Ana Maria Arbelaez Perez, MD, MSCI

Ana Maria Arbelaez Perez, MD, MSCI

Professor of Pediatrics

Leadership, Alumni

Department: Pediatrics

Division: Pediatric Endocrinology

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

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)
KL2 Career Development Award
TL1 Predoctoral Program
TL1 Postdoctoral Program

Research keywords: complications, metabolic regulation, and obesity

Washington University Physicians

Rita Brookheart, PhD

Rita Brookheart, PhD

Assistant Professor

Department: Internal Medicine

Division: Nutritional Science & Obesity Medicine

Leadership Role(s):
Director, Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP UP R25)

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

Mentor for Program(s):

Short-Term Research Experience Program to Unlock Potential (STEP UP R25)

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

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

Brookheart Lab

Dominic Reeds, MD

Dominic Reeds, MD

Professor of Medicine

Leadership

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.