Kristen M.S. O'Connell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Kristen O’Connell’s research program is focused on understanding the impact of diet, body weight and peripheral hormone signaling on neuronal excitability and plasticity in the hypothalamus and other brain regions associated with the regulation of food intake and body weight.
Kristen O’Connell’s research program is focused on understanding the impact of diet, body weight and peripheral hormone signaling on neuronal excitability and plasticity in the hypothalamus and other brain regions associated with the regulation of food intake and body weight.
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Featured ArticleNovember 21, 2023Advancing Alzheimer's disease research
To solve Alzheimer’s disease, JAX's Kristen O'Connell is working to understand the biological factors that cause it. -
Press ReleaseJuly 26, 2018Alzheimer’s disease: The diet-gene connection
New $3.8M National Institute on Aging grant will fund JAX studies of hypothalamic dysfunction in Alzheimer’s.
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Featured ArticleSeptember 21, 2021Paths to treatment and hope for Alzheimer's
During a recent JAXtaposition event, JAX experts discussed a novel protein that holds potential for therapeutics and the next steps in drug discovery for Alzheimer's disease. -
Search MagazineSeptember 13, 2017Wiring the brain: the possible key to effective obesity treatments
Assistant Professor Kristen O’Connell, Ph.D., is showing how abnormal neuron activity can drive overeating, providing a promising target for better therapies.