Calvin C. Chan, MD, PhD

Psychiatrist

National Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Institute T32 Award, 2025

Society of Biological Psychiatry Chair’s Choice Travel Fellowship Award, 2023

National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident Award, 2023

Woodie LN, Melink LC, Alberto AJ, Burrows M, Fortin SM, Chan CC, Hayes MR, Lazar MA. Hindbrain REV-ERB nuclear receptors regulate sensitivity to diet-induced obesity and brown adipose tissue pathophysiology. Mol Metab. 2024 Jan;79:101861. doi: 10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101861. Epub 2023 Dec 23. PMID: 38142970; PMCID: PMC10792761.

Chan CC, Damen MSMA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Cappelletti M, Alarcon PC, Oates JR, Doll JR, Mukherjee R, Chen X, Karns R, Weirauch MT, Helmrath MA, Inge TH, Divanovic S. Type I interferon sensing unlocks dormant adipocyte inflammatory potential. Nat Commun. 2020 Jun 2;11(1):2745. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-16571-4. PMID: 32488081; PMCID: PMC7265526.

Chan CC, Harley ITW, Pfluger PT, Trompette A, Stankiewicz TE, Allen JL, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Damen MSMA, Oates JR, Alarcon PC, Doll JR, Flick MJ, Flick LM, Sanchez-Gurmaches J, Mukherjee R, Karns R, Helmrath M, Inge TH, Weisberg SP, Pamp SJ, Relman DA, Seeley RJ, Tschöp MH, Karp CL, Divanovic S. A BAFF/APRIL axis regulates obesogenic diet-driven weight gain. Nat Commun. 2021 May 18;12(1):2911. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23084-1. PMID: 34006859; PMCID: PMC8131685.

Chan CC, Damen MSMA, Alarcon PC, Sanchez-Gurmaches J, Divanovic S. Inflammation and Immunity: From an Adipocyte's Perspective. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2019 Aug;39(8):459-471. doi: 10.1089/jir.2019.0014. Epub 2019 Mar 28. PMID: 30920343; PMCID: PMC6660836.

Giles DA, Moreno-Fernandez ME, Stankiewicz TE, Graspeuntner S, Cappelletti M, Wu D, Mukherjee R, Chan CC, Lawson MJ, Klarquist J, Sünderhauf A, Softic S, Kahn CR, Stemmer K, Iwakura Y, Aronow BJ, Karns R, Steinbrecher KA, Karp CL, Sheridan R, Shanmukhappa SK, Reynaud D, Haslam DB, Sina C, Rupp J, Hogan SP, Divanovic S. Thermoneutral housing exacerbates nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in mice and allows for sex-independent disease modeling. Nat Med. 2017 Jul;23(7):829-838. doi: 10.1038/nm.4346. Epub 2017 Jun 12. Erratum in: Nat Med. 2017 Oct 6;23(10):1241. doi: 10.1038/nm1017-1241c. PMID: 28604704; PMCID: PMC5596511.