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

Frontiers in Obesity, Diabetes and Metabolism: Ariel Feldstein, MD

Monday, October 25, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm

Ariel Feldstein, MD Professor of Pediatrics University of California, San Diego Founder, Jecure Therapeutics (acquired by Genentech) Co-Founder, Elgia Therapeutics Title: Inflammasomes in metabolic inflammation

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Seminar - Lois Mulligan, PhD

Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 10:30am to 11:30am

Presented by Lois Mulligan, PhD Principal Investigator Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine Division of Cancer Biology and Genetics Cancer Research Institute Queen's University Kingston, Ontario

Neuroscience & Pharmacology Workshop - Kanza Khan, PhD and Kenji Saito, PhD

Thursday, October 28, 2021, 12:30pm to 1:30pm

"Examining the role of neuroimmune activation in the production of withdrawal related phenotypes" Presented by Kanza Khan, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Catherine Marcinkiewcz's lab "Impaired sensorimotor gating and a sign of brain senescence in estrogen-related receptor alpha knockout mice" Presented by Kenji Saito, PhD Postdoctoral Research Scholar in Dr. Huxing Cui's lab