My name is Ashley Mooring. I completed my masters thesis "Monoacylglycerol Metabolism in Adipose Tissue Macrophages" in our current lab where my work includes LC-MS, FPLC, and confocal imaging based projects that focus on understanding the immunometabolic implications of obesity.

Education/Training

I completed my bachelors in biology and minored in Sociology of Health & Medicine at Stony Brook University. From there I worked in the Neuroscience and behavior lab of Dr. Howard Sirotkin studying the effects of hypoxic injury on neonatal brain development using the zebrafish model. I then went on to the graduate school of arts and science at NYU where I received my masters in Biology.

Work History

Throughout college I maintained a full time job as a direct care support personnel for adults with both physical and cognitive disabilities.

Hobbies

I enjoy experimenting in the kitchen with plant based dishes. I also like rollerskating and going to the gym. I spend my weekends usually working with the non-profit empire rises to bring positive programming to the youth of my community.

I am a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Aleman’s lab. Current research focuses on understanding the actions of monoglycerides on lipid metabolism in adipose tissue macrophage.

Education/Training

Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, NYU College of Dentistry

Ph.D., Animal Biotechnology, Korea University

My name is Gui Trindade. I am currently in the process of completing my masters in Computational Biology at GSAS. In Dr. Aleman's lab I manage a lot of the backend information such as the Github and Lab website page, along with this I do RNAseq data analysis work.

Education/Training

Bachelors in Biology at the University of Delaware completed in 2022

My name is Ayesha Siddiqua, and I am an undergraduate student at New York University, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry. I also hold an Associate's degree from Bard College. In the lab, I am currently involved in a Lipedema research project in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic and contribute to the development of protocols for macrophage staining.

I am originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico. My background is I studied Chemistry and Biology at MIT for my undergrad until 2023 where I worked in a cancer metabolism lab. For the summer I worked on the TRIO study where we saw the effects of early time restricted eating on various lipids in plasma.

My name is Emilie Dávila, and I am from Dorado, Puerto Rico. I obtained a Bachelors in Neuroscience at The University of Pennsylvania in 2022. Following undergrad, I completed a gap year at Memorial Sloan Kettering working as a Community Outreach Coordinator in the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service. Currently, I am a second year medical student at The University of Puerto Rico.

I am working at the Alemán Lab through the MSTAR Program, which focuses on aging research. My project this summer is focused on comparing the lipidomic profiles of younger versus older patients in relation to their diabetes diagnosis.

I am a current fellow at NYU. My academic area of interest is in preventative health and metabolic physiology.

- Undergraduate: University of Iowa BS in Integrative Physiology, 2007-2011
- Medical School: New York University, 2011-2015
- Internal Medicine Residency: University of Texas Southwestern, 2015-2018
- Fellowship: NYU Endocrinology, 2018-2020

Publications

I am endocrinology fellow at the NYU School of Medicine.  I worked as a general practitioner for three years in Colombia and moved to US to continue my medical training. Passionate for a healthy lifestyle, obesity and weight management.

Education
- Fellowship, NYU School of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, to be completed 2019
- Residency, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, MS West & MS St Luke’s, 2017.
- MD from Universidad Libre, Cali, Colombia, 2009

Work Experience
- General Practitioner, Hospital Geriátrico San Miguel, Cali, Colombia, 2009 – 2010.
- General Practitioner, Grupo Cardiovascular de Occidente, Cali, Colombia, 2011- 2012.

Publications and Abstracts
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Mfq2prYAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Originally from India, I moved to US to pursue my medical education. I completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at Jacobi Medical Center and then an academically oriented fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center. At Einstein, I realized that my research interests lay in diabetes physiology, and began a series of metabolic physiology studies (“clamp” studies) in humans to examine mechanisms of insulin resistance via in-vivo tracer kinetics studies and adipose tissue dysfunction. My current work relates to the impact of Vitamin D repletion and resveratrol administration on insulin sensitivity and adipose tissue inflammation in obese, insulin-resistant individuals.

I joined the Division of Endocrinology at NYU Langone Medical Center in November 2016 and have setup Diabetes Biobank as part of the Center for Metabolic Health. This will allow us to have better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of diabetes, enable identification of individuals at highest risk, lead to risk stratification, and development of more targeted preventive measures. Clinically, I am also working to build a Type 1 diabetes clinic at the NYULMC and examine the pathophysiology of type 1 diabetes, its complications and hypoglycemia unawareness.

Education and Training
Fellowship. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism - Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency. Internal Medicine - Jacobi Medical Center

Publications
NYU Page
Papers

I am a research volunteer for Dr. Alemán's lab. I am an undergraduate at Hunter College, majoring in Human Biology while pursuing a certificate in Public Policy. My goal is to pursue a career as a MD-PhD that would further my interest in public health and research in various public health issues including obesity and cancer.

Education
- Hunter College, Major in Human Biology, Certificate in Public Policy.

I am a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator and Registered Nurse. My experience includes eight years working on National Institute of Health sponsored Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes research studies, as well as investigator initiated studies at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Additionally I worked for four years in the NIH funded study of “Vitamin D and Osteoporosis Prevention in Elderly African American Women” at Winthrop-University Hospital. At Rockefeller University Hospital I collaborated with colleagues across the country and Puerto Rico in the Epidermolysis Bullosa rare disease registry.

Education
- Hunter College, CUNY Master of Public Health
- Hunter College, CUNY Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Licenses and Certifications
- Certified Clinical Research Coordinator
- Registered Professional Nurse

Professional Associations
- Association of Clinical Research Professionals
- National Association of Hispanic Nurses

I am the research tech and lab manager for the Alemán lab. My research experience includes work in chemical biology and radiation oncology as an undergraduate.

Education
- Rutgers University, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, 2013

Publications:
Pubmed

My focus since medical school has been on clinical medicine -- methods to enhance the quality of care delivered to patients, and patient education. Within endocrinology, my interest is in obesity/weight management which lends itself to motivation interviewing and interactive patient education. I will be providing weight management consultations under the supervision of Dr. José Alemán at the Manhattan VA, and performing research on the use readiness assement tools to predict and enhance patient outcomes.

Education and Training
- Fellowship, NYU School of Medicine, Endocrinology & Metabolism, to be completed 2018
- Chief Resident, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2016
- Residency, Rutgers - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2015
- M.D. Drexel University College of Medicine, 2012
- B.S. Biological Sciences, Drexel University, 2007