Focus Areas – Endocrinology, Obesity and Diabetes

Mark Danielsen, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry	Steroid receptors, Bioterrorism, Bioinformatics, Endocrine Disruptors
Carolyn Ecelbarger, PhD Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine	Regulation of renal sodium, water transport proteins and blood pressure by insulin during Type I and Type II diabetes.
Jacqueline Jonklaas, MD, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine	Treatment of thyroid diseases, optimization of outcomes in thyroid cancer
Barbara Howard, PhD Senior Scientist and former President of MedStar Research Institute	Risk factors for CVD, with special interest in diabetes, lipids, and the effects of diabetes on CVD in women
Christine Maric, PhD, FAHA Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine	Sex differences in diabetic renal disease
Susan Mulroney, PhD (website) Professor and Vice-Chair Department of Physiology	Sex differences in cardio-renal pathology
Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD Professor, Departments of Cell Biology, Pharmacology and Neurosciences Head, Division of Hormone Research	Steroid synthesis and regulation in health and disease
Helaine Resnick, PhD, MPH Director, Dept. of Epidemiology and Statistics, MedStar Research Institute	Sex differences in diabetes and cardiovascular disease epidemiology
Darren Roesch, PhD Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine	Gonadal steroids’ effects on gender and age-related differences in responsiveness to stress, metabolic homeostasis and cardiorenal function.
Kathryn Sandberg, PhD (website) Professor, Departments of Medicine and Physiology, Director of the CSD	Sex differences in hypertension and associated cardiovascular and renal disease
Joseph Verbalis, MD Professor of Medicine and Division Chief of Endocrinology	Sex differences in caloric, sodium and water homeostasis