"E93 and LOCOR-L: Dire Times in Growth"

Speaker:

Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Director, Center for Hypothalamic Research
UT Southwestern Medical Center

About Joel Elmquist:

Originally from Iowa, Dr. Elmquist earned his Ph.D. in veterinary anatomy at Iowa State University. He then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School/Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, later accepting a faculty position there in Medicine and Neurology.

His research has been continually funded for three decades, including 17 NIH grants as principal investigator (PI) or co-PI. Dr. Elmquist focuses his research on the use of mouse genetics to understand how the brain controls energy balance and glucose homeostasis. He also serves on the editorial boards of several major scientific journals and has served on numerous NIH study sections.

As Director of the Center for Hypothalamic Research, Dr. Elmquist leads a multidisciplinary team of investigators to examine the mechanisms by which the hypothalamus regulates eating, body weight, blood glucose, and related metabolic processes.

As Vice Chair of Research, he supports and promotes high-quality, high-impact research activity among faculty and trainees, and develops strategies for recruitment, retention, and development of scientists and physician-scientists. He also works closely with the Assistant Director for Research to guide the Department's research administration, space allocation, grants management, and research infrastructure planning, renovation, and development.

Dr. Elmquist joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2006.