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Theodore P. Ciaraldi

Theodore P. Ciaraldi

Credentials: ​

  • PhD.

Current Position(s): 

  • Research Biologist, VA

  • Project Scientist, UCSD

Personal Statement: 

Dr. Ciaraldi had an undergraduate education at the University of Maryland, College Park and Doctoral training at the University of Rochester. Post-doctoral training at Stanford and the University of Colorado, then moved to UC San Diego in 1983. Since the completion of his PhD training, he has been intimately involved in the study of metabolism in human tissues, as well as animal models and other experimental systems. Dr. Ciaraldi was one of the first to demonstrate defects in basal and insulin-stimulated glucose transport in adipocytes from individuals with obesity and type 2 diabetes, as well as the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and has evaluated the effects of multiple therapeutic interventions, both in vivo and in vitro, on insulin action.

Professional History:

  • Research Associate, Dept of Medicine/Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1981-1982

  • Instructor in Medicine, Dept of Medicine/Endocrinology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, 1982-1983      

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, UCSD School of Medicine, 1983-1990

  • Research Chemist, Medical Research Service, VASDMC, 1985-1991

  • Research Biologist, VASDHS, 1991-Present

  • Research Specialist, Dept. of Medicine Endocrinology, UCSD School of Medicine, 1990-1993

  • Associate Project Scientist, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, UCSD School of Medicine, 1993-1995

  • Project Scientist, Dept. of Medicine/Endocrinology, UCSD School of Medicine, 1995-Present

Education:

  • University of Maryland, College Park, BS, Biochemistry, 1968-1972

  • University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, PhD, Biochemistry, 1972-1977

  • Stanford University, Fellowship, Medicine/Endocrinology, 1977-1978

  • University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Medicine/Endocrinology, 1978-1981

Honors/Awards:

  • National Defense Education Act Fellowship, 1972-1974

  • Evelyn L. Neizer Fellowship, 1977-1978

  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship in Endocrinology, 1978-1980

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