- Jan 20, 2026
- by Laura Reiley, Cornell Chronicle
- Holistic Human Health, Social Impact + Justice
Vitamin B12 clues offer hope for new therapies
New data about the ill effects of low B12 levels underscores the urgency of screening and intervention.
So-Yeon Yoon
So-Yeon Yoon is a Professor of Design and Environmental Analysis and the director of Design-User Experience-Technology (DUET) Research Lab at the College of Human Ecology, Cornell University. She is currently the president of the Design Communication Association.
She practiced interior design and architecture in Korea and the U.S. With her education and industry experience in design with digital media, she taught the School of Design at the University of Ulsan in Korea and worked with industry
Keith Evan Green
Keith Evan Green is the Jean and Douglas McLean Professor of Human Centered Design and professor in the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Green is also Graduate Field member in the PhD Programs of Information Science and Robotics.
Green founded the field of architectural robotics—the practice of designing physical environments that act, think, and grow with their inhabitants. These environments support and augment us as we work, play, learn, roam, discover, create, connect
Elizabeth Riley
Elizabeth (Lissa) Riley received her undergraduate degree from MIT and her PhD from the Boston University School of Medicine. She trained at the Boston VA Healthcare System and Harvard Medical School as a Special Geriatric Fellow before coming to Cornell as a postdoctoral fellow with a National Institute on Aging National Research Service Award F32 fellowship. She is now a Research Associate. In 2024, she was named a National Institute on Aging Butler Williams Scholar.
Qingyue (Emily) Sun
Emily (Qingyue) Sun is an M.S. student in Nutrition Science. Her research explores how fasting affects adipose tissue aging and the underlying sex-specific differences. She aims to uncover how age-related changes in fat cell function influence systemic energy balance and metabolic health.