Rand Akasheh obtained her PhD degree in Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Rehabilitation from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). She was a co-instructor of the course “Genetic, Molecular, and Cellular Mechanisms of Chronic Diseases” at UIC. Rand has focused her research on the mechanisms of obesity- and glucocorticoid-induced insulin resistance, inflammation, and pancreatitis. Rand has published her research in PlosOne journal and Current Opinion in Pharmacology journal. She currently works as a postdoctoral research associate at UIC and studies the role of inflammation in lung and pancreatic cancers.