
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 - 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 - 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, PhD - Oxidative Stress and Disease
Director: Krisztian Stadler, Ph.D. - Gene-Nutrient Interactions
Director: Randall Mynatt, Jingying Zhang - Human Genomics
Director: Claude Bouchard, Tuomo Rankinen, Ph.D. - Regulation of Gene Expression
Director: J. Michael Salbaum, PhD - Respiratory Immunology & Toxicology
Director: Stephania Cormier, Ph.D. - Autonomic Neuroscience
Director: Richard Rogers, Gerlinda Hermann - 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 - Adipocyte Biology
Director: Jacqueline Stephens, Ph.D., Allison Richard, PhD - Dietary Obesity
Director: Doug Braymer, PhD - 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 - Healthy Aging & Metabolism
Director: Kara Marlatt, PhD, MPH - Metabolism & Body Composition
Director: Steven Heymsfield, M.D. - Physiology of Human Adipose Tissue
Director: Ursula White, Ph.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. - Preventive Medicine
Director: Neil Johannsen
+ Population & Public Health Sciences
- Cancer Energetics
Director: Justin Brown, PhD - 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
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.