About Dr. Shana Adise
Dr. Shana Adise is an Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Georgia and Director of The Brain Food Lab. Her research examines the neural, behavioral, and environmental mechanisms that contribute to obesity and how obesity, in turn, affects the developing brain.
Over the past decade, Dr. Adise’s work has focused on understanding why some individuals are more vulnerable to overeating and obesity, and how weight gain affects neurocognitive function during development. Her research integrates neuroimaging, nutrition assessments, and computational modeling to study the interplay between weight, brain function, and behavior during critical developmental periods such as late childhood and adolescence. Her work sits at the intersection of nutritional neuroscience and developmental neuroimaging.
Dr. Adise’s current work explores how obesity and related factors in the environment neurodevelopment, with the goal of informing targeted interventions to promote both metabolic and cognitive health. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Before joining UGA, Dr. Adise served as an Assistant Professor of Research Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at CHLA. She is also a Co-Investigator on the NIH-funded Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, a landmark 21-site consortium investigating how the adolescent brain develops over time (www.ABCDStudy.org).
Research Interests
- Neural and cognitive mechanisms of obesity and overeating
- Neurodevelopment across childhood and adolescence
- Computational modeling and advanced neuroimaging
- Nutrition and decision-making
- Health disparities and life context and environmental determinants of obesity