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Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Obesity Branch

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Obesity Branch.

Name Email Address Title
Brown, Rebecca Co-Chief
Krashes, Michael Co-Chief
Quiel, Juan Technical Lab Manager

Clinical Endocrinology Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Clinical Endocrinology Section.

Name Email Address Title
Muniyappa, Ranganath Senior Clinician

Energy Homeostasis Section

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Name Email Address Title
Reitman, Marc Section Chief
Pinol Manchon, Ramon Staff Scientist
Xiao, Cuiying Staff Scientist

Energy Metabolism Section

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Name Email Address Title
Chen, Kong Section Chief

Integrative Cellular Metabolism Section

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Name Email Address Title
Rane, Sushil Section Chief
Lee, Jihyeon Biologist

Neuromodulation and Motivation Section

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Name Email Address Title
Lutas, Andrew Acting Section Chief

Section on Ethnicity and Health

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Name Email Address Title
Sumner, Anne Section Chief

Section on Motivational Processes Underlying Appetite

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Name Email Address Title
Krashes, Michael Section Chief
De Araujo Salgado, Isabel Post-Doc
Li, Chia Staff Scientist
Liang-Guallpa, Jing Graduate Student
Navarrete, Jovana Post-Bac

Section on Nutritional and Metabolic Neuroimaging

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Name Email Address Title
Darcey, Valerie Acting Section Chief
Guo, Juen Staff Scientist
Raisinger, Klaudia Clinical Research Coordinator
Sakiani, Sanaz Assistant Research Physician
Zhai, Nan Nurse Practitioner

Section on Pediatric Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Section on Pediatric Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism.

Name Email Address Title
Chung, Stephanie Acting Section Chief
Hengist, Aaron Visiting Fellow
Malandrino, Noemi Staff Clinician

Section on Translational Diabetes and Metabolic Syndromes

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Section on Translational Diabetes and Metabolic Syndromes.

Name Email Address Title
Brown, Rebecca Section Chief
Lightbourne, Marissa Assistant Research Physician

Section on Translational Endocrinology

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Name Email Address Title
Nieman, Lynnette Section Chief

Translational Physiology Section

Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Translational Physiology Section.

Name Email Address Title
Cypess, Aaron Section Chief