Center for Bioenergetics

The Center for Bioenergetics supports multidisciplinary studies of metabolism in health and disease. Our studies span several disease areas from vascular disease and obesity-linked diabetes to heart failure and cancer. The investigators in the Center have been unraveling detailed molecular mechanisms underlying complex diseases using cutting-edge technologies and methodologies, and using this information to guide strategies for prevention, reversal and management of disease through genetic, laboratory, pre-clinical and clinical studies.

Our mission is to translate mechanistic knowledge of metabolic function and its dysregulation in diseases to improved treatments for patients.

Our specific research areas are: 

• Energy transfer and metabolism
• Women’s heart health
• Radiochemistry and PET imaging
• Atherosclerosis and Lipoprotein Research
• Lipid Metabolism in Cardiovascular Disease
• Clinical & Translational Research Program