Naima Moustaid-Moussa

Naima Moustaid-Moussa
Professor & Director
Texas Tech University, Obesity Research Cluster (ORC)
Inflammation and Obesity Research (NIOR) Laboratory, USA

Biography

Naima Moustaid-Moussa received her Ph.D. in Endocrinology from the University of Paris, P&M Curie, France, in 1989. After a postdoctoral training in molecular nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, she joined the Nutrition Department faculty at the University of Tennessee in 1993. She worked as Professor in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Co-Director of the University of Tennessee Obesity Research Center. She is currently Professor and Director of Nutritional Sciences Obesity Research Cluster (ORC) at Inflammation and Obesity Research (NIOR) Laboratory.

Research Interest

Naima Moustaid-Moussa research interests are Endocrine function of adipose tissue. Dissecting mechanisms linking adipokines. Angiotensins to obesity and insulin resistance.