Tamas L. Horvath DVM, PhD
Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Chair, Section of Comparative Medicine; Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research, Director, Yale Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism

Departments & Organizations
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS): NeuroscienceInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Comparative Medicine: Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)
Neurobiology: Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences: Reproductive Neurosciences Group
Biography
Tamas Horvath is Professor and Chair of the Section of Comparative Medicine and Professor of Neurobiology and Ob/Gyn at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. He is also the Director for the Yale Program on Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism. He received a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences in Budapest, Hungary, and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the University of Szeged in Hungary. His research has been focusing on neuronal circuitries that support physiological and pathological homeostatic conditions, including processes associated with reproduction, energy metabolism and neurodegeneration.Education
- D.V.M., University of Veterinary Sciences, Budapest , 1990
- Ph.D., Jozsef Attila University of Sciences , 1998
Selected Publication
- Peroxisome proliferation-associated control of reactive oxygen species sets melanocortin tone and feeding in diet-induced obesity. Diano S, Liu ZW, Jeong JK, Dietrich MO, Ruan HB, Kim E, Suyama S, Kelly K, Gyengesi E, Arbiser JL, Belsham DD, Sarruf DA, Schwartz MW, Bennett AM, Shanabrough M, Mobbs CV, Yang X, Gao XB, Horvath TL. Nat Med. 2011 Aug 28;17(9):1121-7. doi: 10.1038/nm.2421.
Latest Honor and Recognition
- Pioneer Award(2010) , National Institutes of Health
Articles

Sept/Oct 2007
A joint effort to tackle obesity and diabetes
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 65 percent of adults in the United...

Sept/Oct 2011
Seeing the good in biology’s ‘bad guys’
After healthy human cells convert nutrients into energy, there are some molecules left over. Some of these are useful...

July/August 2011
Peripheral vision
When it came time to choose a career as a young man in his native Hungary, family history was a strong influence for...

Nov/Dec 2007
Connecticut high schoolers get a taste of real-world research
They could have spent their summer lounging around at the beach, earning some extra spending money or traveling. But a...

July/August 2011
Must kicking the tobacco habit cause weight gain?
Yale scientists have thrown new light on an ugly truth about smoking: though cigarettes can kill you, most smokers are...

June 2012
Comparative Medicine chair honored with Ernst Oppenheimer Award
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., Jean and David W. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research and chair of the Section of...

Oct/Nov 2005
Neuroscientist Horvath will chair Comparative Medicine
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences, and...

March/April 2011
Wallace Professor of Biomedical Research studies role of brain circuits in metabolism
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., professor and chair of the Section of Comparative Medicine, has been named the...

November 2010
‘Exceptional creativity’ garners NIH award for two researchers
Tamas L. Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., chair and professor of comparative medicine, and Haifan Lin, Ph.D., director of the...
Nov/Dec 2009
Giving a gut punch to Parkinson’s disease
Obesity is a well-known risk factor in diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Now, scientists are finding links between...
May/June 2006
This is your brain on an empty stomach
Cutting calories can definitely make you trimmer, and may help you live longer. Now a new Yale study suggests that...
Sept/Oct 2012
Does natural birth build better brains?
For several years, scientists in the lab of Tamas Horvath, D.V.M., Ph.D., have studied UCP2, a protein that facilitates...


