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Professor Steve Bloom - email
Head of Department
Infusion of peptides into human volunteers. Gut hormones and their physiological role in the control of appetite and body weight. Neuropeptide control of endocrine function.

Professor Mohammad Ghatei - email
Professor of Regulatory Peptides
Peptide chemistry, Radioimmunoassays, Molecular forms of circulating hormones and neuropeptides. Infusion of Hormones into human volunteers.

Dr Karim Meeran - email
Reader in Endocrinology

Dr Waljit Dhillo - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Neuroendocrine control of appetite and hypothalamo-pituitary function. Kisspeptin infusions into human volunteers.

Dr Alison Wren - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Circulating gut hormones effects on appetite and infusions in man. Ghrelin infusions into lean and obese individuals. Stimulation of appetite in patients with cancer.

Dr Sarah Stanley - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer
Links between appetite and reproductive function. Hypothalamic neuropeptides and the control of energy expenditure. The role of the novel neuropeptide relaxin. In vitro hypothalamic explants as a model of CNS function.

Dr Jane Howard - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer
The role of Socs proteins in leptin and insulin resistance. Inflammation, the metabolic syndrome and the regulation of energy balance. Leptin and the immune system.

Dr James Gardiner - email
Lecturer
Molecular approaches to investigating the control of appetite. Viral mediated gene transfer using AAV to over express neuropeptides in the hypothalamus.

Dr Kevin Murphy - email
Lecturer
Hypothalamic regulation of appetite focusing on the role of cocaine- and amphetamine-regulated transcript, and the hypothalamic regulation of reproduction, particularly focusing on kisspeptin in the hypothalamic-pituitary gonadal (HPG) axis.

Dr Kirsty Smith - email
Post-doctoral researcher
Hypothalamic control of food intake. The role of thyroid hormones in the control of energy balance. Over expression of neuropeptides using AAV. In vivo models of altered energy balance.

Dr Gavin Bewick - email
Post-doctoral researcher
Generation of models with altered genes involved in the control of food intake and body adiposity. Ablation of neuronal populations within the hypothalamus using targeted neurotoxins.

Dr Jeremy Turner - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer

Dr Duncan Bassett - email
Clinical Senior Lecturer

Professor Graham Williams - email
Professor of Endocrinology