Welcome to the 8th International Symposium on
In-Vivo Body Composition Studies*

We wish to thank all attendees, exhibitors and sponsors for participating in and supporting this symposium which was a great success. Photographs and video of the Symposium can be viewed at

http://www.linkzip.com/16c

We look forward to the 9th International Symposium on In-Vivo Body Composition Studies which will be held in May 2011 at Zhejiang University, China (updates at www.isbcr.org).

I am pleased to welcome you to the website of the 8th International Symposium on In Vivo Body Composition Studies (IBC2008) which will be held in New York City from July 9th through July 12th, 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Register Online

Symposium

July 9 - 12th, 2008
Directions

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Sponsored by

St. Luke's Hospital
Columbia University

• New York Obesity Research Center
• The Body Composition Unit Laboratories

College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University

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Supported by educational grants from

EchoMedical
GlaxoSmithKline
Hologic, Inc
Impedimed
McNeil Nutritionals, LLC
Merck & Co., Inc.
Sanofi-Aventis U.S.
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital
Tanita Corporation of America, Inc.
UniLever

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Additional Support

National Institutes of Health
Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by (1 R13 DK079706-01) from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK).

CME Course Co-Directors:

Dr. Dympna Gallagher, Ed D
Associate Professor
Nutritional Medicine
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director, Body Composition Unit
Laboratories
St. Luke's Roosvelt Hospital


Dr. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Chief of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Director, New York Obesity
Research Center
St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital