Jason Newton
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
- Lipid biology
- Metabolism
- Vesicular Trafficking
- Neurodegeneration
Background
Jason Newton is a biochemist and lipid biologist who joined the Biology department in the Spring of 2019 after performing a postdoc with Dr. Sarah Spiegel in the Biochemistry Department at VCU. Dr. Newton earned his PhD at VCU while simultaneously serving as an engineer in the United States Army Reserves, and his early research focused on coagulation and critical care in a combat environment. Following his graduation and subsequent departure from the Army, Dr. Newton’s research interests evolved into the field of sphingolipid and cholesterol biology, and currently Dr. Newton’s lab examines the roles that sphingolipid and cholesterol trafficking play in metabolic disease and neurodegeneration.
