Research Focus: Complex mechanisms responsible for the metabolic alterations associated with obesity such as type 2 diabetes, sarcopenia and cognitive dysfunction during the aging process
Research Focus: Endocrine tumor genetics, specifically in understanding how genes that cause inherited endocrine tumor syndromes in people contribute to tumorigenesis in endocrine tissues
Research Focus: Metabolic basis of impaired contractile function in the diseased heart and the impact of altered cardiac metabolism on peripheral organs and systemic metabolism
Research Focus: Molecular mechanisms involved in thyroid cancer invasion and metastasis, with an active interest in new drug testing for thyroid cancer therapy