Dr. Legget is an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, where she is a Co-Director of the Colorado Neuroscience of Behavioral Health and Wellness Research Group. She also holds an appointment at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center. Dr. Legget's NIH- and VA-funded research utilizes neuroimaging approaches to understand in vivo neuronal circuits and mechanisms that contribute to human obesity. A goal of this work is to understand how different weight loss techniques, such as diet and exercise, affect obesity neurobiology, and how sex and gonadal hormones may influence these effects. She is also interested in the potential for exercise and diet interventions to affect the underlying neurobiology of psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders.