Principal Investigators
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Licio Augusto Velloso
Director
The work is focused on the characterization of the hypothalamic mechanisms involved in the regulation of food intake and whole-body energy balance. Keywords: Obesity, hypothalamus, energy expenditure, brown adipose tissue, thermogenesis, inflammation.
Ronaldo Aloise Pilli
Coordinator of education and knowledge dissemination
Acts with the target-specific development of drugs for obesity and diabetes.
João Eduardo P. Furtado
Technology Transfer Coordinator
It operates with economy of technology and innovation; industrial and technological strategies and policies; sector studies; analysis of competitive strategies and technology and innovation.
Everardo Carneiro
Principal Investigator
It studies metabolic programming in insulin secretion and action in experimental models of nutritional overload / deficiency. Keywords: Langerhans islets, insulin secretion, insulin action, protein malnutrition, obesity
Carlos E. Negrão
Main Researcher
Studies molecular mechanisms linking physical activity to improved metabolic control.
Helena C. F. de Oliveira
Principal Investigator
Studies molecular mechanisms linking obesity and insulin resistance to atherosclerosis.
Heitor Moreno Jr.
Principal Investigator
Studies the role of gene polymorphisms on hemodynamic parameter and vascular stiffness in obese resistant hypertensive patients.
José A. R. Gontijo
Principal Investigator
Studies the fetal programming and renal function in experimental models of nutritional overload and nutritional deficiency.
Silvana A. Bordin
Principal Investigator
Studies the circadian integration of energy metabolism.
Wilson Nadruz
Principal Investigator
Studies the impact of obesity, adiposity and hypertension on cardiac remodeling.
Andrei Carvalho Sposito
Principal Investigator
Vascular biology in animal, cellular and human models; interaction between lipid and carbohydrate metabolism and cardiovascular disease. Keywords: Endothelial function, lipid metabolism, cardiovascular risk, diabetes
Bruno Geloneze Neto
Principal Investigator
Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Endocrinology, acting on the following subjects: insulin resistance, bariatric and metabolic surgery, obesity and diabetes.
Jose Donato Jr
Principal Investigator
Neuroendocrine control of energy balance and glucose homeostasis. Keywords: Hypothalamus; leptin; growing hormone; food intake; obesity, diabetes mellitus.