RESEARCH PROGRAMS & LABORATORIES

Research at Pennington Biomedical is conducted across a network of laboratories committed to advancing health through science.

Our laboratories are grouped by area of focus. Please click on one of the three focus areas below to access a list of individual laboratories and additional information.

+ Basic Science

• Behavioral Neuroscience
  Director: Emily Qualls-Creekmore, Ph.D.
• Gene Regulation & Metabolism
  Director: Ji Suk Chang, Ph.D.
• Matrix Biology
  Director: Carrie Elks, Ph.D., R.D.
• Neurobiology of Energy Balance
  Director: Sangho Yu
• Antioxidant and Gene Regulation
  Director: Jianping Ye, M.D.
• Immunogenetics
  Director: Susan Burke, PhD
• Islet Biology and Inflammation
  Director: Jason Collier, Ph.D.
• John S McIlhenny Skeletal Muscle Physiology
  Director: Robert Noland, PhD
• John S. McIlhenny Botanical Research
  Director: Elizabeth Floyd, Ph.D.
• Joint Program on Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism
  Director: Stefany Primeaux
• Oxidative Stress and Disease
  Director: Krisztian Stadler, Ph.D.
• Gene-Nutrient Interactions
  Director: Randall Mynatt, Ph.D., Jingying Zhang, PhD MD
• Human Genomics
  Director: Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., Tuomo Rankinen, Ph.D.
• Regulation of Gene Expression
  Director: Michael Salbaum, PhD
• Autonomic Neuroscience
  Director: Richard Rogers, Ph.D., Gerlinda Hermann, Ph.D.
• Leptin Signaling in the Brain
  Director: Heike Muenzberg-Gruening, Ph.D.
• Neurobiology & Nutrition
  Director: Hans-Rudolf Berthoud, Ph.D.
• Neurobiology of Metabolic Dysfunction
  Director: David McDougal, PhD
• Neurosignaling
  Director: Christopher Morrison, Ph.D.
• Inflammation and Neurodegeneration
  Director: Annadora Bruce-Keller, Ph.D.
• Nutrient Sensing and Adipocyte Signaling
  Director: Thomas Gettys, Ph.D.
• Adipocte Biology
  Director: Jacqueline Stephens, Ph.D., Allison Richard, PhD
• Dietary Obesity
  Director: Doug Braymer
• Developmental Biology
  Director: Claudia Kappen, Dr. rer. nat.
• Epigenetics & Nuclear Reprogramming
  Director: Kenneth Eilertsen, Ph.D.
• Ubiquitin Biology
  Director: Elizabeth Floyd, Ph.D.

+ Clinical Science

• Clinical Oncology & Metabolism
  Director: Anne Gilmore, PhD, RD
• Metabolism & Body Composition
  Director: Steven Heymsfield, M.D.
• Brain and Metabolism Imaging in Chronic Disease (BAMIC)
  Director: Owen Carmichael, PhD
• Aging and Neurodegeneration
  Director: Jeffrey Keller, Ph.D.
• Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism
  Director: John Apolzan, PhD
• Ingestive Behavior
  Director: Corby Martin, Ph.D.
• Reproductive Endocrinology & Women’s Health
  Director: Leanne Redman, MS, PhD
• Human Translational Physiology
  Director: Eric Ravussin, Ph.D., Ursula White, Ph.D.
• Preventive Medicine
  Director: Neil Johannsen

+ Population & Public Health Sciences

• Chronic Disease Epidemiology
  Director: Gang Hu, MD, MPH, PhD, FAHA
• Contextual Risk Factors
  Director: Stephanie Broyles, PhD
• Nutritional Epidemiology
  Director: Catherine Champagne, Ph.D., R.D.N.
• Physical Activity and Obesity Epidemiology
  Director: Peter Katzmarzyk, Ph.D., FACSM, FAHA, FTOS
• Behavior Technology Laboratory: Eating Disorders and Obesity
  Director: Tiffany Stewart, Ph.D.
• Behavioral Medicine
  Director: Phillip Brantley, Ph.D.
• Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior
  Director: Amanda Staiano, PhD
• Physical Activity & Ethnic Minority Health
  Director: Robert Newton, Jr., Ph.D.