key papers now accessible for physicians on our website goos.org.uk

As well as reliable information for patients who need to know how they can access treatments goos.org.uk

#SELECTstudy is out in NEJM and at #AHA23 today. It's pretty much unmistakable now that obesity treatment can help people lead longer, healthier lives. Time has come to tear down the barriers to equitable access to care. HT: OAC Caroline Apovian MD conscienhealth.org/2023/11/the-se…

A really important paper. We need to do better at providing access to semaglutide - a life saving drug for patients with obesity and CVD - drug companies need to reduce their prices, health care systems need to fund this treatment. nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Human health is driven by an interaction between our genes and environment. The way our bodies interact with our food environment has a genetic component. This infographic from ECPO explores the relationship between weight and genetics. ecpomedia.org/resources/info… ECPO

It was a great instance to meet Prof Farooqi Lab, a superstar of obesity research and Uni of Birmingham alumna, while she was receiving her honorary doctorate at the same ceremony

Tune in to BBC Radio 4 to hear Prof Sadaf Farooqi on In Our Time discuss hormones with Melvyn Bragg alongside Prof Rebecca Reynolds (Rebecca Reynolds) and Dr Andrew Bicknell at 9am today (8 Feb 2024)! Podcast version to follow. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Airing now with Prof Farooqi, Prof Rebecca Reynolds and Dr Andrew Bicknell.

Congratulations to my good friend Rebecca @RFitzgerald_Lab, on her election as a Fellow The Royal Society. Fun to celebrate with Teichlab. #womeninSTEM. NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre Cambridge University.

Great to attend #ENDO2024 where I was honoured to receive the award for Outstanding Clinical Investigator in recognition of our teams work. Inst Metabolic Science-Metabolic Research Labs NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

Great to meet former Fellows

And old friends

👏👏👏Huge Congratulations to Professor Sadaf Farooqi Lab who received the Endocrine Society Outstanding Clinical Investigator Award at #ENDO2024 in Boston today endocrine.org/awards/laureat…

We show this highly conserved cation channel acts on hypothalamic pomc and oxytocin neurons to regulate instinctive behaviours including food hoarding, food seeking, fear, social interaction and maternal care.

Potential implications for treating patients and mothers with postnatal depression

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Delighted to share a Perspective published online in Cell today with my wonderful collaborator Dr. Yong Xu. Topic is translating research from mice to humans in Metabolic Disease.