Dr. Chen completed his Ph.D degree in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas in 2001. He worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville from 2006-2012 and he is a Trainee of NIH Training Grant at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. Dr. Guoxun Chen research interest includes Regulation of hepatic gene expression by nutrients (such as Vitamin A) and hormones (such as insulin) in health and disease models and his long term goal is to understand molecular mechanisms of hepatic insulin resistance associated with obesity and Type 2 diabetes.