Research Associate ProfessorMedicine Faculty Information Biography Education & Training: Ph.D.Creighton UniversityOmaha, NE1997 Postdoctoral FellowshipUniversity of California, Davis2000 Postdoctoral FellowshipUniversity of Washington2002 Honors: Young Investigator Travel Award, Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior1995 Clinical Nutrition Research Unit Pilot and Feasibility Award, University of Washington 2002-2004 Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Research Award2004-2007 Department of Veterans Affairs Research Enhancement Award Program Pilot Award2005-2007 Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Research Award2007-2011 Department of Veterans Affairs Superior Performance Award2008 Vector Laboratories Outstanding Young Investigator Award and Travel Award, Histochemical Society2008 Department of Veterans Affairs Superior Performance Award2009 Young Histochemist Award, Histochemical Society2009 Editorial Board: Endocrinology2009-2012 Outstanding Young Investigator Award, Histochemical Society2009 Research Scientist Travel Award, Histochemical Society2010 Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Research Award2012-2016 Editor’s Pick: Blevins et al., Am. J. Physiol., 303: 1231-1240, 2012. 2012 Editor's Choice: Ho et al., Endocrinol. 154: 589-596, 20132013 UC Davis California National Primate Research Center Pilot Project2013 Department of Veterans Affairs Superior Performance Award2013 Editorial Board: American Journal of Physiology 2013 VA Puget Sound Health Care System Research and Development Seed Grant2016 Department of Veterans Affairs Superior Performance Award2017 National Institutes of Health R012018-2022 Department of Veterans Affairs, Merit Review Research Award 2018-2022 Department of Veterans Affairs Superior Performance Award2019 Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Award2020 Department of Veterans Affairs Performance Award2021 Contact Email: jeblevin@uw.eduPhone: (206) 277-6774Mailing Address: VA Puget Sound Health Care System (151) 1660 South Columbian Way UW Mailbox 358280 Seattle, WA 98108 Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Brain pathways regulating leptin signaling from the hypothalamus to the brainstem linked to the control of food intake Neuroanatomical techniques-for mapping neural circuits (oxytocin, corticotropin releasing hormone) involved with mediating the effects of leptin on food intake and energy expenditure Role of hindbrain oxytocin receptor signaling in the pathogenesis underlying diet-induced obesity Role of brown adipose tissue thermogenesis in mediating oxytocin-elicited weight loss in diet-induced obese rodents and nonhuman primates
