Donna Vine
Associate prof
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Associate Professor, Recipient of McCalla Professorship (2015-2016) in Teaching, Service and Research, and Co-Director of the Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease Laboratory. Research program is translational from basic animal models to human clinical trials, focusing on how diet and metabolic factors, such as androgens and insulin, regulate intestinal and hepatic lipid and lipoprotein synthesis, lipid absorption and metabolism, and how these pathways are altered in disease states leading to atherogenic-remnant dyslipidemia; inclusive of cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome.
Research Interest
cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and polycystic ovary syndrome.