Affiliated Faculty
This list of affiliated investigators can help you identify potential research mentors at the University of Pittsburgh. PSTP students can, and do, work with mentors not on this list, but the investigators featured below have expressed interest in hosting PSTP students in their laboratories.
Erin Kershaw, MD
Research Areas: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Research Summary:
The role of intracellular lipid metabolism and adipose tissue biology in normal metabolism and disease using basic and translational approaches
Radhika Muzumdar, MD
Research Areas: Endocrinology and Metabolism, Pediatrics
Research Summary:
GH, insulin-like growth factors and a novel mitochondria-associated peptide on glucose homeostasis, energy metabolism, cardiovascular health and aging
Robert O'Doherty, PhD
Research Areas: Endocrinology and Metabolism
Research Summary:
The association between states of over nutrition and resulting metabolic disturbances, most notably obesity, NAFLD, and Type 2 Diabetes