Research Bio

Jen-Chywan (Wally) Wang investigates the intersection of endocrinology and metabolism in human health, with a particular focus on how steroid hormones, especially glucocorticoids, as well as dietary and environmental factors shape metabolic regulation, cellular signaling, and disease risk. His research integrates molecular, cellular, physiological, and systems-level approaches to dissect how hormones and nutrients modulate the epigenetic and signaling networks that drive metabolic responses. Wang is best known for elucidating the mechanisms by which the glucocorticoid receptor regulates glucose, lipid, and protein metabolism, including the discovery of glucocorticoid-regulated genes, signaling pathways, and key transcriptional coregulators involved in these processes.

He is a Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology at UC Berkeley, where he teaches courses in metabolic biology and endocrinology.

Research Expertise and Interest

steroid hormones, glucocorticoids, molecular physiology, Metabolic Diseases, Type 2 diabetes, cellular signaling, factors regulated glucose/insulin homeostasis, fatty liver