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April NORC Spotlight: Mauricio Dorfman I am a Biochemist and PhD in Pharmacology (both degrees obtained at the University of Chile). Currently, I am a Research Assistant Professor in the

January NORC Spotlight: Jesse Jones-Smith I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Health Systems and Population Health at the University of Washington. I am an epidemiologist who studies

UWMDI Co-Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is senior author of “Central nervous system regulation of organismal energy and glucose homeostasis” in Nature Metabolism.

UWMDI Investigator Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD, was quoted in U.S. News & World Report, “Hormones and Weight Loss: Ways Hormones Can Sabotage Weight Loss”   Read article here

Why Are Individuals with Obesity from Racially/Ethnically Diverse Backgrounds at Increased Risk for Cancer? WEBINAR: Thursday, March 4, 2021 (3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. EST) This webinar is the first

UWMDI postdoctoral fellow, Chelsea Faber, PhD, is first author on a manuscript entitled “Leptin receptor neurons in the dorsomedial hypothalamus regulate diurnal patterns of feeding, locomotion, and metabolism” that also

Dr. Jennifer Deem has been awarded a NIDDK-Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) for her project entitled “Neurocircuits linking thermoregulation and feeding”. This 5-year project seeks to understand the neurocircuitry

NORC Co-Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is co-author of “Transcriptomic Analysis Links the Response of Diverse Hypothalamic Cell Types to Sustained Diabetes Remission Induced by Fibroblast Growth Factor 1,” which has

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NORC Investigator and UWMDI Acting Instructor of Medicine, Jennifer Deem, PhD, is a first author on a manuscript entitled “Cold-induced hyperphagia requires AgRP-neuron activation in mice” in the journal eLife