Dr. Edwin Homan received his PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University and was awarded MedicalDegree from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He completed his Internal MedicineResidency at NYPH Columbia Campus and Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship at NYPH-Weill Cornell. Dr. Homan has been conducting basic science laboratory in the Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) at Weill Cornell Medicine. His ongoing projects focus on the molecular mechanisms underpinning obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Using a mouse model, he is examining the molecular connection between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) dysregulation of adipose tissue-derived hormones ("adipokines") along with profibrotic inflammatory response by the innate immune system.