**Meet the editor**

Dr. Colleen Croniger received her graduate degree in Molecular Biology from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio USA. After completing her graduate studies, she studied and learned metabolism from her post-doctoral mentor, Dr. Richard Hanson at Case Western Reserve University. In 2002 Dr. Croniger joined the faculty of the Nutrition Department at Case Western

Reserve University. She is an Associate Professor and newly appointed Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research. Her research is focused on obesity, diabetes, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and alcoholic steatohepatitis (ASH) using genetically modified mouse models. Dr. Croniger also teaches graduate and medical students nutrition and metabolism. Dr. Croniger has received the John S. Diekoff Teaching Award for excellence in graduate student teaching. In addition, Dr. Croniger is a member of American Diabetes Association (ADA), American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) and Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA). Finally, Dr. Croniger is the Metabolic Core director for the Case Western Reserve University Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center (MMPC). The MMPC is one of six centers funded by NIH-NIDDK.
