Obesity Research and Education Initiative

Learn more about the Obesity Research and Education Initiative

OREI is a faculty-initiated, interdisciplinary and intercollegiate program established to address the prevention and treatment of obesity in a multi-disciplinary research and education program.

Meet New Faculty

Meet some of the newest members of the OREI community.

Members by Research Area

Explore OREI member's research interests

Current Opportunities

View a listing of open faculty positions through OREI.

News

Professors at UI appointed as co-directors of obesity research initiative

Abel and Rahmouni named new co-directors of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative

Dr. Linda Snetselaar appointed to USDA Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee

Dr. Allyn Mark receives AHA's 2017 Excellence Award for Hypertension

OREI Members Recent Publications

Events

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Qian Cai, PhD

Tuesday, May 24, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

"Axonal Transport and Mitophagy Regulation in Alzheimer's Disease" Presented by Qian Cai, PhD Associate Professor Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience Rutgers University Piscataway, New Jersey

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Elizabeth A. Heller, PhD

Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 10:30am to 11:30am

Presented by Elizabeth A. Heller, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Perelman School of Medicine University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA