Research/Areas of Interest
The molecular, metabolic, and hormonal regulation of aging, obesity and associated complications including insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis.
Education
- MD, New York University School of Medicine
Biography
Dr. Andrew Greenberg, MD, is Senior Scientist and leader of the Metabolism & Basic Biology of Aging directive at the HNRCA. Dr. Greenberg's research focus has expanded from investigating adipocytes to studying immune cells and inflammation, intestine, and skeletal muscle genes and their role in cellular and systemic metabolism.
Dr. Greenberg has published over 155 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has made many important discoveries in the field of lipid metabolism, obesity and metabolic complications. Dr. Greenberg co-discovered the first lipid droplet-associated protein, perilipin, which was identified in adipocytes. Identification of perilipin and the discovery that fat is stored within intracellular lipid droplets was an important advancement in understanding metabolic processes in obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis and many other disorders.
Additionally, Dr. Greenberg's work investigates the genetic and molecular mechanisms by which adipocytes and intestinal cells regulate systemic metabolism. His studies have extended to the role of inflammation in obesity and metabolism. More recently his work has also started to investigate adipocyte and skeletal muscle metabolism and their role in healthy aging.
Dr. Greenberg is a Professor of Biochemical & Molecular Nutrition at The Friedman School of Nutrition and Science Policy at Tufts University. He also holds the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism and Nutrition at the Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Greenberg has received numerous awards for his work, including the TOPS award from the Obesity Society, for a singular achievement in obesity and contribution to obesity research, and the Osborne and Mendel Award from the American Society for Nutrition for outstanding recent basic research accomplishments in nutrition. Additionally, he received the Solomon Berson NYU School of Medicine Alumni Achievement Award in Basic Science.