Allan Geliebter

Scientific Advisor at Gelesis

Dr. Geliebter is Professor of Psychology at Touro College, Member of the New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center at St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, as well as Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. Dr. Geliebter’s research interests include biological and psychological aspects of Binge Eating Disorder and the Night Eating Syndrome in overweight and obese individuals, brain imaging and binge eating, brain imaging pre and post obesity surgery, brain imaging and stress induced eating, genetics of obesity and neuroimaging, and environmental approaches for obesity intervention, including price discounts on healthy foods. He has a number of NIH grants to explore these topics. Dr. Geliebter received his Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Timeline

  • Scientific Advisor

    Current role