32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior


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July 28 - August 1, 2025
Oxford, United Kingdom






Wednesday, August 5, 2026
3:45 - 5:00 PMRoom 1
MARS Lecture 1: Camilla Nord

3:45
 Opening Greetings
Kathleen Keller

4:00
 Energy Allostasis: Uncovering The Hidden Link Between Metabolic And Mental Health
Camilla L. Nord
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

5:00 - 6:30 PMMillennium Hall
Opening Reception & Exhibits



Thursday, August 6, 2026
9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 1, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 12:00 PMRoom 1
Presidential Symposium

10:00
 Shaping The Next Generation: The Impact Of Barbara Rolls&Rsquo; Mentorship On The Field Of Ingestive Behavior
Paige Cunningham
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

10:30
 From (Controlled) Plate To Paradigm: Honoring A Pioneer Of Portion Size And Energy Density Research
Jennifer O. Fisher
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

11:00
 High Volume, High Impact: The Barbara Rolls Effect
Alexandria B Hast
The Campbell's Company, Camden, NJ, United States

11:30
 Translating Science To Improve Health: Using Research To Support Evidence-Based Public Health Nutrition Decision-Making
Julie Obbagy
USDA, Medfield, MA, United States

12:00 - 1:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 1

12:00 - 1:30 PMRoom 2
Oral Session 2

1:30 - 3:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 2
Symposium 1: You Eat Protein, Bro?

3:00
 Fgf21 Signals Through Hindbrain Neurons To Alter Food Intake And Energy Expenditure During Dietary Protein Restriction
Redin A. Spann, Sora Q. Kim, Md Shahjalal Khan, Diana A. Albarado, Sun O. Fernandez-Kim, Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, David H. McDougal, Heike Muenzberg, Yanlin He, Sangho Yu, Christopher D. Morrison
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, United States

3:30
 To Be Announced
ANDREW WANG

4:00
 Acute Prefrontal Cortex Response (By Functional Near Infra-Red Spectroscopy, Fnirs) To Ingestion Of Protein And Protein Preloads In Humans: Effects On Satiation Efficacy Rate And Subsequent Acute Intake Of Ultra-Processed Food.
Jennifer A Nasser
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 3

4:30 - 5:30 PMOn Own
Poster Session 2, Exhibits & Coffee Break



Friday, August 7, 2026
9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 3, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Symposium 2: Neuomodulation of Ingestive Behavior

10:00
 Monoamine Release Dynamics In The Human Amygdala Dissociate Components Of Food Reward
Matt Howe1,2, Seth Batten1, Leonardo Barbosa1, Monica Ahrens3, Terry Lohrenz1, Jason White1, Robert Bina4, Mark Witcher1,5, Read Montague1,6, Alexandra DiFeliceantonio1,7
1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States, 2School of Neuroscience, Virgi, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 3University of Kentucky Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, United States, 4Department of Neurosurgery, Banner University Medical Center , Phoenix, AZ, United States, 5Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, United States, 6Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 7Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States

10:30
 Control Of Ingestion By The Caudal Brainstem
Zachary Knight
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States

11:00
 To Be Determined
Read Montague

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 4

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

11:45 - 12:45 PMRoom 2
New Investigator Event

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 2: Randy Seeley

1:00
 To Be Gip Or Not To Be Gip, That Is The Question
Randy Seeley
University of Michigan

2:00 - 4:00 PMRoom 1
NITA Symposium

6:45 - 8:45 PMOffsite
New Investigator Event

Located at SPIN PHILADELPHIA




Saturday, August 8, 2026
9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 4, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 5

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Oral Session 6

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

11:45 - 12:45 PMRoom 2
New Investigator Event

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 3: Daniella Cota

1:00
 Understanding Pomc Neurons Heterogeneity In Energy Balance And Beyond
Daniela Cota
INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France

2:00 - 3:00 PMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 5, Exhibits & Coffee Break

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 2
Symposium 3: Gut Check: Mechanosensory Signals in Satiation

3:00
 Dietary Substitute Sugars&Rsquo; Osmotic Signaling Engages An Ileal Brake To Control Gut Motility And Feeding Via Glp-1�
Arthur Beyder
Enteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

3:30
 The Role Of Gastrointestinal Mechanosensation In Regulating
Britya Ghosh1, Catherine Calhoun2, Kara Marshall1,3,4
1Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 2Rice University, Houston, TX, 3Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 4Jan and Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children�s Hospital, Houston, TX

4:00
 Pharyngeal Mechanosensation Drives Rapid Thirst Satiation
Sung-Yon Kim
Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

3:00 - 4:30 PMRoom 1
Oral Session 7



Sunday, August 9, 2026
9:00 - 10:00 AMMillennium Hall
Poster Session 6, Exhibits & Coffee Break

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 2
Symposium 4:Ingestion on a Budget

10:00
 The Crunchometer: A Low-Cost, Open-Source Acoustic Analysis Of Feeding Microstructure
Ranier Gutierrez
CINVESTAV del IPN, Mexico City, Mexico

10:30
 Doing More With Less: Open-Source Tools Reveal Hidden Structure In Feeding And Motivation
Bridget Matikainen-Ankney
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States

11:00
 Ingestion On A Budget: Digital Mealtime Photography For Scalable Eating Behavior Assessment
Laura L Bellows
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

10:00 - 11:30 AMRoom 1
Oral Session 8

11:30 - 1:00 PMOn Own
Lunch on Own

1:00 - 2:00 PMRoom 1
Mars Lecture 4: Corby Martin

1:00
 Assessment And Modification Of Ingestive Behavior As A Multi-Component Construct: Selecting The Best Method For The Population And Variable Of Interest
Corby Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, , United States

2:00 - 2:50 PMRoom 1
Business Meeting

3:00 - 4:45 PMRoom 1
Awards Session

P1
 Kevin Williams - Hoebel Prize For Creativity
Kevin Williams
UT Southwestern

P2
 Amber Alhadeff - Alan N.Epstein Research Award
Amber Alhadeff
Monell Chemical Senses Center

P3
 Barbara Rolls - Distinguished Career Award
Barbara Rolls
The Pennsylvania State University

6:30 - 10:30 PMMillennium Hall
Awards Ceremony & Closing Banquet

Full registration or ticket required