Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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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 |
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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
Grants and Funding
- Immunologic and Fat-Associated Predictors of Insulin Resistance in Treated HIV | NIH | 2017-07-20 - 2022-04-30 | 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
- 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 80
- MFGE8 inhibits insulin signaling through PTP1B.| | PubMed
- Obesogens and Obesity: State-of-the-Science and Future Directions Summary from a Healthy Environment and Endocrine Disruptors Strategies Workshop.| | PubMed
- 407 Moving from observational studies to a clinical trial: the impact of obesity and surgical weight loss on breast imaging, tissue, and cancer screening experience: the B-BRITE study.| | UCSF Research Profile
- The Impact of Insulin Resistance on Loss of Lung Function and Response to Treatment in Asthma.| | PubMed
- Excess natural-cause deaths in California by cause and setting: March 2020 through February 2021.| | PubMed
- ASB4 modulates central melanocortinergic neurons and calcitonin signaling to control satiety and glucose homeostasis.| | PubMed
- Metabolic factors in the regulation of hypothalamic innate immune responses in obesity.| | PubMed
- A Glycemia Risk Index (GRI) of Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Validated by Clinician Ratings.| | PubMed
- A gene-diet interaction controlling relative intake of dietary carbohydrates and fats.| | PubMed
- Reducing Methylglyoxal Rescues Obesity Related Phenotypes and Lifespan in a Leptin Receptor Deficient Mouse Model.| | UCSF Research Profile