My lab currently aims to identify and test the molecular mechanisms of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) secretion in adipose tissue and the role of adipose MIF in mediating metabolic syndrome in children. During obesity, MIF expression is chronically enhanced in adipose tissue. Obese children and teens are at higher risk for a host of health problems, such as insulin … Read More
Brandy Wicklow, MD, MSc, FRCPC
My research focus is on early life determinants of type 2 diabetes and renal disease in children and adolescents, with a particular interest in the impacts of the psychological, economic, and social impacts on wholistic health of all children living with diabetes. Current research is evaluating the fetal origins of childhood onset type 2 diabetes, including in utero and epigenetic … Read More
Elizabeth Sellers, MD, MSc
My main areas of research focus are on pediatrics, endocrinology and metabolism, epidemiology, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome. Contact: esellers@hsc.mb.ca Currently accepting students.
Ayesha Saleem, PhD
The main focus of my research program is to decipher intercellular signalling, as mediated by extracellular vesicles, that regulates the interplay between host tissue and imposed challenges. These challenges can be physiological (exercise, age), dysregulated metabolism-related (cancer, obesity, diabetes), or developmental (breastmilk). Contact: Ayesha.Saleem@umanitoba.ca Currently accepting students.
Samantha Pauls, PhD
My current research seeks to understand and target defects in immune cell metabolism that may contribute to the development or progression of obesity-associated metabolic diseases like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Contact: samantha.pauls@umanitoba.ca Currently accepting students.
Michel Aliani, PhD
My research is focused on mass spectrometry and NMR-based metabolomics studies of functional foods, drugs and their effect on biochemical pathways in populations with chronic diseases. Our goal is to provide healthy and acceptable foods to children and young adults and to understand the underlying mechanism related to the development of diabetes, renal and cardiovascular diseases. Contact: Michel.Aliani@umanitoba.ca Currently accepting … Read More
Vern Dolinsky, PhD
Gestational diabetes mellitus is the most common complication of pregnancy. It is also a risk factor for the development of diabetes in children. My research is focused on investigating the fundamental mechanisms involved in the development of gestational diabetes and how gestational diabetes contributes to the development of obesity, diabetes and related cardiovascular disease in youth. Our aim is to … Read More