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Co-Director, Diabetes & Metabolism Research Center
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Department Chair, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
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Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
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Distinguished Professor, Nutrition & Integrative Physiology
Honors & Awards
- Meeting Organizer, Keystone Symposia on Lipid Biology and Lipotoxicity in Killarney, Ireland, 2011; Invited Speaker at over 100 conferences and Seminars.
01/2011
- CSU Nominee, Searle Scholars Award, 2000; CSU Nominee, Pew Trust Fellowship, 2000; Career Development Award, American Diabetes Association, 2000; Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Award, March of Dimes, 2001; One of 4 scientists whose work was featured in a chapter highlighting the “Next Generation of Sphingolipid Stars,” Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2003”; Keynote Lecturer, Metabolic Diseases Drug Discovery Summit, San Diego, CA, 2007.
01/2007
- Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1991; Phi Kappa Phi Honorary Academic Society, Southern Illinois University, 1992; Doctoral Fellowship, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1992; Poster Competition, First Place, Sigma Xi Combined Research Symposium, 1994; Dissertation Research Award, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1994; Predoctoral Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 1994; Dissertation Research Award, Southern Illinois University Graduate School, 1994; Predoctoral Student Stipend, American Heart Association, Illinois Affiliate, 1994; Individual National Research Service Award, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, 1997; Poster Competition, First Place, University of Pennsylvania Signaling Retreat, 1998;.
01/1998
Affiliations
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University of Utah
(UofU),
Professor and Chair, Department of Nutrition & Integrated Physiology,
08/2016 - present
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American Heart Association
(AHA),
Member,
01/2016 - present
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Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
(BIHDI),
Head, Translational Metabolic Health Laboratory,
01/2015 - 01/2016
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Australian Cardiovascular Alliance
(ACvA),
Member,
01/2015 - present
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Duke University
(DU),
Associate Professor, Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases,
01/2008 - 01/2015
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
(UofU),
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
01/2004 - 01/2008
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American Diabetes Association
(ADA),
Member,
01/2000 - present
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Colorado State University
(CSU),
Associate Professor, Department of Biochemis,
01/1999 - 01/2004
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University of Pennsylvania
(UP),
Post-Doctoral Research Associate,
01/1995 - 01/1999
In the Media
Professional Service
- American Diabetes Association .
Chair of Session, American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA.
06/2016 - 06/2016
- Centaurus Therapeutics.
Co-Founder and Consultant, Centaurus Therapeutics.
01/2015 - present
- Diabetes.
Editorial Board, Diabetes, 2008-2011; 2013-present.
01/2013 - present
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
Chair, Preclinical Curriculum Committee, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School.
01/2013 - present
- Journal of Clinical Investigation.
Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Investigation.
01/2012 - present
- Duke-NUS Metabolomics Facility.
Director, Duke-NUS Metabolomics Facility.
01/2011 - present