Jacqueline Stephens, Professor BMB and CDIB Divisions, Ph.D.: East Carolina University School of Medicine, 1992 Claude B. Pennington, Jr. Endowed Chair in Biomedical Research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center. Louisiana
She is working as Principal Investigator of Metabolic Basis of Disease Center (MBDC)- COBRE was developed to support early-career scientists as they study the metabolic networks that become dysregulated during the progression of various diseases including diabetes, obesity, preeclampsia, and anxiety.
Area of Interest:
Adipocytes are highly specialized cells that play a major role in energy homeostasis invertebrate organisms. Adipocytes are insulin-sensitive cells that have endocrine properties.
Obesity is the primary disease of fat cells and a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes (T2DM), cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.
Obesity and its related disorders result in dysregulation of the mechanisms that control lipid storage, insulin action, and hormone secretion from adipocytes. The Stephens lab is located at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and uses both in vitro and in vivo models to adipocyte biology.
Led by Stephens, Ph.D., the Metabolic Basis of Disease Center will increase the number of scientists whose research addresses important health challenges while enabling these young investigators to establish independent research programs with sustainable independent funding