The Endocrine System and YOU: Part 1

Dates: February 19 - March 12, 2025
Meets: W from 10:00 AM to 12 N
 Location: Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
Cost:  $50.00

There are still openings remaining at this time.

Date Day Time
02/19/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
02/26/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
03/05/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N
03/12/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N

Please note: This course program requires membership in a 2024-2025 OLLI at MSU Membership

Description

This course will explore the origins of the endocrine system, from one-cell organisms in the ocean to the complex mixture of human and bacterial cells that make up YOU. Topics to be covered include hormones, the thyroid, diabetes, the regulation of fat storage and anti-obesity drugs. In each class, we will discuss a normally functioning system, what goes wrong and what we can do about it when it does. Each week will include ample time to ask your questions about health and healthcare, noting that this course is for information and entertainment, not medical care.

Course Takeaways

The attendee will gain an understanding of:

  • The origin of the endocrine system and how it works in the body.
  • The history, anatomy, function and dysfunction of the thyroid system.
  • How the body manages energy stores and availability through insulin and glucagon. How diabetes develops in the body, its complications and treatment.
  • How the body regulates body fat stores through stimulation or suppression of hunger and other mechanisms, and how the new anti-obesity drugs fit into this system.

Scholarship

Apply for a needs-based scholarship to take this offering.

Meet the Instructor

Fee:  $50.00

Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church

2152 Graf St
Bozeman, MT 59718
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David Bybee

David Bybee is an internist and endocrinologist with more than 50 years of experience in medicine as a researcher, teacher, clinician and advocate. His training, in addition to that required for certification as an internist, includes a fellowship in endocrinology at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, and a post-doctoral fellowship in neuroendocrinology at Micheal Reece Hospital and Medical Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. He has been on the faculty of the University of Kentucky Medical School, Lexington, KY; the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD; Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; and the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY. He has been an instructor in the WWAMI program foundations phase for Montana State University and the University of Washington.
Date Day Time Location
02/19/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
02/26/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
03/05/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church
03/12/2025Wednesday10 AM to 12 N Bozeman, MT - Hope Lutheran Church