Metabolic Disease

  • Photo of Hannah Waterman with VU gold background

    Trainee Tribute: Hannah Waterman

    Meet Hannah Waterman, a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the lab of Alan Cherrington in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. Read More

    Oct. 6, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Weight cycling increases diabetes risk

    Alyssa Hasty, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, specializes in immunometabolism, specifically on the role that the immune system plays in obesity and metabolic disease. Recent work from her lab explored the changes in immune cell populations in fat during obesity, weight loss, and weight cycling. The work,… Read More

    Jul. 19, 2022