INSULIN ACTION AND INSULIN RESISTANCE 
Programmatic area leader: Christopher Lynch, PhD

Abcouwer, Steven F., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery, Cellular & Molecular Physiology, and Ophthalmology
Penn State College of Medicine

Bixler, Edward, Ph.D
Professor of Psychiatry
Penn State College of Medicine

Butler, Peter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Penn State College of Engineering

Cavener, Douglas, B.A., M.S., Ph.D.
Professor and Head of Biology
Penn State University

Cooney, Robert, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Penn State. Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Covasa, Mihai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Nutritional Sciences
Penn State University

Francis, Lori A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Health & Human Development
Penn State University

Hajnal, Andras, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine

Heuvel, Jack Vanden, Ph.D.
Professor of Agricultural Sciences
Penn State University

Jefferson, Leonard S. (Jim), Ph.D.
Evan Pugh Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Kim, Jason K., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physiology, Director, Penn State Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Lang, Charles, H., Ph.D.
Professor & Vice-Chair, Cell & Molec Physiology
College of Medicine, Cell & Molec Physiology

LaNoue, Kathryn F., Ph.D.
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Lynch, Christopher J, Ph.D.
Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Marden, James H., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology
Penn State University

Na, Xiong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Immunology, Center of Molecular Immunology and Infectious Diseases
Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences
Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences

Norgren, Ralph, Ph.D.
Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
Penn State College of Medicine

Parker Klees, Lynn
Clinical Dietitian/Certified Diabetes Education
Penn State University

Peterson, Devin, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Food Science
Penn State University

Rogers, Ann, M.D.
Director, Penn State Surgical Weight-Loss Program
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

She, Pengxiang, Ph.D
Assistant Professor,
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Shi, Yuguang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Cellular & Molecular Physiology
Penn State College of Medicine

Werner, Jacob, V.M.D.
Attending Veterinarian for
Agricultural Animals and Wildlife
Penn State Animal Resource Program at University Park

Zhang, Samuel Shao-Min, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Penn State College of Medicine

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