Giles Yeo Explained

Giles Yeo
Honorific Suffix:MBE
Citizenship:United Kingdom
United States
Alma Mater:University of California at Berkeley and University of Cambridge
Occupation:Professor, author and broadcaster
Years Active:1998–present
Employer:University of Cambridge
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Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology
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Awards:MBE

Giles Yeo is an American-British biologist. He is the professor of molecular neuroendocrinology at the Medical Research Council Metabolic Diseases Unit and scientific director of the Genomics/Transcriptomics Core at the University of Cambridge.[1]

Early life and education

Giles Yeo was born in London, England and previously lived in Singapore, San Francisco, and since 1994 has been based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.[2] In 1994 he graduated from University of California, Berkeley (Molecular and Cell Biology) and in 1997 he completed a PhD study at University of Cambridge (Molecular genetics).[3] His focus is on the study of obesity, brain control of body weight and genetic influences on appetitive behaviour.[4]

Career

Media

He has presented three BBC Horizon documentaries: Why Are We Getting So Fat? (2016),[5] Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth (2017)[6] and Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth? (2018).[7] Giles was also a presenter on BBC Two's Trust Me, I'm A Doctor.[8] His first book, Gene Eating: The Story Of Human Appetite was published in December 2018.[9] His second book, Why Calories Don't Count, was published in June 2021.[10] Giles also presented Plant Based Promises, a three-part BBC Radio 4 programme in JuneJuly 2022.[11] He also hosts the podcast Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat.[12]

Academic positions

Yeo has held the following posts at the University of Cambridge:[13]

Honours and public appearances

In November 2019 Giles was the winner of the centenary year The Genetics Society JBS Haldane Lecture, which ‘recognises an individual for outstanding ability to communicate topical subjects in genetics research, widely interpreted, to an interested lay audience’.[14] His Haldane Lecture was entitled 'Is Obesity A Choice', and was given at The Royal Institution in London on November 27, 2019.[15] In October 2020 he was awarded an MBE in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours for services to 'Research, Communication and Engagement'.[16] In January 2021 he was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 programme The Life Scientific.[17] He was awarded The Society for Endocrinology medal in 2022.[18] Dr Giles Yeo has been the honorary president of the British Dietetic Association since 2019. In 2023, Dr Yeo became the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of Neutrally Health, a UK-based metabolic health start-up.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giles Yeo. Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science.
  2. Web site: Giles Yeo: 'Love your food but don't eat quite as much of it as you want'. January 20, 2019. the Guardian.
  3. Web site: Giles Yeo. New Scientist Live 2019.
  4. Web site: Dr Giles Yeo :: Cambridge Neuroscience. www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk.
  5. Web site: Why are we getting so fat - 2016.
  6. Web site: Clean Eating: The Dirty Truth - 2017.
  7. Web site: Vitamin Pills: Miracle or Myth? - 2018. .
  8. Web site: Trust Me, I'm A Doctor.
  9. Book: 'Gene Eating: The Story of Human Appetite' - Orion, Dec 2018. 5 February 2019 . 9781841882949 . Yeo . Giles .
  10. Book: 'Why Calories Don't Count' - Orion, June 2021. 20 November 2020 . 9781409199731 . Yeo . Giles .
  11. Web site: 'Plant-based Promises' - June/July 2022.
  12. Web site: 'Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat'.
  13. Web site: Giles Yeo . LinkedIn.
  14. Web site: JBS Haldane Lecture 2019 – Giles Yeo.
  15. Web site: JBS Haldane Lecture 2019 'Is Obesity A Choice' – Giles Yeo, Royal Institution, November 27, 2019. .
  16. Web site: Cambridge academics recognised in Queen's Birthday Honours. October 10, 2020. University of Cambridge.
  17. Web site: BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat. BBC .
  18. Web site: 2022 Society Medal awarded to Dr Giles Yeo. 25 November 2021 .