Major Areas of Investigation
Cardiology:
Cardiac MRI as a diagnostic tool; cardiac effects of pollutants; therapies targeting cardiac inflammation.
Endocrinology:
Leptin physiology; obesity pathophysiology and treatment; effect of dietary intervention on glucose metabolism; endothelial
dysfunction in impaired glucose tolerance/diabetes mellitus; glycemic control in pregnancy.
Gastroenterology:
Molecular etiology of and therapy for chronic pancreatitis; therapy for C. difficile colitis; Celiac and Chron’s disease; cystic
fibrosis.
Gerontology:
Mechanisms involved in syncope, falls, and cerebral vasoregulation.
Infectious Diseases:
Treatment of AIDS, HIV infection; AIDS Clinical Trials Group; Phase I studies of AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma; HIV lipodystrophy;
Hepatitis C treatment and characterization.
Nephrology:
Immune modulating agents post renal transplant; Polycystic Kidney Disease.
Neurology:
Neural plasticity; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); myositis; effect of sleep restriction; epilepsy; mechanisms of orthostatic
intolerance; Parkinson’s disease treatment; memory; stroke; transcranial magnetic stimulation.
Nursing:
Eating disorders.
Oncology:
Use of biologic agents in the treatment of advanced malignancy.
Psychiatry:
Serotonin metabolism in eating disorders; schizophrenia; mentation, cognition and sleep.
Pulmonary Physiology:
Pathophysiology and treatment of sleep apnea syndrome; microvascular
pathophysiology in sleep apnea syndrome.
Rheumatology:
Immune modulation in therapy of rheumatoid arthritis.
For more
information please contact
Michelle Beck, Administrative
Manager
(617) 667-4269
The
Harvard-Thorndike GCRC is funded by Grant M01 RR01032 from the NCRR, NIH
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