Diabetes:

• Julia V. Busik, Assistant Professor; Ph.D. Okazaki, Japan. Mechanisms of the development of diabetic complications with a focus on diabetic retinopathy.
• Laura R. McCabe, Professor; Ph.D., Chicago. Molecular mechanisms regulating bone formation under conditions of stress.
• Ronald Meyer, Professor; Ph.D., SUNY Upstate Medical Center. Comparative cellular energetics and metabolism; skeletal- and cardiac-muscle physiology; exercise physiology. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology)
• L. Karl Olson, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota. Regulation of pancreatic B-cell cell growth, gene expression, and physiology; isolation and characterization of pancreatic precursor cells.
• Nara Parameswaran, BVSc., (Madras Veterinary College, India), PhD (Michigan State University). Receptor Biology and Signal Transduction; Pathophysiology of inflammatory diseases including sepsis, arthritis and atherosclerosis.
• Robert W. Wiseman, Associate Professor; Ph.D., Florida State. Molecular imaging of the physiology and biochemistry of excitable cells; energetics and calcium homeostasis in muscle and myocardium; signal transduction in muscle during exercise and disease. (Joint appointment with the Department of Radiology).