Affiliations

• 2001- : Director & Research Professor, Life Sciences Institute
• Professor, Division of Molecular Medicine & Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, UM Medical School
• John Jacob Abel Professor of Life Sciences, Dept. of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, UM Medical School
• Faculty Mentor, Cellular & Molecular Biology Graduate Program
• Steering Committee Member, Center for Advancing Research & Solutions for Society
• Faculty Mentor, Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center
• Search Committee Member, Biological Sciences Scholars Program

Education

• AB, Zoology (Magna Cum Laude), Duke University, 1975
• PhD, Biochemistry, University of North Carolina, 1980

Memberships and Offices in Professional Societies

• 2005- : Institute of Medicine (IoM)
• 2003- : Pluto Society - American Association of Pathologists
• 1996- : North American Association for the Study of Obesity
• 1995- : The Biochemical Society
• 1988- : American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
• 1988- : American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• 1987- : Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
• 1984- : The Harvey Society
• 1981- : The Endocrine Society
• 1981- : American Diabetes Association
• 1980- : New York Academy of Sciences
• 1977- : American Association for the Advancement of Science

Editorial Boards

• Editorial Board, Current Opinion in Oncologic, Endocrine, and Metabolic Drugs
• Editorial Board, Molecular Endocrinology
• Board of Consulting Editors, Journal of Clinical Investigation
• Deputy Editor, Molecular Medicine