Lab Personnel

Jan Barranco, B.S. Neuroscience Graduate Student Currently examining whether estradiol interacts with NPY and AGRP to control food intake and regulate body weight in female rats. Click here to see me and my dogs.

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Deann Dixon, B.S. Neuroscience Graduate Student Currently examining the role of serotonin in activity-based anorexia in female rats.

Heidi Rivera Research Assistant Heidi works as our laboratory research assistant. One of Heidi's (many!) projects is examining the effects of estradiol in female rats maintained on a high fat diet.

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Jen Ormerod Biology Graduate Student Currently examining the effects of estradiol on water intake in female rats.

Dr. Lisa Eckel Ph.D Neuroscience.  In my lab we focus on 2 major research areas: a) interactive effects between estradiol and neuropeptides in the control of food intake, and b) neurochemical and behavioral changes associated with anorexia. Click HERE to view vita.

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