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DRTC UAB Human Physiology Core :

Because diabetes is both a metabolic and a vascular disease, the Human Physiology Core was designed to promote interactions and collaborations oriented towards better understanding the pathophysiology of diabetes and cardiometabolic disease risk.  Toward this end, the Human Physiology Core incorporates and combines expertise and technology for assessment of hormones and other analytes in both humans and animal models; body composition and fat distribution; insulin sensitivity and substrate metabolism; energy expenditure; and cardiovascular function.  Assessments provided by the Core are direct, sophisticated, "state-of-the-art" measures that utilize the most current technology available.  Access to these services and technologies is designed to facilitate a sophisticated, multidisciplinary, and comprehensive approach to diabetes research, and provide common ground for collaboration and training.

Director: Barbara Gower, PhD:  934-4087,  bgower@uab.edu
Associate Director - Imaging: Bradley Newcomer, PhD:  934-2664,  newcomer@uab.edu
Associate Director - Cardiovascular: David Calhoun, MD:   934-4633 or 934-9835, dcalhoun@uab.edu

People :

Barbara Gower, Ph.D. : Director, Human Physiology Core, . Phone: 205-934-4087

Bradley Newcomer, Ph.D. : Associate Core Director - Imaging, . Phone: 205-934-2664

David Calhoun, M.D. : Associate Core Director - Cardiovascular, . Phone: 205-934-4633