Metabolic Health

Mark Knepper

Research TopicsThe Epithelial Systems Biology Laboratory (ESBL), headed by Mark Knepper, MD, PhD, exploits a unique combination of high-level experimental and c…

Marc Lionel Reitman

Research TopicsObesity has reached pandemic proportions and treatment has been rarely successful for the long term. The recent development of GLP1 mimetics is b…

Malliga R. Iyer

Research TopicsThe SMC lab's interests lie in developing novel chemical probes and pharmacological tools to study the endocannabinoid system drug targets. …

Lynnette K. Nieman

Research TopicsInvestigation of Adrenal Gland Disorders and Disorders of Female ReproductionOver the past decade, we have made important contributions to the di…

Lorenzo Leggio

Research TopicsFounded by Dr. Lorenzo Leggio, the Clinical Psychoneuroendocrinology and Neuropsychopharmacology (CPN) Section is a joint NIDA and NIAAA laborato…

Lenore Joy Launer

Research TopicsStudies in the Neuroepidemiology Section focus on understanding the contribution of genetic, inflammatory, metabolic, vascular, and hormonal fact…

Leslie Joan Baier

Research TopicsThe purpose of our research is to identify the heritable basis for type 2 diabetes and obesity among Indigenous people living in the southwestern…

Kosuke Tamura

Research TopicsThe role of neighborhood social and physical contexts has been recognized as a key social determinant of health in the U.S. Recent studies unders…

Lee Scott Weinstein

Research TopicsOur ultimate goal is to understand the role that the G protein, Gsα, plays in the development of obesity in children with PHP1a and more generall…

Kenneth A. Jacobson

Research TopicsResearch GoalOur overall goals are to design, chemically synthesize, and characterize pharmacologically new agonists and antagonists for the four…