Research
The basic science and clinical studies that are carried out at Stanford University cover a broad range of areas in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. Areas of research include:
- Insulin resistance in diabetes
- Hypertension
- Nutrition
- Lipid metabolism and diabetes mellitus
- Immunology of type 1 diabetes
- Islet cell development and differentiation
- Islet transplantation
- Insulin action
- Disorders of bone metabolism
- Mechanisms of action of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factors
- Nuclear hormone receptors and actions
- Steroid hormone receptors and actions
- Adrenergic receptors and actions
- Mechanisms of gonadotropin action
- Signal transduction
- Implantation and human ovarian follicle development
- Abnormalities of sex determination
- Neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis
- Neuroendocrine control of glucocorticoid secretion
- Gonadol steroids
- Disorders of the pituitary