Dr. Hoisington co-leads the Brain, Body, Biome, and Behavior Health (B4 Health) Laboratory and is the Associate Director of the Military and Veterans Consortium for Research and Education (MVM-CoRE).  He is currently a supervisory health scientist and leads a biological laboratory team in the Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Department of Veterans Affairs.  Dr. Hoisington also holds appointments as an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Anschutz, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Dr. Hoisington received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and his master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.  Dr. Hoisington retired as a Lieutenant Colonel from the United States Air Force, where he served as a Civil Engineering Officer.  During his time in service, he taught for nine years at the United States Air Force Academy and at the Air Force Institute of Technology. Dr. Hoisington’s overall research interest includes the intersection of human microbiome and mental health, connections between microbiome of the built environment and mental health, and associations between the built environment and mental health outcomes. He has been using molecular approaches to investigate human-related biological targets in mental health for over a dozen years.