Campuses:
University of Minnesota
277 Coffey Hall
1420 Eckles Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108-6074
Email: aslevine@umn.edu
Phone: 612-626-7173
Fax: 612-625-7076
For appointments please contact:
Karen Kotval
kotva001@umn.edu
612-625-4772
Full curriculum vita (.pdf)
Allen Levine is Dean of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota. Prior to this position, he was Head of the Department of Food Science and Nutrition. He was the Associate Director of Research and a Senior Career Scientist at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center. He is also Director of the Minnesota Obesity Center, a National Institutes of Health funded collaborative research group of over 55 federally funded investigators from the University, the Mayo Clinic, the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Health Partners, and Hennepin County Medical Center.
Dr. Levine has served on a variety of Editorial Boards and National Organizations; including American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition, NAASO (ethics committee chair), SSIB (current President Elect), ASNS, APA, and ILSI. He has been on the advisory groups of various food and pharmaceutical corporations including the Dannon Institute, Best Foods, and the International Life Sciences Institute. He also has experience with non-profit corporations having been on the Boards and served as President or Executive Director of five non-profit organizations.
Dr. Levine is a Professor in the Departments of Food Science and Nutrition, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Medicine, and is a member of the nutrition, food science, and the neuroscience graduate faculties at the University of Minnesota.
Dr. Levine’s research focus for the past 25 years has been on neural regulation of food intake, particularly related to the opioid peptides and Neuropeptide Y. He has published over 280 scientific papers and over 90 review articles, editorials and book reviews. He has received two major awards for his research efforts; one from the American Institute of Nutrition (Mead Johnson Award) and one from the American College of Nutrition (Grace A. Goldsmith Award) and one from AAAS (Fellow).
University of Minnesota:
Minnesota Obesity Center
Department of Medicine
Department of Neuroscience
Department of Psychiatry
Department of Surgery
College of Veterinary Medicine
Intercollegiate Nutrition Consortium
External:
Mayo Clinic
Health Partners
VA Medical Center
Jewett, D.C., Hahn, T.S., Smith, T., Fiksdal, B., Wiebelhaus, J., Dunbar, A., Fitz, C., Novinska, N., Levine, A. Effects of sibutramine and rimonabant in rats trained to discriminate between 22 and 2 hours food deprivation. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 2009 Apr; 203(2)453-9. Epub 2008 Oct 15. PMID: 18854986.
Olszewski, P.K., Shaw, T.J., Grace, M.K., Hoglund, C.E., Fredriksson, R., Schioth, H.B., and Levine, A.S. Complexity of neural mechanisms underlying overconsumption of sugar in scheduled feeding: involvement of opioids, orexin, oxytocin, NPY. Peptides 30(2)226-233. doi:10.1016/j.peptides. 2008.10.011. PMID: 19022308.
Alsoiö, J., Roman, E., Olszewski, P.K., Jonssson, P., Fredriksson, R., Levine, A.S., Meyerson, B.J., Hulting, A.-L., Lindbloom, J., and Schiöth, H.B. Inverse association of high-fat diet preference and anxiety-like behavior: a putative role for urocortin 2. Genes, Brain and Behavior 8, 2. DOI 10.1111/j. 160-183x.2008.00464.x Published online 11 December 2008. PMID: 19077174
Beckman, T.R., Shi, Q., Levine, A.S., Billington, C.J. Amygdalar opiods modulate hypothalamic melanocortin-induced anorexia. Physiology and Behavior 96(4-5)568-573. March 2009. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2008.12.007. PMID: 19136019.
Schiöth. HB, Rask-Anderson, MH, Olszerski, PK, Levine, AS. Molecular mechanisms underlying anorexia Nervosa: Focus on human gene association studies and systems controlling food intake. Brain Res. 2009. E-pub ahead of print. PMID:19931559.
Gosnell, B.A., Mitra, A., Avant, R.A., Anker, J.J., Carroll, M.E., Levine, A.S. Operant responding for sucrose by rats bred for high or low saccharin consumption. Physiol. Behav. 2010. Mar 30; 99(4):529-33. EPub 2010 Jan. 22. PMID: 20096717.
Mitra, A., Gosnell, B., Levine, A.S. Chronic sugar intake dampens feeding-related activity of neurons synthesizing a satiety mediator, oxytocin. 2010. Peptides. Accepted for publication. PMCID
Olszewski, P.K., Grace, M.K., Fard, S.S., LeGravés, M., Klockars, A., Massi, M., Schiöth, H.B., Levine, A.S. Central nociceptin/orphanin FQ system elevates food consumption by both increasing energy intake and reducing aversive responsiveness. Am. J. Physiol Regul. Integr. Comp. Physiol. 2010, April 28. E-pub ahead of print. PMID: 20427724. PMCID in process.
Jewett, D.C., Hahn, T.S., Smith, T., Fiksdal, B., Wiebelhaus, J., Dunbar, A., Fitz, C., Novinska, N., and Levine, A. Effects of sibutramine and rimonabant in rats trained to discriminate between 22 and 2 hours food deprivation. Oct 2008. Psychophrmacology. Epub ahead of print.
Olszewski, P.K., Schiöth, H.B., and Levine, A.S. Ghrelin in the CNS: From hunger to a rewarding and memorable meal? Brain Research Reviews, 58(1):160-170, 2008.
Olszewski, P.K., Shaw, T.J., Grace, M.K., Hoglund, C.E., Fredriksson, R., Schioth, H.B., and Levine, A.S. Complexity of neural mechanisms underlying overconsumption of sugar in scheduled feeding: involvement of opioids, orexin, oxytocin, NPY, Peptides (2008), doi:10.1016/j.peptides. 2008.10.011. In Press.
Jeffery, R.W., Rydell, S., Dunn, C.L., Harnack, L.J., Levine, A. S., Pentel, P. R., Baxter, J.E., and Walsh, E.M.. Effects of portion size on chronic energy intake. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 4: 27, 2007.
Olszewski, P.K., Bomberg, E.M., Grace, M.K. and Levine. A.S. α-Melanocyte stimulating hormone and ghrelin: central interaction in feeding control. Peptides: 28 (10), 2084-2089, 2007.
Olszewski, P.K. and Levine, A.S. Central opioids and consumption of sweet tastants: when reward outweighs homeostasis. Physiology and Behavior 91: 506-512, 2007.
Wang C.F., Bomberg, E., Billington, C.J., Levine, A.S. and Kotz, C.M. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus increases energy expenditure by elevating metabolic rate. American Journal of Physiology: 293, R992-R1002, 2007.
Wang, C.F., Bomberg, E., Levine, A.S., Billington, C.J.,and Kotz, C.M. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus reduces energy intake. American Journal of Physiology: 293, R1037-R1045, 2007.
