Faculty
The Center for Integrative and Molecular Metabolism faculty members engaged in Type 2 diabetes research are shown in the following list.
| Name | Department/ Institution | Research Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Brenner, David | Vice Chancellor, Health Sciences; Med/Gastro, UCSD | Liver fibrosis, Non-alcoholic liver disease, hepatic stellate cell biology, NADPH oxidase |
| Bottini, Nunzio | Medicine, UCSD | |
| Chi, Nai Wen | Medicine/Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCSD | Angiotensin-4 in 3T3-L1 adipocytes |
| Diaz-Meco, Mairia | SBP Discovery | |
| Dillmann, Wolfgang | Chair, Medicine; Med/Endo, UCSD | Thyroid hormone |
| Dixon, Jack | Pharmacology, UCSD | Novel kinases and |
| Engler, Adam | Bioengineering, UCSD | |
| Evans, Ronald | Molecular and Developmental Biology, Salk | Nuclear receptors and metabolic networks |
| Field, Seth | Medicine/Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCSD | Insulin signaling |
| Gaulton, Kyle | Pediatrics, UCSD | |
| Glass, Chris | Cell/Molecular/Med, UCSD | Macrophage, inflammation |
| Guan, Kunliang | Pharmacology | |
| Hnasko, Thomas | Neurosciences, UCSD | Feeding behavior |
| Jain, Mohit (Mo) | Pharmacology, UCSD and Salk Institute | |
| Karin, Michael | Pharmacology, UCSD | Inflammation |
| Kaufman, Randy | Medicine, SBP Discovery | Degenerative diseases |
| Knight, Robert | Pediatrics, UCSD | |
| Loomba, Rohit | Family Medicine/Gastroenterology, UCSD | Gastroenterology and epidemiology |
| Metallo, Christian | Bioengineering, UCSD | Adipocyte metabolism |
| Montminy, Marc | Peptide Biology/Salk | Transcriptional biology and nucear receptor signaling |
| Moscat, Jorge | SBP Discovery | Cancer, metabolic |
| Newton, Alexandra | Pharmacology, UCSD | Kinase C |
| Olefsky, Jerrold | Assoc Dean, Med, UCSD | Insulin resistance |
| Panda, Satchidananda | Regulatory Biology Lab | Interaction between circadian rhythms and metabolic cycles in mammals |
| Ren, Bing | Cell/Molec/Med, UCSD | Genomics |
| Rosenfeld, Michael | Medicine/Rheumatology, Allergy, Immunology, UCSD | Regulation of gene expression |
| Saez, Enrique | Medicine/TSRI | |
| Saghatelian, Alan | Clayton Foundations Laboratories for Peptide Biology/Salk | Peptide biology |
| Saltiel, Alan | IMDH Director; Med/Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCSD | Diabetes |
| Schenk, Simon | Medicine/Ortho-Endo/Metab, UCSD | Diabetes; insulin resistance |
| Schmid-Shoenbein, Geert | Professor and Chair, Bioengineering, UCSD | |
| Schnabl, Bernd | Medicine/Gastro, UCSD | |
| Shao, Jianhua | Pediatrics, UCSD | Inflammation and diabetes |
| Shaw, Reuben | MCBL/Salk | AMPK signaling, metformin, hepatic metabolism |
| Taylor, Susan | Chem & Biochem, UCSD | Protein kinase A |
| Webster, Nick | Medicine/Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCSD | |
| Witztum, Joe | Medicine/Endocrinology & Metabolism, UCSD | |
| Zarrinpar, Amir | Medicine/Gastroenterology, UCSD |
Key to Abbreviations
- LJI - La Jolla Institute for Immunology
- Salk - Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- SBP Discovery - Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
- TSRI - The Scripps Research Institute