Physician Investigator (Cl) Neuroendocrine, Mass General Research Institute

Associate Professor of Medicine Harvard Medical School

Associate Physician Neuroendocrine, Massachusetts General Hospital

MD 2002

amenorrhea; anorexia nervosa; appetite; bone density; hormones; hydrocortisone; hypopituitarism; hypothalamic diseases; oxytocin; peptide yy Dr. Lawson is a clinical researcher who studies the role of the hormone oxytocin in a range of disorders, including hypopituitarism, eating disorders, osteopenia/osteoporosis and obesity. Her research also focuses on endocrine abnormalities and food motivation pathways in anorexia nervosa.