Randy J. Seeley, Ph.D. , is Professor of Psychiatry and Associate Director of the Obesity Research Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. His work has focused on the actions of various peripheral hormones in the CNS that serve to regulate food intake and body weight. In particular, he has focused upon the numerous hypothalamic and G.I. peptides and their associated receptors that influence both energy intake and energy expenditure.

Dr. Seeley received his B.A. from Grinnell College in 1989 and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1993. He then spent two years as a fellow and two years on the faculty at the University of Washington before locating to the University of Cincinnati in 1997. He has published over 145 peer-reviewed articles including articles in Science, Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience Reviews, The Journal of Clincial Investigation and the New England Journal of Medicine. He is also the author of 12 book chapters and co-edited a volume on macronutrient selection. He also is the recipient of the 2003 Lilly Scientific Achievement award from the North American Association for the Study of Obesity given to the individual with the highest level of scientific achievement in obesity research in North America less than 15 years after their terminal degree.