PI of the Zigman lab @ UTSW. We study the gut-brain axis with a focus on the hormones #ghrelin #LEAP2, eating, body weight , & blood glucose #NeverAgain 🇺🇸
Joined February 2019
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24 Aug 2025
Next time you land at Love Field, look to the right on your way to baggage claim..... p.s. Johnny Depp is on the next billboard over advertising Sauvage Cologne
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Please come see @omsinghneurosci present his work at #ADA2026 Talk #1107-OR #ghrelin .. and for 1970s nostalgia: youtube.com/watch?v=eKMqF-Ld…
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Congratulations to Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D., Ralph DeBerardinis, M.D., Ph.D., and Joel Elmquist, D.V.M., Ph.D., on their election to @theNASciences. UTSW now has 27 NAS members, more than all other institutions in Texas and the most in UT Southwestern history.
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#HypoGRC is happening again at Grand Summit Hotel @sundayriver August 16 - August 21, 2026
Don't miss out on all the great science, networking and fun!
Chairs:@Neurrriot& #StephanieCorrea
Vice chairs: #YekaAponte & @thewilliamslab
Apply Now - grc.org/hypothalamus-confere…
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Mar 22
I am honored to receive the Early Career Forum Award from the Endocrine Society.
Grateful to my mentor, Dr. Zigman, for his support and guidance.
Looking forward to ENDO 2026 in Chicago!
#EndocrineSociety #ENDO2026 #EarlyCareer #Ghrelin #SNS #ExerciseResearch, @ZigmanLab
Congratulations to our Early Career Forum program winners. Our awardees will attend ENDO 2026 and participate in a unique workshop to connect them with experts in the field. View our awardees: bit.ly/3mDt8RR #ENDO2026 #endocrinology
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Just a reminder to our @UTSW3MD students and faculty -
3/3 @ 3pm
Midafternoon
Donuts
L4/Y4 Breezeway on Sout Campus
@UTSWGradSchool
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Feb 13
Hey check this out. I didn't do any of the work. But I appreciate the work and was glad to contribute a quote to this nicely written news story that captures the essence of the paper and makes the findings approachable to the public. @thewilliamslab
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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23 Dec 2025
Thai Lab Lunch to celebrate Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui's Ethan Sims Young Investigator award from The Obesity Society.
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11 Dec 2025
#MetabolismMasterclass with Tom Wilkie is Thursday 12/11/25 at Noon. @UTSWGradSchool
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9 Dec 2025
2 yrs ago, I wrote the #ghrelinmurders, a hormone murder-mystery in 10 chapters. This became Book 1 of a Trilogy, which included The LEAP2 Conspiracy (Book 2) and A Deadly Feast (Book 3). I'm posting a chapter a day over on LinkedIn this month. Tomorrow, the killer is revealed.
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7 Nov 2025
very proud of Sepideh Sheybani-Deloui, 2025 Ethan Sims Young Investigator Awardee. congratulations, Sepideh!!@ @ObesityWeek @ObesitySociety #OW2025 @UTSWInternalMed
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4 Nov 2025
look who I ran into at @ObesityWeek @ObesitySociety @JaimeAlmandoz Clinician of the Year Award Winner @thewilliamslab Xavier Pi-Sunyer Award Winner. @UTSWInternalMed
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25 Oct 2025
Check out this exciting Diabetes Paper of the Month by Holm et al @ClemmensenC and the commentary by yours truly about the promise of targeting the ghrelin system (LEAP2) to treat obesity: lnkd.in/dcSe95KJ @UTSWScience @UTSWdiabetes @UTSW3MD @UTSWInternalMed @utswnews
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15 Oct 2025
Neurons in brain’s timekeeper might control nighttime hunger: Newsroom - UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/…
thanks to @UTSWMedCenter Communications, Marketing, and Public Affairs for featuring our work @omsinghneurosci
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TheRealZigmanLab retweeted
8 Oct 2025
New special episode of #DiabetesBio!
#TessaCacciottolo
@KristenNadeau
#BethanyCartwright
and kids of different ages asking questions that are personal to them!
YouTube shorturl.at/EMBj0
Apple Podcast shorturl.at/hafqF
Spotify shorturl.at/ql8wn
8 Oct 2025
🚨 New for October, a fresh episode of the #DiabetesBio #podcast!
Featuring:
✨ Glucagon Receptor Deficiency & Early-Onset Hepatic Steatosis
✨ Sweet Talk on childhood obesity
✨ Plus! Questions from kids about diabetes and obesity
🎙️Listen at: diabetesbio.libsyn.com
📚Read more: diabetesjournals.org/diabete…
🧠Share your thoughts in the comments!
@thewilliamslab @Diabetes_ADA @ADA_DiabetesPro @AmDiabetesAssn @KirkMHabegger @UTSWMedCenter @CUAnschutz @MRC_LMS
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27 Sep 2025
Great turnout for #WeightWellnessDay!
26 Sep 2025
Weight Wellness Day (WWD) is a free community event scheduled for Sat Sept 27  9 am at UT Southwestern Medical Center. It is open to UT Southwestern employees, patients, family members, and friends. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided. utsouthwestern.edu/research/…
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26 Sep 2025
Weight Wellness Day (WWD) is a free community event scheduled for Sat Sept 27  9 am at UT Southwestern Medical Center. It is open to UT Southwestern employees, patients, family members, and friends. There is no cost to attend, and lunch will be provided. utsouthwestern.edu/research/…
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