Hans Fisher Lectureship: "Interaction Between Nutrition and Different Tissues to Regulate Diet-Induced Obesity" - Andrew Greenberg

Dept. of Nutritional Sciences Hans Fisher Lectureship

Andrew Greenberg, MD
Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy
Tufts University

Dr. Andrew Greenberg, M.D., is Senior Scientist and Leader of the Metabolism & Basic Biology of Aging directive at the HNRCA. He also holds the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism and Nutrition at the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Greenberg’s research focus has expanded from investigating adipocytes to studying immune cells and inflammation, intestine, and skeletal muscle genes and their role in cellular and systemic metabolism.

Dr. Greenberg has published over 155 peer-reviewed manuscripts and  has made many important discoveries in the field of lipid metabolism, obesity and metabolic complications. Dr. Greenberg co-discovered the first lipid droplet-associated protein, perilipin, which was identified in adipocytes. Identification of perilipin and the discovery that fat is stored within intracellular lipid droplets was an important advancement in understanding metabolic processes in obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and many other disorders. His ongoing studies have extended to investigating the role of inflammation in obesity and metabolism with implications to healthy aging.

Dr. Greenberg has received numerous recognitions for his work, including the TOPS award from the Obesity Society, for a singular achievement in obesity and contribution to obesity research, and the Osborne and Mendel Award from the American Society for Nutrition for outstanding recent basic research accomplishments in nutrition.