Graduate Research Associate
Arizona State University
Smita Mall is a PhD student in Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at Arizona State University. Her current research focuses on the epigenetic regulation of energy metabolism and metabolic hormones like leptin, using rodent models. She also has prior experience in bioinformatics and in-silico drug discovery. At ASN 2025, she is presenting her poster titled “Intermittent Fasting Enhances Leptin Sensitivity via Epigenetic Modification of Hypothalamic Leptin Receptor in Mice.”