University of Colorado
Margaret Tanner, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, University of Colorado Denver
Dates of Funding: 2023 – 2025
Research Focus: Neural mechanisms controlling voluntary physical activity and the beneficial effects of physical activity on mental health.
Ana Pinto, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2023 – 2025
Research Focus: Testing and optimizing physical activity and sedentary behavior interventions in adults at risk for chronic diseases.
Emma Robinson, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Cardiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2023 – 2025
Research Focus: Targeting hormone sensitive lipase to block lipolysis in fat cells to mitigate the detrimental effects of obesity in peripheral organs, such as the heart, and prolong the healthy lifespan for obese individuals.
Paul Roberson, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2023 – 2025
Research Focus: Investigating the function of Sestrin3-regulation on metabolism using translational models, cellular and molecular techniques, and stable isotope tracing.
Danielle Ostendorf, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2023 – 2025
Research Focus: Culturally adapted lifestyle programs targeting physical activity adherence among Spanish-speakers.
Katherine Ranard, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2022 – 2024
Research Focus: Using a zebrafish model to investigate the cellular consequences of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid deficiency during brain development.
Cortney Steele, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Renal Disease and Hypertension, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2022 – 2024
Research Focus: Kidney oxidative metabolism and insulin sensitivity.
Stephanie Waldrop, MD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2022 – 2024
Research Focus: Understanding the interactions of nutrition, maternal intrauterine exposures, and epigenetics on obesity risk in childhood.
Catherine Cioffi-Cohen, PhD, RD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2021 – 2023
Research Focus: Establish feasibility in using serum carbon isotope ratio as a biomarker of added sugar and sugary beverage intake as a risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in youth.
Jane Stremming, MD
Assistant Professor, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2021 – 2023
Research Focus: Understand how insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) and insulin work together to coordinate fetal nutrient availability to support fetal growth and protein accretion.
Andrew Libby, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2021 – 2023
Research Focus: Limited calorie diets to restrict bone marrow-derived adipocytes to improve non-alcoholic fatty liver in rodents that undergo ovariectomy.
Silvania Da Silva Teixeira, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition Section, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2021 – 2023
Research Focus: Investigate the role of thyroid hormones and their metabolites’ on β-cell function.
Karin Zemski Berry, PhD
Senior Instructor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Dates of Funding: 2021 – 2023
Research Focus: Explore the role of oxidized lipids in the accumulation of sarcolemmal ceramides and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle and quantify oxidized lipid levels in plasma of endurance trained athletes, sedentary lean controls, and individuals with obesity and/or T2D by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).