The Annual Program Committee is charged with the development and programming of TOS’s annual meeting. The committee is responsible for identifying critical emerging topics and issues in obesity research and treatment and to develop symposia and other programming that effectively provides cutting edge information on these important topics to meeting participants.

2024 Members:

Sarah Messiah, PhD – Chair

Susan Yanovski, MD, FTOS – Co-Chair 

TRACK 1 – METABOLISM/INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY
Lauren Sparks, PhD – Chair
Tim Allerton, PhD – Co-Chair
Barbara Gower, PhD, FTOS
Aryn Elizabeth Kormanis, DO
Delisha Stewart, PhD
Saroja Voruganti, PhD

TRACK 2 – NEUROSCIENCE
Darleen Sandoval, PhD – Chair
Jonathan Flak, PhD – Co-Chair
Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD
Kristy Townsend, PhD
Kevin Williams, PhD

TRACK 3 – INTERVENTION/CLINICAL STUDIES
John Batsis, MD, FTOS – Chair
Joseph Skelton, MD – Co-Chair
Laura Goetz, MD
Maria “Daniela” Hurtado Andrade, MD, PhD
Elissa Jelalian, PhD, FTOS

TRACK 4 – POPULATION HEALTH/POLICY
Marissa Shams-White, PhD – Chair
Mary Evans, PhD – Co-Chair
Katherine Arlinghaus, PhD
Lara Dugas, PhD
Robert Siegel, MD

TRACK 5 – CLINICAL/PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Amy Goss, PhD – Chair
Karl Nadolsky, DO – Co-Chair
Angela Fitch, MD
Marcio Griebeler, MD
Meera Shah, MD

TRACK 6 – POLICY
John Clark, MD, PhD – Chair
Ross Hammond, PhD – Co-Chair
Marie Bragg, PhD
Brian D. Elbel, MPH, PhD
Anna Grummon, PhD

Jamy Ard, PhD, FTOS, President
Anthony G. Comuzzie, PhD, FTOS, CEO
Anita Wiler, CMP, Sr. Director of Scientific Meetings
Darnella Parks, CMP, Manager of Scientific Meetings