Tentative Agenda
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Course topics and faculty
Below are the weekly topics, including examples of subtopics from each week.
Week 1: Introduction, and quantitative models of physiology
- Overview of Funding Approaches at NIH and Other Federal Grant Agencies
- History of Energy Balance Models
- Control-Theory Models of Weight Regulation
- Scaling Laws and Obesity
Week 2: Engineering, tools, and measurement
- Measurement methods and measurement error correction
- Machine learning and AI
- Big problems, solutions, and revolutions in sensors
Week 3: Statistics, causation, and application
- Causation versus prediction versus description
- Population Level Effects of Energy Balance Manipulations
- Energetics and Aging
Course faculty:
The course is led by:
- David B Allison, PhD, Indiana University
- Andrew W Brown, PhD, Indiana University
- Diana Thomas, PhD, West Point
Experts in obesity and mathematical sciences provide asynchronous content. Some will also join synchronous sessions for engaging discussions and networking.