorial portionsfor use in an energy deficit diet.(a National resource)Her topics of interests are the effect of weight loss on diabeticcontrol, hypoglycaemic agent use and quality of life in diabetics inthe service; the use of VLCDs before commencing our structuredweight loss programme and its affect on weight loss outcomes;Obesity and pregnancy.34