ESA Basic Science Committee » Dr Belinda Henry (Chair)
Research Fellow, Department of Physiology, Monash University , VIC, 03 99052500
Dr Belinda Henry holds an academic position in the Department of Physiology, Monash University. She is currently on the Council for the Endocrine Society of Australia and is a member of both the US Endocrine Society and the Australasian Neuroendocrine Group. Dr Henry leads the Metabolic Neuroendocrinology group at Monash University. Her research centres on the discovery of novel means of altering energy expenditure through modulation of the brain as a mechanism for prevention or treatment of obesity. Her work is particularly focused on the process of thermogenesis and the mechanisms that underpin this process in fat and muscle tissues.