John A. Corbett, PhD
- Chairman and professor, Biochemistry, Medical College of Wisconsin
Locations
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8701 Watertown Plank Rd.Milwaukee, WI 53226
Overview
Division
- Biochemistry
Study interests
- Function and survival of Pancreatic beta cells in Type 1 and 2 diabetes
Education
- Doctorate, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1990
Medical College of Wisconsin
Department of Biochemistry
8701 Watertown Plank Road
Milwaukee, WI 53226
Phone: (414) 955-8768
Fax: (414) 955-6510
E-mail: jcorbett@mcw.edu
Education and Awards
Education
Awards
- Greenwood Award (top Biochemistry Graduate Student, Utah State University), 1990
- Individual National Research Service Award (NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship), 1994
- Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Career Development Award, 1999
- Scientific Advisory Board: International Conference on Nitric Oxide, 2000, 2002, 2004
- Nancy R. and Eugene C. Gwaltney Family Endowed Chair in Juvenile Diabetes Research, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2007
Research and publications
Research
- Biochemical Mechanism of ®-cell Destruction, National Institutes of Health, NIH, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Disease, NIDDK, principal investigator
- Mechanisms of Viral-induced ®-cell Damage, National Institutes of Health, NIH, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID, principal investigator