Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2021 | |
| UCSF | Fellowship | Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism | 06/2006 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Residency | Internal Medicine/Pediatrics | 06/2003 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | M.D. | Medicine | 05/1999 |
| Baylor College of Medicine | Ph.D. | Molecular Physiology | 05/1995 |
| University of California Los Angeles | B.S. | Psychobiology | 06/1992 |
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Guenther Boden, MD Memorial Award Lecture | Temple University School of Medicine | 2024 |
| Distinguished Endocrinologist Award Lecture | University of California Irvine | 2022 |
| Election to American Society of Clinical Investigation | American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) | 2018 |
| Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher | J. David Gladstone Institutes | 2011 |
| A.P. Giannini Scholarship In Medical Research | UCSF and J. David Gladstone Institutes | 2006 |
| Outstanding Resident Teaching Award | Baylor College of Medicine | 1999 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society | Baylor College of Medicine | 1998 |
Collaboration Interests
I am interested in:
- physician scientist
Clinical Trials
- Inflammation, Diabetes, Ethnicity and Obesity Cohort (NCT03022682)Related Conditions: Obesity, Diabetes, Glucose Intolerance| Start Date: | End Date:
Grants and Funding
- Assessing the Interrelationship Between Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Fibrosis in the Metabolic Health of People Living with HIV | NIH/NIDDK | 2024-09-10 - 2029-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Assessing the Interrelationship Between Adipose Tissue Thermogenesis and Fibrosis in the Metabolic Health of People Living with HIV | NIH | 2024-09-10 - 2029-06-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Immunologic and Fat-Associated Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Treated HIV | NIH/NIDDK | 2017-07-20 - 2022-04-30 | Role: Co-Principal Investigator
- Immunologic and Fat-Associated Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Treated HIV | NIH | 2017-07-20 - 2022-04-30 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Microglia: dietary fat-sensitive mediators of inflammation and metabolic disease | NIH | 2015-03-01 - 2021-02-28 | Role: Principal Investigator
- Myeloid-specific Triacylglycerol Storage in Inflammation and Metabolic Disease | NIH | 2013-03-01 - 2015-02-28 | Role: Principal Investigator
- DGAT1: Linking Fatty Acids to Inflammation and Metabolism in White Adipose Tissue | NIH | 2009-04-01 - 2014-03-31 | Role: Principal Investigator
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 10
- ApoE-Dependent Lipid Handling by Median Eminence Microglia Preserves Myelin Integrity and Metabolic Function.| |
PubMed
- Novel Inpatient Automated Self-Adjusting Subcutaneous Insulin Algorithm: 3-Year Experience. An Observational Study.| |
PubMed
- Inducible deletion of DGAT1 and 2 from microglia exacerbates neurodegeneration and endolysosomal lipid accumulation in male PS19 mice.| |
PubMed
- Osteoprotegerin-Enabled Immune Evasion of Pathological Adipose Stromal Cells Drives Metabolic Dysfunction in Obesity.| |
PubMed
- MON-726 Influence of Diet, Sex, and Strain on Adipose Tissue Distribution and Metabolic Risk in BXD Mouse Models.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Glycation-lowering compounds inhibit ghrelin signaling to reduce food intake, lower insulin resistance, and extend lifespan.| |
PubMed
- Corrigendum to 'Blocking Kv1.3 potassium channels prevents postoperative neuroinflammation and cognitive decline without impairing wound healing in mice' (Br J Anaesth 2020; 125: 298-307).| |
PubMed
- Assessment of Large Language Models for Enhancing Diabetologist-Developed Personalized Treatment Plans in Complex Type 2 Diabetes.| |
PubMed
- Phenome-Wide Risk Evaluation of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Use in Type 2 Diabetes with Real-World Data Across Multiple Healthcare Systems.| |
PubMed
- A Distinct Form of Subcutaneous Fat Fibrosis Predicts Insulin Resistance in People with HIV.| |
PubMed