Carey Lumeng

Carey Lumeng, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Michigan Medical School, where he works as a Pediatric Pulmonologist at Mott Children's Hospital. His research focuses on the mechanisms by which obesity negatively impacts health, particularly through adipose tissue inflammation and immune cell dysfunction.

• Primary Affiliation: University of Michigan Medical School
• Department: Pediatrics
• Email: clumeng@umich.edu

Research Interests include:

• Adipose tissue macrophages as antigen-presenting cells
• Chemokine-mediated monocyte trafficking in obesity
• Single-cell RNA sequencing of adipose tissue in disease
• Obesity's role in T cell exhaustion
• Environmental obesogens and metabolic disruption

Advising: Mentored past students like Cara Porsche (Ph.D.) and Brian Zamarron (Ph.D.).