Dana Small

Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Metabolism and Brain, McGill University

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Peripheral signals regulating food choice in humans

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Dana M Small is a Professor and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Brain and Metabolism at McGill University. Professor Small received her PhD in Clinical Psychology from McGill University in 2001 and subsequently established her lab at Yale University, where she was on faculty for 20 years.    Professor Small’s research focuses on understanding how sensory, metabolic and neural signals are integrated to determine food choices and on how the dysregulation of these systems contribute to the development of obesity, diabetes and cognitive impairment. Her work combines neuroimaging with metabolic, psychophysical and neuropsychological methods in humans and she has established a translational - reverse translational program of research through collaborations with colleagues working in mouse models.  Her work has been recognized by international awards including the Alan Epstein Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, the Moskowitz-Jacobs Award and the Ajinomoto Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences. She served as Board Member for the National Academy of Sciences Board on Behavioral, Cognitive and Sensory Science (2014-2020), Divisional Director of Nutritional Psychiatry at Yale (2018-2022), Program Chair (2016-2018) and President (2022-2023) of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior.