Sarah Stanley, MB BChir, PhD
Associate Professor, Co-Director, Human Islet and Adenovirus Core,
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism Institute & Friedman Brain Institute
Sarah trained as a clinical endocrinologist at Cambridge University and Hammersmith Hospital in the UK. She completed her PhD with at Imperial College and post-doctoral training with Jeffrey Friedman at Rockefeller University. Since establishing her laboratory, she has focused on investigating the roles of central and peripheral circuits in the regulation of glucose metabolism in physiology and disease.
Maria Jimenez-Gonzalez, BS, PhD
Instructor,
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism Institute
Maria completed her PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biology at University of Navarre before post-doctoral studies on pancreatic imaging at San Sebastian, and islet function at Johns Hopkins. Maria’s work is focused on applying novel tools to examine the roles of peripheral innervation in metabolic function.
Diego Espinoza, BS, MA
Graduate student, Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics
Diego graduated from Rutgers University-Newark with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. After working in several academic labs, he joined the lab to first complete his Master’s in Biomedical Science and is now for his PhD. Diego’s current project is using central and neuromodulation to dissect the circuits linking stress and metabolic regulation.
Jamie Carty, BS
Graduate student, Neuroscience
Jamie graduated with a degree in neuroscience from Bucknell University where she researched peripheral sensory input to learning behavior with Dr. K. Myers. After college, she spent three years as a postbaccalaureate research associate at the University of Pennsylvania in Dr. Nicholas Betley’s lab, where she studied the role of sensory input to satiety and reward. Currently, Jamie is using central and peripheral neuromodulation to study the brain to body and the body to brain regulation of glucose homeostasis.
Finn Seibold, BS
Research Associate,
Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism Institute
Finn graduated from University of Michigan with a degree in Biopsychology, cognition & neuroscience where he researched feeding behavior with Dr. C Ferrario. Finn’s current work is examining the neural circuits linking PTSD and obesity.