Anorexia, Nausea, and Emesis
Tito received his PhD in Integrative Molecular Medicine from the University of Zurich in Switzerland. His thesis aimed to disentangle the neuronal mechanisms contributing to cancer
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Lauren received her PhD in Pharmacology & Physiology from St. Louis University. In her doctoral work, Lauren studied the neuroendocrine control of reproductive development and function
Read More »Central Mechanisms of Amylin Mediated Attenuation of Motivated Feeding
Caroline received her Ph.D. in Animal Sciences from the University of Arizona. Under Dr. Ben Renquist, Caroline’s graduate work centered on understanding how hepatic lipid accumulation
Read More »Central Sites of Action Mediating Food Intake Control
Sam received her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In the lab of Dr. Mitchell Roitman, Sam investigated the influence of physiological
Read More »Intersection Between Energy Balance and Stress Mechanisms
Metabolic disease and stress-related disorders have long been known to exhibit significant comorbidity. Given the clinical relevance of both obesity and stress-related disorders, recent efforts in
Read More »Novel Sites Of Action For Feeding Related Peptides
Identifying novel mechanisms and sites of action for the control of energy balance is one of main focuses of the Hayes lab. Previous work from the lab showed that GLP-1
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