College of Arts and Sciences
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Faculty
Kevin Lee
Associate Professor
Athens Campus
Biomedical Sciences
Diabetes Institute
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Education
- Molecular and Cellular Biology (Ph.D.), Baylor College of Medicine, 2007
- Biology (B.S.), Philosophy (B.A.), University of Illinois, 1999
Areas of Expertise
- Molecular biology
- Adipose tissue
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Metabolism
- Physiology
- Adipocytes
- Fat
- Mouse genetics
- Cellular biology
Biography
My laboratory has found that adipose tissue is comprised of developmentally and functionally distinct subpopulations of adipocytes. We are examining the molecular biology of these adipocyte subpopulations and determining their effects on systemic metabolism and physiology.