Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

Friday, April 17, 2026
8:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Room 205 

MAJOR SYMPOSIUM D 

Obesity, Environment, and Immunity 

Chairs: 

Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Univ. of Kentucky, USA 

Andrew Hogan, Manooth Univ., IRL 

Speakers: 

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 

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