Endocrine and Metabolic Research
The Endocrine and Metabolic Research Interdisciplinary Working Group employs a translational approach to tackle some of the most critical health challenges of our time, including diabetes, obesity, and reproductive and hormonal disorders. This group leverages a diverse array of clinical and experimental methodologies, integrating both clinical and basic research, to investigate the regulation of key physiological systems such as body weight control, hormonal balance, and metabolism.
Group Leader
Mariana P. Monteiro
General Coordinator
- Gastro-intestinal hormones in energy and glucose homeostasis.
- Obesity associated type 2 diabetes.
- Endocrine and obesity-related cancer.
- Endocrine and Reproductive disorders.
- To unravel the role of gastro-intestinal hormones in energy and glucose homeostasis.
- To develop innovative medical and surgical treatment approaches for obesity, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, towards improved clinical outcomes.
- To characterize the contribution of obesity and metabolic syndrome in pathways leading to cancer progression and the molecular mechanisms underlying endocrine related cancer.
- To characterize the role endocrine and metabolic factors in control of reproduction.