Sophia Kogan

Sophia Kogan, MD, PhD is an Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School, affiliated with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Her research intersects neuroscience, immunology, and metabolic physiology.

• Education: BS from Tufts University, MD and PhD from University of Massachusetts Medical School.

Research Focus:
• Inflammatory mechanisms in psychiatric disorders (schizophrenia, psychosis).
• Cross-disciplinary work in vascular biology, adipose tissue physiology, and metabolic diseases.
• Cancer biology (prostate cancer integrins) and liver fibrosis immunology.

Publication Trends:
Active from 2005-present, with recent work on vascular-adipose crosstalk (2025). Key areas include inflammation in mental health, metabolic syndrome complications, and cancer progression.

Collaborations:
Worked with Timothy Fitzgibbons (cardiometabolic research), Michael Czech (metabolism), and Hira Goel (cancer biology).