Distinguished Professor Xu-Feng Huang

Distinguished Professor Huang (MBBS, PhD, DSc) is an NHMRC Research Leadership Fellow-L2 (2020-2015). He has made significant contributions to combat obesity induced by diet and antipsychotic drugs. His research: 1) discovered the central leptin resistance in the late stages of obesity, resulting in more than 1,000 research papers after his discovery; 2) discovered the satiety enhancer, oat β-glucan, for combating obesity, then incorporated into the NHMRC Australian Dietary Guidelines 2011, Food Standards ANZ 2015 & used by Uncle Toby’s for enhancing product development; 3) discovered the chemical site on antipsychotic drug responsible for obesity, leading to new drug development; 4) provided evidence that mental illness patients with diabetes have a worse cognitive function requiring combinational therapy. He published 253 research papers, had more than 13,223 citations (GS), supervised 26 PhD student completion, received the 2010 Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research Supervision, and the 2014 Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award for Senior Researcher of the Year.

• Neurite deficits, obesity and cortical thinning
• Australian Centre for Cannabinoid Clinical and Research Excellence (ACRE): Quality and safety in the implementation of medicinal cannabis use in the community

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• Australian Neuroscience Society
• Australian Biological Psychiatry Society
• Endocrine Society
• Australian Society for the Study of Obesity
• North American Association for the Study of Obesity
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee and Convener of the Developmental Neurobiology Panel of the Schizophrenia Research Institute
• External Advisory Board of AstraZeneca Sweden