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Position Title
Professor
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Nutritionist in AES
Position Title
Professor
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine
Nutritionist in AES
3115 Meyer Hall | Lab: 4306 Meyer Hall
Bio
Education
- B.Sc., Biology, American University of Beirut
- M.Sc., Biomedical Sciences, Bradford University
- D.Phil., Physiology, Oxford University
Research Interests
Dr. Haj's laboratory studies the molecular basis of metabolic diseases, mainly obesity and type 2 diabetes. In particular, we are interested in the role of tyrosine phosphorylation and how dysregulation of this key signaling mechanism contributes to metabolic diseases and their complications. We investigate the role of protein-tyrosine phosphatases and their interacting partners in metabolic homeostasis. This is achieved using a combination of genetic, biochemical, proteomic and pharmacological approaches in various experimental platforms (cells, rodent models of disease and humans).
Lab: http://hajlab.ucdavis.edu
Post Graduate Training
- Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School
- Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
- Visiting Scientist, European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Nutrition Department, University of California Davis, 2007-2011
- Associate Professor, Nutrition Department, University of California Davis, 2011-2015
- Associate Professor, Internal Medicine Department, University of California Davis, 2012-2015
- Professor, Nutrition Department, University of California Davis, 2015-present
- Professor, Internal Medicine Department, University of California Davis, 2015-present
Administrative Appointments
- Director, Meyer Hall Animal Facility, University of California Davis, 2008-present
- Co-Director, Metabolism and Endocrinology Core, National Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center, University of California Davis, 2011-present
- Vice-Chair, Nutrition Department, 2018-present
Awards and Honors
- Oxford University, Oxford Overseas Bursaries, 1997
- Oxford University, Overseas Research Scholarship, 1997
- Harvard University, Certificate of Excellence in Research, 2001
- American Diabetes Association Junior Faculty Award, 2006
- University of California Davis, Hellman Fellow, 2008
- University of California Davis, Faculty Leadership Academy, 2018
- LEAD21, National Faculty Leadership Program, 2019