Expertise

Research interests:

  • Role of Group 1B phospholipase A2 in diet-induced obesity and insulin resistance; molecular mechanisms related to the development of insulin resistance and diabetes; use of gene-knockout mice to study molecular mechanisms of dietary lipid absorption.

Subject area:

  • Basic Research
    • Adipose and Liver Biology.
Communities
Food Science and Technology, Hospitality and Tourism, Nutrition and Dietetic Services, Nutrition
Degrees
PhD, Wake Forest University, Molecular and Cellular Pathobiology, 1999
BS, University of North Florida, Biology, 1992
Keywords
diabetes obesity pathobiology