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Assistant Professor
Nutrition Science
Purdue University
United States of America
Dr. Jessica Ellis, is employed as an Assistant Professor of Department of Nutrition Science at Purdue University. She received her PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2010. Her research interests include: Abnormally high levels of fat metabolism, particularly in the muscle, play a key role in the development of diabetes and diabetes-related heart disease. The lab aims to target the breakdown of fats in the muscle and heart to prevent and improve diabetes and related complications. These goals will be accomplished using novel conditional genetic animal models combined with dietary and exercise paradigms, as well as biochemical and molecular techniques. The long-term goal of this work is to provide mechanistic insight into the metabolic underpinnings of diabetes and ultimately shape therapeutic strategies aimed at reversing insulin resistance and preventing diabetes-related mortality.
Fatty acid metabolism, physiology, and control of lipid flux particularly in relation to neurological health and disease.