Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP-UP) R25
Jennifer Powers Carson, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research | Lab Director, Core Lab for Clinical Studies
- Phone: 314-273-1378
- Email: powers.jennifer.l@wustl.edu
Research keywords: assay development, diabetes, peptides, and clinical studies
Susan B Racette, PhD
Professor of Physical Therapy, Medicine
- Phone: 314-286-1424
- Email: racettes@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Diabetes Research Center
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor; Director of Clinical COVID Preparedness
- Phone: 314-362-3937
- Fax: 866-505-8818
- Email: rajagopalr@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Leadership Role(s): Director of Clinical COVID Preparedness
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: Diabetic retinopathy: photoreceptors: lipid metabolism: neurovascular coupling: cellular energy sensing
Michael I Rauchman, MDCM
Chromalloy Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
- Phone: 314-289-6485
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Nephrology
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Babak Razani, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Phone: 314-362-3688
- Email: brazani@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Cardiovascular Division
Mentor for Program(s):
Summer Program for the Advancement of Research Relevant NIDDK (SPARK) (STEP UP R25)
Dominic Reeds, MD
Professor of Medicine
Leadership- Phone: 314-362-8430
- Fax: 314-362-8230
- Email: dreeds22@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Nutritional Science
Leadership Role(s):
Director, KL2 Career Development Program
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)
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Associate Director, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)
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: Use of stable isotope tracers to study the regulation of substrate metabolism in humans. Metabolic abnormalities present in patients with HIV infection, and changes in glucose and lipid metabolism during weight gain or loss.
Maria S Remedi, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology & Physiology
- Phone: 314-362-6636
- Email: mremedi@wustl.edu
Department: Internal Medicine
Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Research keywords: diabetes, obesity, therapy, metabolism, dietary interventions/intermittent fasting
Brigida Rusconi, PhD
Instructor, Division of Pediatrics
- Phone: 314-286-2859
- Email: b.a.rusconi@wustl.edu
Research keywords: microbial-host interactions, gut, early life, maternal protection
Dmitri Samovski, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences
- Email: dsamovski@wustl.edu
Research keywords: insulin resistance, obesity, and exosomes
Erica Scheller, DDS, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
- Email: scheller@wustl.edu
Research keywords: bone homeostasis, nervous system, integrative physiology, advanced imaging, diabetes, metabolic disease