Postdoctoral Training

Andrew Shin, Ph.D.

Department/Laboratory:
Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory

Colleagues:
. Huiyuan Zheng, Dr. Tanja Babic, Leigh Townsend, Laurel Patterson

Mentor:
Berthoud, Hans-Rudolf

Current Research:
Underlying mechanisms for food intake reduction and maintenance of body weight loss after Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgery in rat model

Other Research Interests:
Neuroendocrine perturbation in the HPA (stress) axis in diet-induced obesity; Interaction between the brainstem and the hypothalamus for energy homeostasis; Neurotoxic role of estrogen in the hypothalamus; Inflammation-induced changes in the reproductive and stress axes.