Sami Barmada, MD, PhD
Angela Dobson Welch and Lyndon Welch Research Professor
Associate Professor of Neurology, Medical School
MDRC Members: b
Katherine W. Bauer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Pediatric obesity, behavioral nutrition, obesity epidemiology
Markus Bitzer, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic nephropathy, aging-associated glomerulopathy, non-coding RNA, TGF-beta signaling
Michael Boehnke, PhD
Richard G. Cornell Distinguished University Professor of Biostatistics
Professor of Biostatistics, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Statistical genetics, type 2 diabetes and related traits, human gene mapping
Dave Bridges, PhD
Assistant Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Glucocorticoids, mTORC1, energy expenditure
Steven Britton, PhD
Professor of Anesthesiology and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Robert D. Brook, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Metabolic syndrome, dyslipidemia, hypertension, air pollution, insulin resistance
Charles Burant, MD, PhD
Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at Michigan Medicine
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Obesity, metabolomics, insulin resistance, beta-cell biology
Eric D. Buras, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Christian Burgess, PhD
Assistant Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Research Assistant Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Two photon calcium imaging, hypothalamic circuitry, sleep
Paul Burghardt, PhD
Associate Professor, Nutrition & Food Science, Wayne State University
Areas of Expertise:
Obesity, emotion, inflammation
Julia V. Busik, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Michigan State University
Areas of Expertise:
Microvascular complications, retinopathy, dyslipidemia
James Byrd, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Hypertension, aldosterone, cardiometabolic diseases