Since 2011, 14 new faculty engaged in obesity research have been recruited (14 official OREI recruits) by departments in the Carver College of Medicine, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Public Health, College of Nursing, and Tippie College of Business. The new faculty listed below have received 10 new R01s and multiple other grants and awards.

	Lucas Carr, PhD Associate Professor Department of Heath and Human Physiology College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Research Interests: Technology-based approaches to reducing sedentary behaviors, Socioenvironmental influences of physical activity and sedentary behaviors Email: lucas-carr@uiowa.edu
	Huxing Cui, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Brain control of appetite and metabolism Email: lucas-carr@uiowa.edu
	Brandon Davies, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: The role of endothelial cells in lipid metabolism Email: brandon-davies@uiowa.edu
	David Frisvold, PhD Associate Professor Department of Economics Tippie College of Business Research Interests: Health economics, school-based public policies, food assistance programs, food pricing strategies, soft drink taxes. Email: david-frisvold@uiowa.edu
	Ruth Grossmann, RN, MS, PhD Assistant Professor College of Nursing Research Interests: Nutritional metabolomics of obesity and its treatment Email: justin-grobe@uiowa.edu
	Chad Grueter, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Internal Medicine Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Energy homeostatis Email: chad-grueter@uiowa.edu
	Vitor Lira, PhD  Assistant Professor Department of Health and Human Physiology College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Research Interests: Skeletal muscle biology and its influence in whole-body metabolic homeostasis Email: vitor-lira@uiowa.edu
	Mohamad Mokadem, MD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Understanding the mechanism of energy and metabolic regulation after bariatric surgery in rodents Email: mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu
	Matthew J. Potthoff, PhD Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Regulation of metabolic homeostasis Email: matthew-potthoff@uiowa.edu
	Julien Sebag, PhD Assistant Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Identifying new proteins and pathways involved in the control of energy homeostasis Email: julien-sebag@uiowa.edu
	Eric Taylor, PhD Associate Professor Molecular Physiology and Biophysics  Carver College of Medicine Research Interests: Molecular mechanisms regulating mitochondrial function and their relationship to disease Email: eric-taylor@uiowa.edu