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Irfan Lodhi, PhD

Professor of Medicine

Phone: 314-747-6766
Fax: 314-362-7641
Email: ilodhi@wustl.edu

Department: Department of Medicine

Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: Obesity, diabetes, adipose tissue, thermogenesis, lipid metabolism

PubMed

Gretchen Meyer, PhD

Associate Professor

Phone: 314-286-1456
Email: meyerg@wustl.edu

Department: Physical Therapy

Division: Physical Therapy, Neurology, and Orthopaedical Surgery

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: Muscle Physiology, Regeneration, Tissue Cross-talk

Integrative Muscle Physiology

Jeffrey Millman , PhD

Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

Phone: 314-362-3268
Fax: 314-362-7641
Email: jmillman@wustl.edu

Department: Medicine

Division: Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: stem cells, diabetes, regenerative medicine, disease modeling, biomedical engineering

Millman Lab

Natalie Niemi, PhD

Assistant Professor

Fax: 314-362-7183
Email: niemi@wustl.edu

Department: Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: mitochondria, metabolism, phosphorylation, signaling, and mitophagy

The Niemi Lab

David W Piston, PhD

Edward J. Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor and Head of Cell Biology & Physiology

Phone: 314-362-9121
Email: piston@wustl.edu

Department: Biology and Biomedical Sciences

Division: Cell Biology & Physiology

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: Pancreatic islets, glucagon, hypoglycemia

Piston Lab

Rithwick Rajagopal, MD, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Phone: 314-362-3937
Fax: 866-505-8818
Email: rajagopalr@wustl.edu

Department: Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

Research keywords: Diabetic retinopathy: photoreceptors: lipid metabolism: neurovascular coupling: cellular energy sensing

Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

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, The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Associate Director, Postdoctoral Mentored Training Program in Clinical Investigation (MTPCI)
Associate Director, Master of Science in Clinical Investigation (MSCI)

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases

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.