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

Department: Pediatrics

Division: Pediatric Endocrinology

Leadership Role(s):
Co-Director, TL1 Predoctoral Program

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

Mentor for Program(s):

The Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program

Research keywords: complications, metabolic regulation, and obesity

Washington University Physicians

Department: Medicine

Division: Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine

Leadership Role(s):

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

Mentor for Program(s):

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

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

Brookheart Lab

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.