Faculty and Research

Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Professor and Vice Chair, Research

Elmquist Research Lab

Naima Dahir, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Goncalo Dias do Vale, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Center for Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Xiaorong Fu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Center for Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Teppei Fujikawa, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Fujikawa Research Lab

Mina Fujitani, Ph.D.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Laurent Gautron, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Gautron Research Lab

Frankie Heyward, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Internal Medicine and Neuroscience

Heyward Research Lab

Eunsang Hwang, Ph.D.

Instructor

Makoto Ishii, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Neurology, Internal Medicine, and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute

Ishii Research Lab

Chaiwan “Chai-wan” Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Center for Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Chen Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Liu Research Lab

Matthew Mitsche, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Center for Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Mitsche Research Lab

Salil Varshney, Ph.D.

Assistant Instructor

Kripa Shankar, Ph.D.

Instructor

Center for Human Nutrition and Internal Medicine

Kevin Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Williams Research Lab

Steven Wyler, Ph.D.

Instructor

Baijie Xu, Ph.D.

Instructor

Young-Jai You, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

You Research Lab

Jeffrey Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor, Internal Medicine and Psychiatry

Zigman Research Lab