The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Benjamin Garcia, PhD
Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and Head
- Phone: 314-362-3075
- Email: bagarcia@wustl.edu
Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Division: Biology & Biomedical Sciences
Leadership Role(s):
Head of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
K12 Career Development Program for Clinical Oncology
Research Keywords: mass spectrometry, proteomics, post-translational modifications, epigenetics
Valene Garr Barry, PhD
Instructor
- Phone: 314-362-7135
- Email: valene@wustl.edu
Department: Obstetrics and Gynecology
Division: Center for Reproductive Health Sciences
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Research keywords: pregnancy, fetal growth, preeclampsia, wearable technology, remote monitoring
Leslie Gewin, MD
Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Renal Diseases in the Department of Medicine
- Email: gewin@wustl.edu
Department: Medicine
Division: Nephrology
Mentor for Program(s):
The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
Research keywords: kidney injury, metabolism, chronic kidney disease
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.