Page, Katie
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
The Brain Regulation of Appetite, Nutrition, Cognition, & Health (BRANCH) Lab has two major research programs: (i) Neuroendocrine regulation of appetite & glucose homeostasis (ii) Maternal-fetal programming of metabolism. Our translational research program addresses questions from a broad perspective by combining a number of disciplines (neuroscience, physiology, nutrition, psychology) and novel techniques to understand neural mechanisms of metabolic diseases.
Zhang, Li
Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience
As systems neuroscientists, we aim to decipher brain circuits to understand how perception and behavior arise, how the brain adapts to a dynamic environment, and how circuit dysfunction contributes to neurological and psychiatric disorders. We focus on resolving neural architecture—the wiring of neurons that underlies brain function. Technical innovation is central to our approach. We have developed molecular, genetic, electrophysiological, and imaging tools to study circuits supporting both local computation and behavior. Our research integrates in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology, two-photon calcium imaging, neural modeling, anatomical tracing, and optogenetics to build a comprehensive understanding of cell-type-specific circuit mechanisms.
