Members

	Gail Bishop, PhD Professor of Microbiology & Internal Medicine gail-bishop@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Role of inflammation & immune cells; interaction with microbiome
	Ryan Boudreau, PhD Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine ryan-boudreau@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Post-transcriptional gene regulation and novel genes in diabetes and obesity
	Trudy Burns, PhD Professor of Epidemiology trudy-burns@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Muscatine Study Longitudinal Body Habitus and Adult CV Outcomes
	Lucas Carr, PhD Associate Professor of Health and Human Physiology lucas-carr@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Behavioral interventions to prevent and treat obesity
	Darren Casey, PhD Assistant Professor of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science darren-casey@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Obesity and Vascular Health
	Mark Chapleau, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine & Molecular Physiology and Biophysics mark-chapleau@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Neural mechanisms in obesity hypertension
	Huxing Cui, PhD Assistant Professor of Pharmacology huxing-cui@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Brain control of appetite, metabolism and cardiovascular function
	Vanessa Curtis, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes vanessa-curtis@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Clinical pediatric obesity program
	Brandon Davies, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry brandon-davies@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Regulation of Vascular Triglcyeride Metabolism
	David Frisvold, PhD Associate Professor of Economics david-frisvold@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Understanding how policy interventions influence obesity-related behavior
	Ruth Grossmann, RN, MNHP, PhD Assistant Professor of Nursing ruth-grossmann@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Metabolomic and the microbiome analyses in nutrition interventions
	Chad Grueter, PhD Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine chad-grueter@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Cardiac transcriptional regulation of metabolism
	Alan Kim Johnson, PhD F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor of Physiological & Brain Sciences alan-johnson@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Salt Craving; Obesity-Induced Sensitization of the Hypertensive Response
	Aloysius Klingelhutz , PhD Professor of Microbiology & Radiation Oncology al-klingelhutz@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Environmental/bacterial toxins in adipose dysfunction and diabetes
	Vitor Lira, PhD Assistant Professor of Health and Human Physiology vitor-lira@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Skeletal and cardiac muscle function and metabolism
	Allyn Mark, MD Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine allyn-mark@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Neural and humoral mechanisms of obesity-induced hypertension
	Mohamad Mokadem, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology mohamad-mokadem@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Understanding the regulatory mechanism of gastric bypass on energy and glucose metabolism
	Peter Nau, MD, MS Clinical Associate Professor - Bariatric, Gastrointestinal, and Minimally-Invasive Surgeon peter-nau@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Outcomes in bariatric surgery
	Andrew Norris, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics - Endocrinology and Diabetes & Biochemistry andrew-norris@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Developmental aspects of insulin resistance
	Gary Pierce, PhD Associate Professor of Health and Human Physiology gary-pierce@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Mechanisms and interventions for vascular dysfunction in human obesity, aging, anxiety, hypertension, prediabetes
	Linnea Polgreen, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Science linnea-polgreen@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Food preferences and encouraging exercise
	Matthew Potthoff, PhD Associate Professor of Pharmacology matthew-potthoff@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Regulation of Nutrient Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis
	Kamal Rahmouni, PhD Professor of Pharmacology & Internal Medicine kamal-rahmouni@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Neural Control of Metabolism in Health and Disease
	Robert Roghair, MD Associate Professor of Pediatrics robert-roghair@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Neonatal Origins of Obesity
	Thomas Rutkowski, PhD Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology thomas-rutkowski@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Relationship between ER stress, obesity, and liver disease
	Isaac Samuel, MD, FRCS, FACS Professor of Surgery - Gastrointestinal, Minimally invasive and Bariatric Surgery isaac-samuel@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Benefits of weight reduction and metabolic surgery
	Patrick Schlievert, PhD Professor & DEO of Mircobiology, Professor of Internal Medicine patrick-schlievert@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Bacterial Causes of Diabetes Mellitus II
	Thomas Scholz, MD Professor of Pediatrics - Cardiology thomas-scholz@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Optimizing Health of Children with Special Health Care Needs
	Julien Sebag, PhD Assistant Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics julien-sebag@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Regulation of energy homeostasis by GPCR accessory proteins
	Val Sheffield, MD, PhD Professor of Pediatrics & Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences val-sheffield@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Intracellular Transport and Cilia function in obesity, hypertension and diabetes
	Richard Shields, PT, PhD Professor & DEO of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science richard-shields@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Obesity impacts skeletal muscle metabolism in people with disability
	William Sivitz, MD Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism william-sivitz@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Mitochondrial function, Oxidative Stress, and Nutrition
	Jessica Smith, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery - Gastrointestinal, Minimally invasive and Bariatric Surgery jessica-k-smith@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Metabolic Effects of Bariatric Surgery and Lean Muscle Mass
	Linda Snetselaar, PhD Professor and Chair, Preventive Nutrition Education Associate Provost, Outreach and Engagement linda-snetselaar@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Nutrition Interventions and Behavior Change
	Douglas Spitz, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology douglas-spitz@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Ketogenic diets in cancer therapy
	Stefan Strack, PhD Professor of Pharmacology & Pathology stefan-strack@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Neurological comorbidities of diabetes
	Eric Taylor, PhD Assistant Professor of Biochemistry eric-taylor@uiowa.edu Research Interests: To discover molecular mechanisms to modulate mitochondrial metabolism to treat human disease
	Robert Wallace, MD Professor of Epidemiology robert-wallace@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Obesity as a risk factor for clinical outcomes/ health status
	Ling Yang, PhD Assistant Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology ling-yang@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Organelle stress response in Obesity
	Mark Yorek, PhD Professor of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and Metabolism mark-yorek@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Effect of obesity on vascular and neural complications
	Liping Yu, PhD Adjunct Professor of Biochemistry liping-yu@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Mitochondrial function and metabolism
	Leonid Zingman, MD Associate Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine leonid-zingman@uiowa.edu Research Interests: Skeletal muscle KATP channels determine bodily energy balance

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