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Mandy Brown Belfort, MD MPH is a neonatologist and epidemiologist in the Department of Pediatric Newborn Medicine at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Her research is focused on the influence of early-life nutritional exposures on health...

David S. Ludwig, MD, PhD is an endocrinologist and researcher at Boston Children’s Hospital. He holds the rank of Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and Professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Ludwig is the founding director of the Optimal Wellness for Life (OWL...

The common theme in the Kajimura laboratory is multidisciplinary attempts to understand the molecular basis of bioenergetics in health and disease. The overarching goal is to generate a blueprint for rewiring the molecular circuitry of bioenergetics by defined factors, thereby improving metabolic...

Dr. Dennis Spencer is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) and an Instructor in Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School (HMS). A physician-scientist, he is an investigator in the Rakoff-Nahoum laboratory (HMS/BCH) with a focus on the impact of diet on the composition and...

Our group aims to understand the mechanisms contributing to the high rates of metabolic disorders in the population.Towards this goal we study the physiologic mechanisms driving energy balance, including modulation of food intake and energy expenditure. To investigate mechanisms affecting body...