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2026 GLC ASPET 39th Annual Meeting

Advances in GLP-1 Pharmacology: Obesity and Beyond

The Great Lakes Chapter (GLC) of ASPET will hold its 39th Annual Scientific Meeting on June 12, 2026 at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, IL. 

The Great Lakes Chapter (GLC) of ASPET will hold its 39th Annual Scientific Meeting on Friday, June 12, 2026 at Midwestern University in Downers Grove. The theme of the 2026 meeting is “Advances in GLP-1 Pharmacology: Obesity and Beyond.” The annual meeting of the GLC of ASPET has historically provided an excellent forum of learning and exchanging of ideas in all fields of the pharmacological sciences and is a major networking event for biomedical scientists in the Great Lakes region of the Midwest.

Meeting Agenda

Details for this chapter are currently being finalized and will be posted here as they become available.

Keynote Speaker  
Lorenze Leggio, MD, PhD 

Clinical Director 
Deputy Scientific Director 
Chief, Traslantional Addiction  
Medicine Branch  
National Institute on Drug Abuse 
Intramural Research Program 

Featured Events 

  • Main, Young Investigator, and Pharm Educator Symposia 
  • Poster Session (all biomedical disciplines welcome) 
  • Lunch and Learn 

Registration  

Registration information coming soon.

Poster Abstract Submission

Registration is required for abstract submission. Abstracts submitted without prior registration will not be accepted. The deadline for abstract will be coming soon. Completed abstracts using the can be submitted to aspetabstracts@gmail.com.  

Poster board dimensions are 57 wide x 66 inches tall.

Download the Abstract Form 

Maps and Parking Directions  

Address: 555 31st Street, Downers Grove, IL 60515

Maps: Coming soon

COVID-19 Protocols (as of February 24, 2025)

If you have a fever, cough, or other symptoms, you might have COVID-19 and please refrain from attending the meeting. If you have COVID-19, we will refund your registration fee. Please contact aspetabstracts@gmail.com

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