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 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • 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.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/28/2024

    Pickering RT, Yiannakou I, Lara-Castor L, Bradlee ML, Singer MR, Moore LL. Individual and Joint Associations Between Animal and Plant Protein Intakes with Impaired Fasting Glucose and Type 2 Diabetes in the Framingham Offspring Study. Nutrients. 2024 Dec 28; 17(1). PMID: 39796517.

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  • Published 10/16/2024

    Yiannakou I, Long MT, Jacques PF, Beiser A, Pickering RT, Moore LL. Eggs, Dietary Choline, and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Framingham Heart Study. J Nutr. 2025 Mar; 155(3):923-935. PMID: 39424072.

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  • Published 12/19/2022

    Yuan M, Singer MR, Pickering RT, Moore LL. Saturated fat from dairy sources is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk in the Framingham Offspring Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2022 Dec 19; 116(6):1682-1692. PMID: 36307959.

    Read at: PubMed

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Education

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

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