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Substrate Metabolism Laboratory
Understanding how exercise and diet improve metabolic health
About
The Substrate Metabolism Laboratory conducts research centered around exercise and diet, attempting to discover how these factors affect the risk and prevalence of metabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes. The health benefits for exercising are well known, but what is still unclear are the actual mechanisms of exercise and diet that produce healthier lives. By studying and understanding these mechanisms, we will be able to target specific training programs or medications designed to reduce the risk of disease.
SML Studies
We currently are recruiting subjects for the following research study projects.
If interested in participating in any of the above studies, please complete the General Pre-screening Questionnaire at myumi.ch/51VM2 to determine your eligibility to continue screening for our studies. If eligible, our study coordinator will contact you via email to set up a screening appointment.
Member(s)
PhD Student(s)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Hayley Billingsley, PhD (hbilings@med.umich.edu)
Master's Student(s)
- Sanjay Dronavalli, MD
- Ina Gjoka
Undergraduate Student(s)
- Olivia Katherine Chugh
- Sierra Ellis
- Sophia Ghayur
- Shriya Mehta
- Ryan Alexander Salzman
- Gayoung Yang
Collaborator(s)
Charles Burant, MD, PhD - Dr Robert C and Veronica Atkins Professor of Metabolism, Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Director of the A Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at Michigan Medicine, Medical School and Professor of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Greg Cartee, PhD - Associate Dean for Research, Professor of Kinesiology, School of Kinesiology, Research Professor, Institute of Gerontology and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Jacob Matthew Haus, PhD - Associate Professor of Kinesiology
Scott Hummel, MD - Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Stephen CJ Parker, PhD - Associate Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics and Associate Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School