Rita Brookheart, PhD

Rita Brookheart, PhD

Assistant Professor

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Department: Internal Medicine

Division: Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine

Leadership Role(s):
Director, Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)

Director, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE R25)

Mentor for Program(s): 

Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases (PRIDE R25)

Research keywords: metabolism, skeletal, muscle, ER stress, mitochondria

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