Tenure Track Faculty
(Office) 801-646-7659
CVRTI, Room 250
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Heart Failure, Cardiometabolic Disease, Atrial Myopathy, Cardiac Fibrosis, Inter-Organ Communication, Cardiokine Secretion, Cellular Proteostasis, ER Stress, Cardiac Metabolism, Gene Therapy
TEACHING INTERESTS: Cardiovascular and Renal Physiology, Endocrinology, Cell and Molecular Biology, Scientific Communication
(Office) 801-585-6833
EIHG, Room 3410B
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Autophagy, Adipose Progenitors, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondria
TEACHING INTERESTS: Metabolic Regulation, Cardiovascular Physiology, Energy Balance
BOUDINA LAB
(Office) 801-646-4839
EIHG, Room 3140
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Circadian Rhythms, Circadian Clock, Aging, Cardiometabolic Health, Metabolism, Nutrient Sensing, Diet Interventions, Time-Restricted Feeding, Body Weight Balance, Energy Expenditure, Mitochondrial Energetics
CHAIX LAB
(Office) 801-585-1781
EIHG, Room 3240B
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Metabolism, Obesity, Mitochondria, Redox Biology, Lipid Biochemistry, Exercise, Muscle, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Cachexia, Weight Loss, Lipid Peroxidation
FUNAI LAB
(Office) 801-581-8718
EEJMRB, Room 4520C
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Metabolism, Metabolic Signaling and Regulation, Protein-Metabolite Interactions, Metabolic Networks, Enzymology, Metabolomics, Mass Spectrometry, Interactome Discovery Technologies
(Office) 801-581-3688
EIHG, Room 3110
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Diabetes, Adiponectin, Metabolic Disease, Sphingolipids, Ceramide, Insulin Resistance, Beta Cell Failure, Metabolism, Type 2 Diabetes, Mellitus, Adipose, Adipokines, Glucose, Inflammation, Nutrition, Metabolism, Translational Glucagon, Appetite, Satiety, Obesity
HOLLAND LAB
(Office) 801-585-0399
HPER N, Room 224F
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Disease, Phytochemicals, Diabetes, Metabolism
TEACHING INTERESTS: Undergraduate Nutrition, Health, and Metabolism, Macronutrient Metabolism, Nutrition for Chronic Disease Prevention, Cellular Nutrient Metabolism
(Office) 801-585-3218
HPER N, Room 213
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Clinical Nutrition, Community Nutrition, Dietary Assessment, Health Promotion, Pediatric Nutrition, Wellness Programming
TEACHING INTERESTS: Active Learning, Case Studies, Problem-solving Skills, Simulations, Team-Based Learning
(Office) 801-213-6264
HCI Research South, Room 4511
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Diet, Nutrition, Cancer, Metabolism, Metabolomics, Biomarkers
TEACHING INTERESTS: Nutritional and Cancer Epidemiology
(Office) 801-587-7704
HPER W, Room 122
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Neuromuscular Function, Biomechanics, Muscular Power, Fatigue, Modeling
(Office) 801-581-8376
HPER N Room 224C
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Dietary Flavonoids, Berry Anthocyanins, Diet Derived Metabolites, Vascular Diseases, Endothelial Inflammation, Endothelial Function, Gut Microbiome, Atherosclerois, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome
TEACHING INTERESTS: Macronutrient Metabolism, Nutrition Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health
(Office) 801-582-1565
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Vascular biology, muscle metabolism, aging, age-related disease, and mobility
UTAH VASCULAR RESEARCH LAB
scott.a.summers@health.utah.edu
(Office) 801-587-7628
EIHG, Room 3110B
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Metabolism, Lipotoxicity, Lipid Metabolism, Ceramides, Metabolic Syndrom
TEACHING INTERESTS: Metabolic Basis of Disease, Research Communication
SUMMERS LAB
(Phone) 435-659-7805
EIHG, Room 3420
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Determining the impact of: (i) aging; (ii) endothelial cell autophagy; (iii) sphingolipid metabolism; (iv) polyphenolic compounds; (v) the intestinal microbiome; (vi) disturbed flow associated with arteriovenous fistula development; and (vii) acute and chronic exercise, on endothelial cell metabolism. Preclinical and clinical experimental models are used.
TEACHING INTERESTS: Cardiovascular Physiology, Vascular Physiology, Endothelial Cell Metabolism, Exercise Physiology
