Mentor | Research Interests | Location |
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Andrea Dunaif, MD
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine;
Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine
| - Genetics of Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), fetal origins of adult disease
- Cellular and molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance, cardiovascular disease risk factors
- Reproductive endocrinology and metabolism
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Joseph Bass, MD | - Circadian gene regulation of sleep/wakefulness, feeding and metabolism
- Insulin receptor biology and the genetics of diabetes mellitus
- Molecular genetics of body weight regulation, feeding and metabolism
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Serdar Bulun, MD | - estrogen biosynthesis and metabolism
- aromatase expression in hormone-dependent human diseases such as breast cancer, endometriosis and uterine fibroids
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Biology Research |
| Vincent Cryns, MD | - Apoptosis
- Breast cancer
- Cancer stem cells
- Endocrinology
- Signal transduction
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Debu Chakravarti, MD | - mechanisms of steroid hormone and vitamin signaling
- roles of the INHAT and novel THAP domain family proteins in gene regulation, cell growth and cancer
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Division of Reproductive Biology Research |
| M. Geoffrey Hayes, PhD | - Genetics of Diabetes
- Genome Wide Association Studies
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine and the Department of Anthropology |
| J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD | - Genetic Basis of reproductive and metabolic diseases
- Identification of key genes involved in the development, differentiation, and function of the urogenital system
- Non-classical mechanisms of Estrogen Action
| Lewis Landsberg Dean of the Feinberg School of Medicine and Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Yashpal Kanwar, MD | - Renal Pathology
- Diabetic Nephropathy
- Renal Development
| Department of Pathology |
| Dixon Kaufman, MD | - Pancreatic Islet Transplantation to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
- Prevention of Pancreatic Islet graft failure
| Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery |
| Peter Kopp, MD | - Functional characterization of pendrin
- Genetic factors determining androgen levels
- Molecular genetics of congenital hypothyroidism
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| William Lowe, Jr., MD | - Embryonic stem cells and pancreatic islets
- Islet cell transplantation
- Molecular genetics of type 2 and gestational diabetes, obesity, and birthweight
- Regulation of islet cell growth and apoptosis
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, MD, PhD | - Genetics, environmental basis of and novel therapeutic perspectives for diabetes and obesity
- Programming and regulation of energy homeostasis by estrogen/androgen receptors and implications for the development and treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes
- Regulation of pancreatic islet function and survival by estrogen and androgen receptors and therapeutic applications to islet transplantation in type 1 diabetes
- Novel extranuclear mechanisms of action for estrogen and androgen involved in energy homeostasis
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Boyd Metzger, MD | - Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
- Lifelong Impact of Intrauterine Exposure to Maternal Diabetes
- Pathogenesis & Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
| Mark Molitch, MD | - Development of new treatments for pituitary tumors
- Pathogenesis of prolactin and growth hormone secreting pituitary tumors
- Prevention and treatment of the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus
| Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Molecular Medicine |
