Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center – Diabetes and Obesity Research Day
Dr. Maureen Gannon
Maureen Gannon received her B.S. in Biology from Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY and her M.S. in Biology from Adelphi University in Garden City, NY. She received her Ph.D. in Cell Biology and Anatomy from Cornell University in 1995.
Presentation: Enhancing functional b-cell mass and cardiac function by targeting prostaglandin E2 receptors
Date: November 12, 2020, 3pm - 4pm
Dr. Gannon is currently Professor in the Department of Medicine and Associate Dean for Faculty Development at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Her laboratory focuses on the regulation of beta cell mass during development and postnatally in response to physiological and pathological stimuli. Her research has been funded by JDRF, NIH, ADA, and the VA.
Dr. Gannon is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS fellow since 2015), the American Diabetes Association, the American Physiological Society, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the Endocrine Society and the Society for Developmental Biology. She enjoys volunteering, singing, Irish step dancing, playing guitar, drawing/painting, and camping.