Goals:
• To develop the nation’s leading comprehensive obesity research program addressing the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of obesity and obesity-related disease;
• To coordinate and facilitate obesity research and education on the etiology, consequences, treatment and prevention of obesity;
• To enhance the development of new research efforts based on areas of greatest scientific opportunity and challenge, accelerating progress in obesity research.
This interdisciplinary program involves participating faculty from Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Genetics, Nutrition, Medicine and Public Health, Cardiology, Pediatrics, Cancer, Diabetes, Surgery, Psychiatry, Psychology, Neuro-Imaging, School of Nursing, Health Economics, Employee Health & Wellness, Biostatistics and Informatics.
