Center for Metabolic Health
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Members

Leadership

Laura Alonso , M.D.
Research Focus:

Beta-cell stress response and proliferation

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Mingming Hao , Ph.D.
Research Focus:

Cholesterol regulation of beta-cell function

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Faculty Members

Effie Apostolou , Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Molecular Biology in Medicine
Research Focus:

Chromatin architecture

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Louis Aronne , M.D.
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine
Research Focus:

Obesity medicine

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John Blenis , Ph.D.
  • Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Professor in Cancer Research, Pharmacology
Research Focus:

How oncogenes, growth factors, GTPases and tumor promoting phorbol esters regulate cell fate of normal cells and when improperly regulated, how they contribute to carcinogenesis through the Ras/ERK-MAPK/RSK and PI3K/mTOR/S6K pathways.

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Puja Chebrolu , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Prevention and treatment of diabetes in South Asians

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Shuibing Chen , Ph.D.
  • Kilts Family Professor of Surgery
Research Focus:

Stem cell based high content screens

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Soo Jung Cho , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Glycolysis in non metabolic tissues

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Paul Cohen , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Albert Resnick, M.D. Assistant Professor at the Rockefeller University
Research Focus:

Adipose biology and metabolic disease

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Rebecca Craig-Schapiro , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
Research Focus:

Transplantation surgery

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Annarita Di Lorenzo , Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Research Focus:

Sphingolipid biology

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Olivier Elemento , Ph.D.
  • Director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine
Research Focus:

Computational genomics

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Baran Ersoy , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Metabolism in Medicine
Research Focus:

Thioesterase-mediated lipotoxicity in liver and thermogenic adipose tissue

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Robert Farese, Jr. , M.D.
  • Member, Cell Biology Program, SKI
  • Alfred P. Sloan Chair, MSKCC Professor, Weill Cornell
Research Focus:

Cellular lipid and energy metabolism, in particular the mechanisms and physiology of neutral lipid synthesis and storage.

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Matthew Blake Greenblatt , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory
Research Focus:

Stem cells in bone metabolism and disease

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Naina Sinha Gregory , M.D.
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Research Focus:

EDIC trial

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Lorraine Gudas , Ph.D.
  • Chair of Pharmacology
Research Focus:

Development of new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes and hepatic steatosis

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Danwei Huangfu , Ph.D.
  • Member & Professor, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Research Focus:

Protein-coding regulators of pancreatic development and β cell function.

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Puneeth Iyengar , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Director, Metastatic Program, Department of Radiation Oncology, MSKCC
Research Focus:

Cancer cachexia

Anyanate Gwendolyne Jack , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Research Focus:

Community outreach

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Sangeeta Kashyap , M.D.
  • Assistant Chief of Clinical Affairs
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Interim)
Research Focus:

Type 2 diabetes management, metabolic syndrome pathophysiology and obesity interventions with surgical and non-surgical modalities

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Tibor Krisko , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Metabolic microbiome

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Jan Krumsiek , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Research Focus:

Underlying etiology of metabolic component of human diseases, develop novel diagnostic and prognostic markers, and identify innovative therapeutic interventions.

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Sonal Kumar , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Fatty liver disease

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Raphael Lis , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Reproductive Medicine in Medicine
Research Focus:

Tissue-specific endothelial cells for organ regeneration

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James Lo , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Adipose biology and pancreatic islet physiology

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Frederick R. Maxfield , Ph.D.
  • Vladimir Horowitz and Wanda Toscanini Horowitz Distinguished Professor in Neuroscience, Biochemistry
Research Focus:

Role of macrophages and related cells in metabolic processes including atherosclerosis and neurodegenerative diseases

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Timothy McGraw , Ph.D.
  • Professor of Biochemistry
Research Focus:

Insulin-regulated membrane trafficking

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Felicia Mendelsohn , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Director of the Inpatient Glycemic Management Program
Research Focus:

Improving the care of hospitalized patients with diabetes

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Erica Phillips , M.D.
  • Jack Fishman Associate Professor of Cancer Prevention, Medicine
Research Focus:

Weight management and behavioral management of obesity

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Geoffrey Pitt , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Director of the Cardiovascular Research Institute
Research Focus:

Ion channels in cardiovascular disease

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Shahin Rafii , M.D.
  • Professor of Regenerative Medicine
Research Focus:

Adaptable tissue-specific endothelial cells for organ regeneration

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David Redmond , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Computational Biology Research in Medicine
Research Focus:

Bioinformatics

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Shannon Reilly , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Metabolic Health in Medicine
Research Focus:

Metabolic pathways impacting obesity and associated metabolic diseases

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Monika Safford , M.D.
  • John J. Kuiper Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Disparities in cardiometabolic disease outcomes using large data sets as well as community-based trials of peer coaching interventions

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Rachel Stahl Salzman , MS, RD, CDN, CDCES
  • Registered Dietitian
Research Focus:

Individualized nutrition therapy strategies and behavior modification, diabetes technology, and digital healthcare

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Sarah Schmitz , M.D.
  • Instructor in Medicine
Research Focus:

Obesity and weight management

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Robert E. Schwartz , M.D., Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Viral hepatitis, autoimmune causes of liver disease, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and metabolic causes of liver disease

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Jane Seley , D.N.P.
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research Focus:

Diabetes technologies

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Rohit Sharma , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology in Medicine
Research Focus:

Beta cell survival

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Alpana Shukla , M.D.
  • Associate Professor of Research in Medicine
Research Focus:

Macronutrient sequencing

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Beverly Tchang , M.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Research Focus:

COVID-19 and metabolic disease

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Mary Teruel , Ph.D.
  • Associate Professor of Biochemistry
Research Focus:

Systems biology of adipocytes as central regulators of diabetes, insulin resistance, and obesity

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Tobias Walther , Ph.D.
  • Program Chair, Cell Biology Program; SKI Professor, Weill Cornell
  • Enid A. Haupt Chair in Cell Biology; MSK
  • Investigator, HHMI
Research Focus:

Cellular lipid and energy metabolism, in particular the mechanisms and physiology of neutral lipid synthesis and storage.

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Cindy (Yue) Yang , Ph.D.
  • Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Pharmacology
Research Focus:

Therapeutic use of novel NAD+ boosters in aging- and obesity-related metabolic disorders

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Contact Us

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Center for Metabolic Health 413 E 69th St, 6th Floor New York, NY 10021 Phone: (646) 962-6193