Drs. Sharon Tucker, Lucas Carr, Thomas Scholz and Vanessa Curtis have been awarded a 2014 UI Children's Hospital Stead Excellence Grant for their project titled “Strengthening the Cardio Metabolic Clinic Program for Child/Adolescent Weight Loss with Innovative Behavioral Strategies,” which aims to...
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Dr. Charles Brenner, a founding co-director of the University of Iowa Obesity Research and Education Initiative and member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC) wrote an article entitled "Targeting a Fat-Accumulation Gene" in the April 10 edition of Nature ( ), one of...
Dr. David Frisvold, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the Tippie College of Business and a member of the Obesity Research and Educational Initiative (OREI), was recently noted in an IowaNow article, “Research finds soda tax does little to curb obesity,” for his work co-authoring...
Helena Laroche, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and a member of the UI Obesity Research and Education Initiative and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, was recently recognized in an IowaNow article “Healthy food is good for you–and can sell, too” based...
Federal health authorities on Tuesday reported a stunning 43 percent drop in the obesity rate among 2- to 5-year-old children over the past decade, the first broad decline in an epidemic that often leads to lifelong struggles with weight and higher risks for cancer, heart disease and stroke. The...
Justin L. Grobe, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Carver College of Medicine Department of Pharmacology and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center and the UI Obesity Research and Education Initiative, was recently awarded a highly competitive three-year grant from the...
The countrywide observance of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week is February 23 through March 1. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA)’s theme this year is: “I had no idea that eating disorders can destroy lives. Get in the know.” For more information, please go to: http://...
Americans' Concerns About Obesity Soar, Surpass Smoking.pdf
Dr. Lyse Norian, an Assistant Professor of Urology and faculty member in the Obesity Research and Education Initiative, has been awarded a new R01 grant from the NIH National Cancer Institute. The project entitled “Obesity Affects Immunity to Kidney Cancer” is funded for five years beginning in...
Dr. Kamal Rahmouni, an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pharmacology and Internal Medicine and faculty member of the Obesity Research and Education Initiative, has received an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association. The project entitled “ mTORC1 Signaling in the...