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This interdisciplinary track focuses on the normal regulation and dysregulation of metabolic processes involving cellular macromolecules including carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Training and research efforts are designed to expand knowledge of these processes at fundamental molecular and cellular levels, and to apply this knowledge to organ and whole body physiology. Research interests of faculty participants range from genetic approaches using model experimental systems to analyses of common human metabolic disorders including dyslipidemia, diabetes, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. Some members of this track have extensive research and clinical experience with animal and human models of diabetes and obesity. A wide array of state-of-the-art in vitro and in vivo techniques is available to unravel mechanisms of hormone action in muscle, liver, and the adipocyte. Elucidation of the pathogenesis of insulin resistance and impaired beta cell function is a major interest of these faculty members. |
Dr. Lee McAlister-Henn
Dept. of Biochemistry
(210)567-3782
henn@biochem.uthscsa.eduDr. Ralph DeFronzo
Dept. of Medicine, Division of Diabetes
(210)567-6691/6710
grable@uthscsa.edu
The Ph.D. track in Metabolism and Metabolic Disorders
is a component of the Integrated Multidisciplinary Graduate Program at
the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Texas Health
Science Center at San Antonio. It is one of twelve tracks, each defining
a specific sets of training requirements for the Ph.D. degree. Students
apply to and are accepted by the Integrated Program. During their
first semester, they take a unified course in the Fundamentals of Biomedical
Science while doing short research projects in laboratories of several
faculty chosen from any of the eleven tracks. They then choose a
supervising professor and a corresponding track with which to complete
their training. Application information and information about faculty
participating in other tracks may be found at the Graduate
School of Biomedical Sciences Website.
Information about policies and curriculum of the Ph.D. track in Metabolism and Metabolic Disorders may be found the Dept. of Biochemistry Graduate Policy Handbook.