Kristy Townsend, Ph.D.
Current Positions:
Professor (tenured), The Ohio State University, Department of Neurological Surgery (promoted May 2025)
Associate Dean for Research Operations and Compliance, College of Medicine Office of Research
Cooperating Appointments at OSU:
- David Heart and Lung Research Institute (DHLRI)
- Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center (DMRC)
- Neurological Research Institute (NRI)
- Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)
- Foods for Health program (FFH)
Adjunct Associate Professor: University of Maine (unpaid honorary appt.)
Adjunct, Joslin Diabetes Center: Adjunct Research Faculty
Graduate Faculty at OSU: Neuroscience Graduate Program (NGP), Biomedical Science Graduate Program (BSGP), Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology graduate program (MCDB)
Graduate Faculty: Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE), University of Maine
Previous Positions:
Associate Professor of Neurobiology (tenured; effective Sept. 2019 – Aug 2020)
School of Biology and Ecology (SBE), University of Maine
Graduate faculty in the Maine Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering (GSBSE)
Previous: Nov. 1, 2014-Spring 2019 – Assistant Professor Neurobiology (tenure track; 50% research, 50% teaching)
Education:
Ph.D. Neuroscience, Boston University, August 2007, thesis advisor Eric P. Widmaier; Thesis title: Mechanisms of high fat -induced obesity in mice and premigration/prehibernation fattening in bats.
B.S. Biochemistry (with highest honors), University of Maine, May 2002
Other Positions:
Adjunct Faculty, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland ME
Adjunct Faculty, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston MA
Visiting Faculty, Children’s hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA (Endocrinology division, Breault Lab)
Adjunct Faculty, University of New England, Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences, Biddeford, ME
Cooperating Faculty, School of Food and Agriculture, University of Maine
Cooperating Faculty, Department of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Maine
Cooperating Faculty, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine
Cooperating Faculty, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS), University of Maine
Cooperating Faculty (Faculty Fellows), Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, University of Maine
Postdoctoral Training/Junior Faculty Positions:
Postdoctoral Fellow, King’s College London (St. Thomas and Guy’s Hospitals), October 2007-May 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, May 2009-Jan 2013
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Jan 2013-Nov 2014
Research Associate, Joslin Diabetes Center, Jan 2013-Nov 2014
Google Scholar Citations: Citations
My Bibliography (NCBI): Bibliography
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