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Kristal Maner-Smith, PhD

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Biography

Kristal Maner-Smith, PhD, serves as core director for the Emory Integrated Metabolomics and Lipidomics Core, where she helps investigators to plan their projects. The core is one of the Emory Integrated Core Facilities with joint support and oversight provided by Emory University School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University.

Education

Dr. Maner-Smith received her PhD from Cornell University and completed her postodcotral training at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard University and Emory University.

Titles & Roles

  • Core Director
    Emory Integrated Metabolomics and Lipidomics Core

Research

Dr. Maner-Smith has extensive expertise in lipidomics and is an expert in the development and validation of methods to quantify low abundance lipid classes and signaling lipids. Her research interests involve the application of lipidomics to better understand biological processes including obesity, metabolic disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and other inflammatory conditions.