Richard T. Pickering, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

My research expertise is in adipose tissue differentiation and fibrosis. I am interested in examining the links between dysfunctional adipose tissue and the development of cardiometabolic diseases using both both biomarker data from large scale cohort studies and more mechanistic experiments using in-vitro models of adipocyte development.

Publications

  • Published 6/1/2026

    Lee M, Olson A, Pickering RT, Ieong MH, Kivett D, Roche S, Xiao X, Liu G, Asundi A, Lin NH, Lenburg ME. Alterations to the Bronchial Gene-Expression Effects of Tobacco Smoking in People Living With HIV. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2026 Jun 01; 101(6):671-679. PMID: 41734085.

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  • Published 1/22/2026

    Pickering RT, Asundi A, Olson A, Soden K, Lin NH. Reversible Effects of Integrase Inhibitors on Newly Differentiated Adipocytes. Viruses. 2026 Jan 22; 18(1). PMID: 41600910.

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  • Published 6/25/2025

    Uçar N, Pickering RT, Mueller PM, Deeney JT, Morales Suárez-Varela M, Soriano JM, Holick MF. Vitamin D3, 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3, and 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 Uptake in Cultured Human Mature Adipocytes. Nutrients. 2025 Jun 25; 17(13). PMID: 40647210.

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  • Published 2/1/2025

    Pickering RT, Asundi A, Olson A, Soden K, Kuritzkes DR, Lin NH. Increased insulin resistance following switch from efavirenz to cobicistat-boosted elvitegravir. Antivir Ther. 2025 Feb; 30(1):13596535251314571. PMID: 39953931.

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  • Published 1/1/2025

    Uçar N, Deeney JT, Pickering RT, Fan TY, Loo R, Mueller PM, Holick MF. Interaction of Vitamin D-BODIPY With Fat Cells and the Link to Obesity-associated Vitamin D Deficiency. Anticancer Res. 2025 Jan; 45(1):55-63. PMID: 39740852.

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Education

  • Boston University School of Medicine, PhD
  • University of Missouri, BS

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