Darlene Berryman, PhD, RD
Associate Professor, Food and Nutrition
School of Applied Health Sciences and Wellness
Edison Biotechnology Institute
berrymad@ohio.edu
Ph.D., 1994, Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University
Complete Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Research Interest
The unifying theme of my scholarly work is obesity. I am fortunate to be able to address this timely subject from two different perspectives, mainly as a basic scientist but occasionally as a clinician. The majority of my scholarly efforts are to assess the nutritional and hormonal factors that impact adipose (fat) tissue and influence risk of obesity as well as its associated diseases. More specifically, I investigate how growth hormone (GH) levels and diets with various macronutrient profiles impact adipose tissue distribution, metabolism, and function as well as the progression of obesity to overt diabetes. Because GH and diet also have been shown to manipulate longevity, I am interested in how these factors influence aging.
Selected Publications
- Berryman DE, List EO, Sackmann-Sala L, Lubbers E, Munn R, Kopchick JJ. Growth hormone and adipose tissue: Beyond the adipocyte. Growth Horm IGF Res. 2011 Apr 4. [Epub ahead of print]
- Berryman DE, List EO, Palmer AJ, Chung MY, Wright-Piekarski J, Lubbers E, O'Connor P, Okada S, Kopchick JJ. (2010) Two-year body composition analyses of long-lived GHR null mice. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 65(1):31-40.
- Palmer AJ, Chung MY, List EO, Walker J, Okada S, Kopchick JJ, Berryman DE. (2009) Age-related changes in body composition of bovine growth hormone transgenic mice. Endocrinology. 150(3):1353-60.