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 - J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am

Presented by J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD Distinguished Professor and Chair Department of Pharmacology Associate Director of Basic Science Moores Cancer Center Univeristy of California - San Diego La Jolla, CA

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD and Cancan Lyu, PhD

Thursday, December 9, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Elucidating the roles of hypothalamic ciliary adenylyl cyclase 3 in energy homeostasis" Presented by Guorui (Gary) Deng, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Huxing Cui's lab "Functional characterization of constitutively active Gai/o mutants in breast cancer development" Presented by Cancan Lyu, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Songhai Chen's lab

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Faculty Seminar - Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Presented by Catherine Marcinkiewcz, PhD Assistant Professor Neuroscience and Pharmacology