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Marianna Sadagurski, PhD

Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Integrative Biosciences Center (iBio), College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

Obesity, inflammation, nutrition

Wayne State University Profile

Sadagurski Lab

sadagurski@wayne.edu

Hajime Sasaki, DDS, PhD

Associate Professor of Dentistry, Department of Cariology, Restorative Science and Endodontics, School of Dentistry

Areas of Expertise:

Inflammology, interrelationship between diabesity and dental inflammation, serum amyloid A

School of Dentistry Profile

Sasaki Lab

hajimes@umich.edu

Laura Saslow, PhD

Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing

Areas of Expertise:

Type 2 diabetes, technologically-enhanced diet and lifestyle interventions, self-management

School of Nursing Profile

saslowl@umich.edu

Leslie S. Satin, PhD

Joanne I. Moore Research Professor of Pharmacology

Professor of Pharmacology and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Pancreatic islets and islet beta cells, insulin secretion

Pharmacology Profile

Satin Lab

lsatin@umich.edu

Brian M. Schmidt, DPM

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Diabetic foot ulcer, charcot neuroarthropathy, diabetic foot osteomyelitis

Michigan Medicine Profile

bmcs@umich.edu

Andrew D. Schrepf, PhD

Research Investigator, Anesthesiology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Chronic pain, inflammation, central sensitization

Anesthesiology Profile

aschrepf@umich.edu

Randy J. Seeley, PhD

Henry King Ransom Professor of Surgery

Professor of Surgery and Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health

Director of the Michigan Nutrition Obesity Research Center

Areas of Expertise:

Neuroendocrinology, gut-brain type 2 diabetes

Surgery Profile

Seeley Lab

seeleyrj@umich.edu

Jonathan Zachary Sexton, PhD

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Assistant Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy

Areas of Expertise:

Pancreatic beta cell regeneration, fatty liver disease, glucose disposal

College of Pharmacy Profile

Sexton Lab

jzsexton@umich.edu

Yatrik M. Shah, PhD

Horace W. Davenport Collegiate Professor of Physiology

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

Areas of Expertise:

Hypoxia, steatosis, fibrosis

Molecular and Integrative Physiology Profile

Shah Lab

shahy@umich.edu

Lonnie Shea, PhD

Steven A. Goldstein Collegiate Professor of Biomedical Engineering

William and Valerie Hall Department Chair of Biomedical Engineering

Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Medical School

Professor of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering

Professor of Surgery, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Islet transplantation, autoimmune tolerance, regenerative medicine

Biomedical Engineering Profile

Shea Lab

ldshea@umich.edu

Assia Shisheva, PhD

Professor of Physiology, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

Mouse models of insulin resistance, insulin responsiveness in target cells and tissues, mouse models for metabolic syndrome

Wayne State University Profile

ashishev@med.wayne.edu

Kanakadurga Singer, MD

Valerie Castle Opipari, MD Professor of Pediatrics

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

Areas of Expertise:

Pediatric obesity, hematopoiesis, inflammation and metabolism

Michigan Medicine Profile

Singer Lab

ksinger@umich.edu

Yolanda R. Smith, MD

Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Menopause, cognition, estrogen, polycystic ovary syndrome

Michigan Medicine Profile

ysmith@umich.edu

Scott Soleimanpour, MD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Beta cell biology, endosomes/autophagy/mitophagy, islet transplantation

Michigan Medicine Profile

Soleimanpour Lab

ssol@umich.edu

Elizabeth Speliotes, MD, PhD, MPH

Keith S. Henley, MD Collegiate Professor of Gastroenterology

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Human genetics of obesity, NAFLD

Michigan Medicine Profile

Speliotes Lab

espeliot@umich.edu

Jena J. Steinle, PhD

Professor of Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Scienes, School of Medicine, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

Anatomy & cell biology, ophthalmology

Wayne State University Profile

jsteinle@med.wayne.edu

Rita Strakovsky, PhD, RD

Assistant Professor of Maternal Nutrition and Toxicology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Michigan State University

Areas of Expertise:

Perinatal epidemiology, toxicology, nutrition

Michigan State University Profile

strakovs@msu.edu

Edward L. Stuenkel, PhD

Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School

Areas of Expertise:

Beta cell, insulin secretion, exocytosis

Molecular and Integrative Physiology Profile

esterm@umich.edu

Shengyi (Iris) Sun, PhD

Assistant Professor of Molecular Medicine and Genetics and of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University

Areas of Expertise:

ER-associated degradation, immunometabolism, nutrient metabolism

Wayne State University Profile

Sun Lab

shengyisun@wayne.edu