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Dr. Brestoff completed his MD/PhD at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania under Dr. David Artis and residency in pathology at WashU Medicine, during which time he completed postdoctoral training with Dr. Steven L. Teitelbaum. He is currently an Associate Professor with tenure at WashU Medicine, Director of a new Initiative for Immunometabolism, Director of the Animal Metabolism Phenotyping Core, and Medical Director of the Clinical Flow Cytometry Lab (Barnes-Jewish Hospital).

The Brestoff Lab’s research focuses on understanding how immune cells regulate the function of white, beige, and brown fat to maintain normal metabolism and support adaptation to physiologic challenges such as high-fat diet feeding, changes in environmental temperature, and fasting. We have a special interest in understanding a process called intercellular mitochondria transfer, its molecular mechanisms, and how it contributes to the maintaining the function of organ systems in health and disease.

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