Sheila Collins Archive — Page 1 of 1

From left, Sheila Collins, PhD, Ryan Ceddia, PhD, and Heidi Hamm, PhD, and their colleagues have identified a potential new approach to reducing the global impact of obesity and diabetes. (photo by Erin O. Smith)

September 6, 2023

Releasing a brake that drives obesity and diabetes

Vanderbilt researchers have uncovered a potential new way to help curb the rapidly rising worldwide prevalence of metabolic disorders, including obesity and diabetes.

By Bill Snyder

Stylized close-up of dark molecular ball-and-stick structures against a bright blue-white background.

September 7, 2021

Regulators of fat cell metabolism

Vanderbilt researchers have discovered new details of the regulation of fat cell metabolism, findings that are important for combating obesity.

By Leigh MacMillan