Ellen Anne Schur MD
Co-Director, UW Medicine Weight Loss Management Center
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325 9th AveSeattle, WA 98104
Phone+1 206-744-3000
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Education & Training
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 1999
Certifications & Licensure
WA State Medical License 2001 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Obesity Medicine Obesity Medicine
Clinical Trials
- The Role of GLP-1 in Satiety Perception in Humans Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
- A Cohort Study of Weight Loss and Gliosis Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 01
- Impact of Hypothalamic Gliosis on Appetite Regulation and Obesity Risk in Children Start of enrollment: 2020 Feb 21
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Hypothalamic Gliosis Is Associated With Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in the Framingham Heart Study.Justin Lo, Susan J Melhorn, Sarah Kee, Kelsey L W Olerich, Alyssa Huang
Journal of the American Heart Association. 2025-04-16 - Update on Hypothalamic Inflammation and Gliosis: Expanding Evidence of Relevance Beyond Obesity.Alyssa Huang, Dabin Yeum, Leticia E Sewaybricker, Sandra Aleksic, Melbin Thomas
Current Obesity Reports. 2025-01-08 - Hypothalamic Gliosis is Associated With Multiple Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors.Justin Lo, Susan J Melhorn, Sarah Kee, Kelsey Lw Olerich, Alyssa Huang
Medrxiv. 2024-09-22
Press Mentions
Enrollees Sought for Study of Diets’ Effect on the BrainJanuary 11th, 2023- Strategies to Understand the Weight‐Reduced State: Genetics and Brain ImagingMarch 23rd, 2021
- Cancer Clinical Trials: Creativity in the Face of COVID-19November 4th, 2020
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Grant Support
- Fostering patient-oriented research in cardiometabolic disease pathogenesis and preventionUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2019–2029
- Fostering patient-oriented research in cardiometabolic disease pathogenesis and preventionUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2019–2029
- Fostering patient-oriented research in cardiometabolic disease pathogenesis and preventionUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2019–2029
- Physiological changes underlying the weight loss plateau in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2023–2027
- Physiological changes underlying the weight loss plateau in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2023–2027
- Physiological changes underlying the weight loss plateau in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2023–2027
- Assessing the effect of diet on hypothalamic gliosis in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2022–2025
- Assessing the effect of diet on hypothalamic gliosis in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2022–2025
- Assessing the effect of diet on hypothalamic gliosis in humansUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2022–2025
- Impact of hypothalamic gliosis on appetite regulation and obesity risk in childrenUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2019–2025
- A twin study of obesity pathogenesis using fMRIUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON2011–2025
- Nutrition Obesity Research CenterUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON1996–2025
- Nutrition Obesity Research CenterUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON1996–2025
- Nutrition Obesity Research CenterUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON1996–2025
- Nutrition Obesity Research CenterUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON1996–2025
- A Brain Imaging Approach For Identifying Hormonal Mechanisms Underlying SatietyNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2010–2011
- A Twin Study Of Obesity Pathogenesis Using FMRINational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2010
- An Interdisciplinary Study Of Eating Behavior In TwinsNational Institute Of Diabetes And Digestive And Kidney Diseases2005–2009
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