Statement & Manual

Vision: Strive for excellence
- Conduct cutting-edge and rigorous research on metabolic physiology.
  - High standards, high expectations
  - Scientific rigor, reproducibility
- Support professional development of all lab members.
  - Undergraduates, Graduates, Postdocs
  - Diverse career paths
- Create a positive, collaborative and inclusive lab environment.
  - Teamwork, shared vision
  - Communicate research and ideas, provide constructive suggestions
  - Embrace diversity and inclusion; fight inequality and discrimination
  - Be honest, open, and motivated
Mission: Driven to understand metabolic physiology
- Elucidate mechanisms of metabolic communication:
  - dietary, environmental, and microbial signals
  - intercellular, inter-tissue, and inter-organ communication
- Identify therapeutic targets for obesity, diabetes, inflammation, and aging.