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Beata Lecka-Czernik, PhD

Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Physiology and Pharmacology, College of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Toledo

Areas of Expertise:

Diabetic bone disease, antidiabetic therapies and bone, bone marrow adipose tissue

University of Toledo Profile

beata.leckaczernik@utoledo.edu

Joyce M. Lee, MD, MPH

Robert P. Kelch, MD Research Professor of Pediatrics

Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School

Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health

Areas of Expertise:

Pediatric diabetes, pediatric obesity, epidemiology

Michigan Medicine Profile

joyclee@umich.edu

Jun Hee Lee, PhD

Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Research Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

AMPK and MTOR signaling pathways, insulin resistance and hepatosteatosis upon sestrin loss and obesity, obesity-induced inflammation and liver carcinogenesis

Molecular & Integrative Physiology Profile

leeju@umich.edu

Menq-Jer Lee, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

Sphingolipid, GPCR, inflammation

Wayne State University Profile

mele@med.wayne.edu

Todd Leff, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

Diabetes, gene expression, nuclear receptors

Wayne State University Profile

tleff@med.wayne.edu

Gina M. Leinninger, PhD

Associate Professor of Physiology, College of Natural Science, Michigan State University

Areas of Expertise:

Lateral hypothalamus, neural regulation of feeding, neuropeptides

Michigan State University Profile

leinning@msu.edu

Stephen I. Lentz, PhD

Associate Research Scientist, Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Cell imaging, microscopy, diabetic complications

lentzs@umich.edu

Jun Z. Li, PhD

Professor of Human Genetics and Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Genetics, genomics, statistics

Human Genetics Profile

junzli@umich.edu

Jiandie Lin, PhD

Bradley M. Patten Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences

Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Adipokine, glucose sensing, skeletal muscle, NASH, brown fat

Life Sciences Institute Profile

jdlin@umich.edu

Yu Kuei Lin, PhD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Hypoglycemia, continuous glucose monitoring systems, impaired awareness of hypoglycemia

Michigan Medicine Profile

yuklin@umich.edu

Ming Liu, PhD

Adjunct Research Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Insulin, biosynthesis

mingli@umich.edu

Malcolm J. Low, MD, PhD

David F. Bohr Collegiate Professor of Physiology

Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Director, Michigan Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center

Areas of Expertise:

Hypothalamic control of energy and glucose homeostasis, neuropeptide gene expression, neural circuits underlying food reward

Molecular & Integrative Physiology Profile

mjlow@umich.edu

Carey Nien-Kai Lumeng, MD, PhD

Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor for the Cure and Prevention of Birth Defects

Professor of Pediatrics and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Obesity, inflammation, macrophage, insulin resistance, adipose tissue

Michigan Medicine Profile

Lumeng Lab

clumeng@umich.edu

Julie Lumeng, MD

Thomas P. Borders Family Research Professor of Child Behavior and Development

Professor of Pediatrics, Medical School

Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health

Areas of Expertise

Childhood obesity, stress, and eating behaviors

Michigan Medicine Profile

jlumeng@umich.edu