Qian Gao, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Yale School of Medicine
PO Box 208016
New Haven, CT 06520-8016

Phone: (203) 737-4545
Email: qian.gao@yale.edu

Campus Location: LSOG 120

Education

• MD, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
• MS, Department of Biology, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
• PhD, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania

Research Interests

Leptin-Stat3 signaling and central and peripheral mechanisms of energy homeostasis

Areas of Expertise

• Energy homeostasis
• Neuronal signaling

Publications of Note

Gao Q, Horvath TL (2008) Cross-talk between estrogen and leptin signaling in the hypothalamus. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 294(5):E817-26.

Gao Q, Horvath TL (2008) Neuronal control of energy homeostasis. FEBS Lett. 582(1):132-41.

Gao Q, Horvath TL (2007) Neurobiology of feeding and energy expenditure. Annu Rev Neurosci. 30:367-98.

Gao Q, Mezei G, Nie Y, Rao Y, Choi CS, Bechmann I, Leranth C, Toran-Allerand D, Priest CA, Roberts JL, Gao XB, Mobbs C, Shulman GI, Diano S, Horvath TL (2007) Anorectic estrogen mimics leptin's effect on the rewiring of melanocortin cells and Stat3 signaling in obese animals. Nat Med. 13(1):89-94.

Abizaid A, Gao Q, Horvath TL (2006) Thoughts for food: brain mechanisms and peripheral energy balance. Neuron. 2006 Sep 21;51(6):691-702.