Dr. Joshua Thaler is the recipient of a 2013 UW Research Royalty Award for his project entitled “The Role of Hypothalamic Atypical Protein Kinase C in Body Weight Regulation and Glucose Homeostasis“. The focus of the project is to understand the function of atypical PKC in hypothalamic signaling pathways that regulate energy balance and glucose metabolism. Dr. Thaler is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition.