The São Paulo School of Advanced Science in Obesity (SPSAS Obesity) will be held on October 19-30, 2026, at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the State University of Campinas (FCM-UNICAMP) in São Paulo state, Brazil.
SPSAS Obesity offers graduate students and early career researchers two weeks of courses, interaction, connection and scientific discussions with leaders in the fields of medical sciences, physiology, biology, genetics, evolution and healthcare.
In response to the urgent global rise in obesity — the World Health Organization projects that, without significant progress in prevention and treatment, there will be more than 1.2 billion people with obesity by 2030 — SPSAS Obesity planned a comprehensive training grounded in recent advances in the cellular, molecular, and neurobiological mechanisms that regulate energy balance, spanning epidemiology, genetics, epigenetics, nutrition, and emerging preventive and therapeutic strategies.
From historical, scientific facts to cutting-edge technologies and analyses of coming developments, the School will elucidate the underlying mechanisms of obesity through a wide range of topics in our School, including epidemiological aspects and the nutrition transition; energy balance, mitochondria and brown adipose tissue; gut-brain and muscle-brain connections; gut microbiota; the near and far future of pharmaceutic therapeutics, and more.
The discussions at the School will benefit greatly from the participation of internationally renowned researchers as keynote speakers, such as Angel Nadal, Professor of Physiology at Miguel Hernández University; Carol Elias, Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan; Professor of Nutrition and Bromatology at Miguel Hernández University; Nathalia Dragano, Lead Researcher of the Metabolism Unit, German Mouse Clinic – Helmholtz Munich, Germany; Licio Augusto Velloso, Coordinator of the Obesity and Comorbidities Research Center at UNICAMP; and Niels Câmara, Full Professor at the Department of Immunology of the Universty of São Paulo's Institute of Biomedical Sciences (ICB-USP).
Registrations
School will offer 100 vacancies (50% for Brazilians and 50% for foreigners). Interested parties must apply by March 31, 2026 by filling the application form at the event’s website ( https://espca.ocrc.org.br/application-form/ ).
Reporters are invited to register for the scientific sessions and short courses, which will present state-of-the-art science and the results of new research.
Costs
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) is supporting the event through its São Paulo School of Advanced Science Program (SPSAS http://espca.fapesp.br/home ).
SPSAS Obesity will provide reimbursement-based financial support for airfare, transportation expenses, travel insurance (for participants coming from abroad), and daily allowances. This benefit will be granted to selected candidates funded by foreign agencies and conducting research outside Brazil, as well those conducting research in Brazil as long as they are not FAPESP scholarship holders.
About FAPESP
The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) is a public institution with the mission of supporting scientific research in all fields of knowledge by awarding scholarships, fellowships and grants to investigators linked with higher education and research institutions in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. FAPESP is aware that the very best research can only be done by working with the best researchers internationally. Therefore, it has established partnerships with funding agencies, higher education, private companies, and research organizations in other countries known for the quality of their research and has been encouraging scientists funded by its grants to further develop their international collaboration.