MDRC Members

Martin G. Myers, Jr., MD, PhD

Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Director of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
Director of the Michigan Diabetes Research Center
Areas of Expertise:
Leptin, hypothalamus, energy balance

David Olson, MD, PhD

David Murray Cowie, MD Research Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Obesity, hypothalamus, diabetes
Elif Oral, MD

Elif A. Oral, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes, lipodystrophy, obesity, lipid metabolism, physiological roles of leptin, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Edgar A. Otto, PhD

Associate Research Scientist, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic nephropathy, single cell RNAseq, ciliopathies
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Vasantha Padmanabhan, MS, PhD

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, Professor Emerita of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor Emerita of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Professor Emerita of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor Emerita in Service, Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Polycystic ovarian syndrome, insulin resistance, developmental programming, metabolic dysfunctions, endocrine disruptors

Suresh S. Palaniyandi, PhD

Senior Staff Investigator, Henry Ford Health System
Assistant Professor of Physiology, Wayne State University
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic cardiac complications, type-1 diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, aldehyde dehydrogenases, 4-hydoxy-2-nonenal, stem cell
Karen Peterson, DSc

Karen Peterson, DSc

Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Design and evaluation of population-based interventions, physical activity behaviors related to obesity and chronic disease in diverse populations

Vitaliy Popov, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
Areas of Expertise:
Multimodal learning analytics in the context of co-located and virtually distributed teams in clinical simulations, shared-decision making, interprofessional teams
Marschall Runge

Marschall Runge, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, Michigan Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Dean, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Cardiovascular complications, oxidative stress, hyperglycemia, NADPH oxidase

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

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