Medicine Grand Rounds, Maya Styner “Is Fat in the Marrow Harmful to Bone Health?”

Dr. Styner conducts translational experiments applying running exercise in obese as well as calorie-restricted mice to understand the relationship between bone fat and bone quantity. Her background in Endocrinology and skeletal biology, combined with an interest in exercise physiology, makes this an exciting venue for research into diet and exercise, which may be the most challenging issues facing the modern world.

Dr. Styner is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism. She is an expert in the relationship of bone fat, or marrow fat, and bone health. It is this topic that she has published substantially on in the journals Endocrinology, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research and Bone.