Nyasha Chagwedera, MD, PhD
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Psychiatry
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• MD MSTP UCSF 2021
• PhD Biomedical Sciences and Immunology UCSF 2018
• B.A. Human Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Harvard College 2012

Interests

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• Psychiatry
• Immunometabolism

Grants and Projects

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• Regulation of Systemic Metabolism by Immune Cell Nutrient Sensing Pathways, NIH, 2017-2020

Publications (4)

Top publication keywords:
MetabolismMiceMice, Inbred C57BLImmunityGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMental HealthClimate ChangeImmunity, InnateSuicideCD11 AntigensEatingSkullBody WeightMice, TransgenicBody Temperature Regulation

• CRANIUM: a quasi-experimental study to improve metabolic screening and HIV testing in community mental health clinics compared to usual care.
  BMC psychiatry 2022 Hwong AR, Chagwedera DN, Thomas M, Niu G, Quan J, Vittinghoff E, Schillinger D, Newcomer JW, Gonzalez A, Essock S, Mangurian C
• Climate change and mental health research methods, gaps, and priorities: a scoping review.
  The Lancet. Planetary health 2022 Hwong AR, Wang M, Khan H, Chagwedera DN, Grzenda A, Doty B, Benton T, Alpert J, Clarke D, Compton WM
• Nutrient Sensing in CD11c Cells Alters the Gut Microbiota to Regulate Food Intake and Body Mass.
  Cell metabolism 2019 Chagwedera DN, Ang QY, Bisanz JE, Leong YA, Ganeshan K, Cai J, Patterson AD, Turnbaugh PJ, Chawla A
• Energetic Trade-Offs and Hypometabolic States Promote Disease Tolerance.
  Cell 2019 Ganeshan K, Nikkanen J, Man K, Leong YA, Sogawa Y, Maschek JA, Van Ry T, Chagwedera DN, Cox JE, Chawla A