EDM Faculty Research Projects

Faculty research projects available for student and resident participation:

1. Central mechanisms regulating metabolism - Mentor: Dr. Rexford Ahima


2. The mechanism by which insulin regulates hepatic metabolism - Mentor: Dr. Morris Birnbaum


3. Regulation of lipolysis in fat cells - Mentor: Dr. Morris Birnbaum


4. The origins of selective insulin resistance - Mentor: Dr. Morris Birnbaum


5. Using Drosophila melanogaster as a tool for modeling Type 2 diabetes mellitus - Mentor: Dr. Morris Birnbaum


6. Subclinical hypothyroidism in the elderly - Mentor: Dr. Anne Cappola


7. Ghrelin and resistance training in frailty - Mentor: Dr. Anne Cappola


8. New roles of recombinant TSH in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer - Mentor: Dr. Susan Mandel


9. The "T trial" of testosterone replacement in elderly men - Mentor: Dr. Peter Snyder


10. Mechanisms regulating beta cell survival and proliferation - Mentor: Dr. Doris Stoffers


11. Resistin in insulin resistance and cardiovascular disease - Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Lazar


12. Genetic determinants of human adipose responses to PPARg agonists - Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Lazar


13. Circadian regulation of metabolism - Mentor: Dr. Mitchell Lazar


14. Effect of Exenatide, Sitagliptin or Glimepiride on Functional B-Cell Mass in Early Type 2 Diabetes -Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels


15. Islet Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetic Kidney Allograft Recipients - Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels


16. Islet Cell Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetes - Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels


17. Effect of Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Glucose Counterregulation in Long Standing Type 1 Diabetes - Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels


18. The Type 1 Diabetes Exchange Clinic-based Registry Network and Ancillary Study: Residual C-peptide in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes - Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels


19. Characterization of Insulin and Incretin Secretion in Postpubertal Adolescents and Adults with Cystic Fibrosis - A Pilot Study - Mentor: Dr. Michael Rickels