Food Intake and Body Weight Regulation

Keshav received his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. His thesis aimed to understand the neural mechanisms by which the melanin-concentrating hormone (MCH) peptide system regulated food intake and regulated energy balance. As a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), his interests are primarily focused on developing novel pharmaceuticals to combat obesity and diabetes. In this context, using a variety of behavioral paradigms, surgical, viral and, pharmacological approaches in multiple species, he is investigating the clinical relevance of the relaxin-3 and GLP-1 peptide systems.