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D: Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

D: Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

April 17, 2026 08:00 11:15 Ballroom

Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00–11:15 AM
Ballroom

MAJOR SYMPOSIUM D 

Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

Sponsored by Lilly

Chairs: 

Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Univ. of Kentucky, USA 

Andrew Hogan, Manooth Univ., IRL 

Speakers: 

Julio Ayala Angulo, Univ. of California, Irvine, USA, CD1a-mediated T cell responses abrogate insulin resistance in high fat diet T2D mouse model 

Emily Goldberg, UCSF, USA, Studying fat as a driver of inflammatory disease 

Andrew Hogan, Manooth Univ., IRL, Environmental dysregulation of MAIT cells in obesity 

Lydia Lynch, Princeton Univ., USA, TBD 

Motoyoshi Nagai, NIAID, NIH, USA, Dietary exposure modulates cutaneous immunity and microbiota to facilitate wound healing 

Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Univ. of Kentucky, USA, Mechanisms that support obesity-associated inflammation in human prediabetes 

Jonathan Schertzer, McMaster Univ., CAN, Postbiotics alter immunometabolism during metabolic disease 

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