Dr.

Mitchell Avery Lazar

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Endocrinologist; Educator
Area
Biological Sciences
Specialty
Medical Sciences
Elected
2008
Willard and Rhoda Ware Professor of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases. Endocrinologist and physician-scientist who has had impact on the fields of hormone action, obesity, and diabetes. Work spans gene regulation and metabolism, including the elucidation of mechanisms underlying nuclear hormone receptor actions, circadian rhythms of transcription and metabolism, and adipose biology.
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