Diabetes and Obesity Track Preceptors
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Colbran, Roger J. | CAM Kinase II - Control & Subcellular Localization | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Davies, Sean S. | Oxidative Stress | Pharmacology |
| Galli, Aurelio | Neurotransmitter Trafficking & Biophysics | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| May, James M. | Glucose Transport & Antioxidants | Medicine |
Clinical Research, Genetics, and Epidemiology
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Barkin, Shari | Pediatric Obesity | Pediatrics |
| Brown, Nancy J. | Vasoactive Compounds in Vivo Investigation | Medicine & Clinical Pharm |
| Cavanaugh, Kerri L. | Patient Education & Patient-MD Communication | Medicine & Nephrology |
| Elasy, Thomas | Relapse Prevention in Diabetes | Medicine |
| Ikizler, Talat A. | Metabolism in Renal Failure | Medicine & Nephrology |
| Luther, Matt | Aldosterone & Islet Function | Medicine & Clinical Pharmacology |
| Mulvaney, Shelagh | Improvement of Self-Management of Diabetes | Nursing & Pediatrics |
| Rothman, Russell | Patient Education in Diabetes | Medicine |
| Russell, William E. | ERB Signalling in Liver Regeneration | Pediatrics |
| Schlundt, David G. | Enviornmental Influences on Diabetes & Obesity | Psychology |
Complications Related to Diabetes
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Brantley, Milam A. | Diabetic Retinopathy | Ophthalmology |
| Fogo, Agnes B. | Glomerulosclerosis-Vascular Changes | Pathology |
| Harris, Raymond C. | Responses to Angiotensin in Diabetic Animals | Medicine & Nephrology |
| Hudson, Billy | Molecular Aspects of Diabetic Nephropathy | Medicine & Nephrology |
| Linton, MacRae | Animal Models of Atherosclerosis | Medicine |
| Penn, John | Diabetic Retinopathy | Ophthalmology |
| Takahashi, Takamune | Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy | Medicine |
In Vivo Metabolic Regulation and Obesity
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Abumrad, Naji N. | Obesity/Bariatric Surgery | Surgery |
| Aronoff, David | Placental Inflammation in Gestational Diabetes | Medicine |
| Cherrington, Alan D. | Carbohydrate & Fat Metabolism Regulation | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Hasty, Alyssa | Molecular Aspects of Obesity | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| McGuinness, Owen | Metabolism & Nutritional Support in Vivo | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Niswender, Kevin | Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome | Medicine |
| Shiota, Masakazu | Glucokinase & Diabetes | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Simerly, Richard | Brain & Physiology Metabolic Regulation | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Stafford, John | Obesity & Lipid Metabolism | Medicine |
| Wasserman, David | Metabolism & Exercise | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Young, Jamey | Obesity & Metabolic Disorders | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
Islet Development, Biology, and Immunology
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Aune, Thomas | Type 1 Diabetes Genes/Regulating T cells | Medicine & Rheumatology |
| Chen, Wenbiao | Metabolism, Pancreatic Islet Development | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Gannon, Maureen | Molecular & Cell Biology of Pancreas Development | Medicine |
| Jacobson, David | Pancreatic Islet & Hormone Secretion | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Kendall, Peggy L. | Role of B lymphocytes in Type 1 Diabetes | Medicine & Rheumatology |
| Magnuson, Mark A. | Stem Cell Biology | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Moore, Daniel | Loss of Immune Tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes | Pediatrics & Endocrinology |
| O'Brien, Richard M. | Gene Regulation by Insulin; Islet Gene Expression | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Powers, Alvin C. | Pancreatic Islet Function & Growth | Medicine |
| Rathmell, Jeffrey | Immunometabolism in Inflammatory Disease | Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology |
| Stein, Roland W. | Regulation of Islet Gene Expression | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Thomas, James W. | Immunity to Insulin | Medicine & Rheumatology |
| Van Kaer, Luc | Autoimmunity & Diabetes | Microbiology & Immunology |
| Wright, Christopher | Pancreas Development | Cell Biology |
Kidney Disease Research Track Preceptors
Digestive Disease Research Track Preceptors
| Faculty Name | Research Interest | Department |
| Abumrad, Naji | Mechanisms involved in improved glucose handling following bariaratric surgery | Surgery |
| Beauchamp, R. Daniel | Colorectal carcinogenesis, the biology of cancer cell invasion and metastasis, and in the identification of novel molecular biomarkers and therapeutic targets in colorectal and other alimentary tract malignancies | Surgery |
| Coffey, Robert | The role of EGF receptor (EGFR) and its ligands in epithelial cell growth, differentiation and neoplasia | Medicine |
| Cover, Timothy | Bacteria-host interactions, bacterial toxins, Helicobacter pylori, gastric cancer | Medicine |
| El-Rifai, Wael | Cancer Genetics, Molecular Biology, upper gastrointestinal cancer, Barrett's adenocarcinoma, gastric cancer | Surgery |
| Fingleton, Barbara | Understanding function and how to therapeutically target inflammatory molecules in colitis and colon cancer | Cancer Biology |
| Gannon, Maureen | We study the role of genes and signaling pathways involved in the development and function of specific cell types within the pancreas | Medicine |
| Goldenring, James | Vesicle trafficking and recycling pathways that regulate the function of apical membrane specializations in polarized kidney and gastrointestinal epithelial cells | Surgery |
| Hasty, Alyssa | Obesity-related increases in adipose tissue macrophages leading to inflammation and insulin resistance | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Lee, Ethan | Mechanism of Wnt signal transduction in development and disease | Cell & Developmental Biology |
| Manning, H. Charles | Molecular imaging, chemistry, small-molecule discovery, therapeutic efficacy screening, clinical trial modeling, imaging probe development, imaging validation | Radiology |
| Peek, Richard | Pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric cancer | Medicine |
| Van Kaer, Luc | Antigen presentation and lymphocyte development | Pathology |
| Wasserman, David | Pathogenesis of insulin resistance in liver and muscle | Molecular Physiology & Biophysics |
| Williams, Christopher | Epigenetic control of intestinal epithelial wound healing and repair programs and relationship to colorectal oncogenesis | Medicine |
| Wilson, Keith | Mucosal immunology, mechanisms of inflammation, oxidative stress and gastrointestinal carcinogenesis, host-pathogen interactions | Medicine |