We are interested in fundamental aspects of metabolic regulation, particularly how diet and environment influence the co-morbidities of obesity and other energy balance disorders. Recent efforts in ...

Emerging infectious diseases are infections that have recently appeared within a population or those whose incidence or geographic range is rapidly increasing or threatens to increase in the near ...

Movement disorders are a group of neurologic conditions characterized by slowness and paucity of movement (hypokinetic disorders) or abnormal excessive involuntary movements (hyperkinesias). While the ...

I am a molecular epidemiologist whose research interests include structural birth defects and childhood cancer. I use large-scale, population-based registry data and genomics to identify risk factors ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that attacks nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach ...