Expertise

Dr. Roach passed away March 2022.

Dr. Roach's work focuses on the metabolism of glycogen and its regulation, at the structural, cellular and whole animal level. In recent years, his work has been more directed towards genetic diseases accruing from defective glycogen metabolism, notably Lafora disease, a childhood-onset fatal epilepsy and Pompe disease, which has mainly skeletal muscle and cardiac pathology.

Research: Cellular and Molecular Metabolism

Expertise:

  • Neurodegenerative Disorders Research
  • Neuroimaging (in vivo) Research

 

Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine

Member, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Executive Committee, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Director of Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Associate Chairman, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Director, Center for Diabetes Research, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Department of Medicine, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, School of Medicine (past)

Investigator, Center for Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Investigator, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Centers and Institutes, Indiana University School of Medicine

Communities
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Cellular Biochemistry, Molecular Biochemistry
Degrees
PhD, University of Glasgow, Biochemistry, 1972
BSc, University of Glasgow, Biochemistry, 1969
MS, University of Glasgow, Biochemistry, 1969
Keywords
digestive system diabetes digestive diseases and disorders kidney disease genetic manipulation insulin gene expression urology kidney (renal) functions phenotype transfection phosphorylation