About
The Human Biology Lab investigates human evolution, adaptation, and health by integrating tools from energetics and endocrinology. The lab seeks to foster comparative research that examines how ecological and social environments shape biological variation across human populations and primate species.
Lab Resources
The Human Biology Lab integrates techniques from human energetics (i.e. indirect calorimetry, doubly labeled water stable isotope analysis, infrared thermal imaging) with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) for biomarker analysis. We are committed to the development of new non-invasive and minimally invasive methods for assessing metabolic function and health.
BAT in NYC Study
We are investigating how environmental factors during childhood and adulthood influence variation in adult brown adipose tissue (BAT) among New York City residents.
The Indigenous Siberian Health and Adaptation Project (ISHAP)
ISHAP is an international collaborative project that focuses on metabolic adaptation and health change among indigenous Siberian populations. For more information, click here.
The Biomarkers of Energy Expenditure and Balance Study
This project is a collaboration with the Yale Reproductive Ecology Lab. The project has two main goals: 1) examine the utility of urinary thyroid hormone levels as a biomarker of energy balance, and 2) explore the relationship between psychosocial stress and metabolic rate.