Pediatric Endocrinology Training Program Faculty:
Rank, Research Interest and Role
MENTOR AND RESEARCH TRACK
RANK
RESEARCH INTEREST
CONTACT & WEB LINK

Christin Carter-Su, PhD
Basic Science Track

Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology Growth/Diabetes: Growth hormone receptor structure and signal transduction pathways cartersu@umich.edu
2002 Research Award
William Herman, MD
Basic Science Track
Clinical Investigation Track
Professor, Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Epidemiology, Interim Director, Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center Diabetes: Diabetes, diabetes complications, diabetes and pregnancy, diabetes epidemiology, managed care and health economics wherman@umich.edu
American Diabetes Association's Kelly West Award 2006
Jeff Horowitz, PhD
Basic Science Track

Assistant Professor, Division of Kinesiology Obesity/Diabetes/Energy Metabolism:
Regulation of fat and carbohydrate metabolism
jeffhoro@umich.edu
Lab WebSite

Josephine Kasa-Vubu, MS, MD Clinical Investigation Track

Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Comm Diseases, Pediatric Endocrine Division

Obesity/Reproduction: Hormonal regulation and insulin resistance in adolescent girls. jzkv@umich.edu
Medicine at Michigan 2004

Theresa Lee, PhD
Basic Science Track

Professor, Psychology & Neuroscience Behavior/Reproduction/Stress:
Regulation of adult sex behavior by prenatal exposure to excess sex steroids
terrilee@umich.edu
Lab Website

Ram Menon, MD
Basic Science Track

Professor, Pediatrics & Comm Diseases & Physiology, Director, Pediatric Endocrine Division and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Growth/Diabetes/Reproduction:
Growth hormone action, regulation of gene transcription, and role of growth factors in germ cell function.

rammenon@umich.edu

Division Website

Martin Myers Jr, MD

Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine and Physiology

Obesity/Diabetes: Type 2 diabetes, energy balance, insulin, leptin

mgmyers@umich.edu
MEND Website

Vasantha Padmanabhan, PhD
Basic Science Track
Clinical Investigation Track

Professor, Pediatrics & Comm Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Reproduction/Growth: Understanding the fetal origin of pubertal and adult reproductive and metabolic disorders and the impact of native steroids and estrogenic environmental pollutants in programming such defects.

vasantha@umich.edu

Division Website

Jessica Schwartz, PhD

Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology; Director, Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Program

Growth: Mechanisms for regulation of gene expression by growth factors.

jeschwar@umich.edu
Lab WebSite

Robert Thompson, PhD
Basic Science Track

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Reproductive Science

Obesity/Reproduction: Modulation of processes leading to successful and unsuccessful reproduction, regulation lipid metabolism.

mutant@umich.edu

Microarray Lab

Delia M. Vazquez, MD
Basic Science Track
Clinical Investigation Track

Professor, Pediatrics & Comm Diseases, Pediatric Endocrinology Division, and Psychiatry; Research Associate Professor, Center for Human Growth and Development Stress/Growth/Behavior: Molecular brain mechanisms underlying long-term consequences of stress in growing organisms & Consequences of prenatal and postnatal stress in infants and children

dmvazq@umich.edu

Lab WebSite

Jon Kar Zubieta, MD, PhD,
Clinical Investigation Track

Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Radiology and Mental Health Research Institute. Stress Regulatory Mechanisms:
Examination of neurotransmitter systems and neuronal nuclei involved in the stress response and emotional regulation in humans with PET and fMRI

Zubieta@umich.edu

The first Phil F. Jenkins Research Professor of Depression , 2006

ADVISORY COMMITTEE FACULTY
RANK
RESEARCH INTEREST
CONTACT

Gary Freed, MD, MPH
Clinical Investigation Track

Professor, Department of Pediatrics& Comm. Diseases Professor, Health Management & Policy Associate Chair for External Affairs, Dept. of Pediatrics and Comm. Diseases
Director, Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit
Child Health Policy and Health Economics: Immunization financing, physician behavior and inter-specialty variation in the provision of preventive services to children

gfreed@umich.edu

2003 Clinical and Health Services Research Award

Janet Gilsdorf, MD
Basic Science Track

 

Professor, Pediatrics and Epidemiology Infection and Immunology: Identification of genes and epitopes that may explain virulence and transmission of H. influenzae. Director of Pediatric Fellowship Training Program

gilsdorf@umich.edu

Inside/Outside (Book)
A Physician's Journey with Breast Cancer

Timothy Johnson, MD
Clinical Investigation Track

Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Women's Studies; Research Professor, Center for Human Growth and Development

Women's Health:
Fetal Behavioral ontogeny, Fetal development, fetal assessment

trbj@umich.edu
Department Website

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