BRC will also be supported from scientific contributions from several universities for which we have collaborative arrangements.

William Cefalu, M.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Botanical Research Center, Director Project 1 Leader Douglas L. Manship Professorship in Diabetes Professor, Chief Nutrition/Chronic Disease Phone: (225) 763-2654 Fax: (225) 763-3030

		Dr. Zhong Wang, M.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Instructor Project 1 Co-Investigator Phone: (225) 763-0252
		Matthew Hulver, Ph.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center - Virginia Tech University Assistant Professor Project 1 Co-Investigator Phone: (540) 231-7354

		Jianping Ye Pennington Biomedical Research Center Associate Professor Project 2 Principal Investigator Antioxidant and Gene Regulation Lab Phone: (225) 763-3163
		Zhijun Liu LSU Agricultural Center Assistant Professor Project 2 Co-Investigator Phone: (225) 578-4214

Michael Lefevre, PhD. Utah Science, Technology and Research Professor Center of Advanced Nutrition Utah State University Project 3 Investigator Voice: 435-797-3821 Email: Michael.Lefevre@usu.edu

Botanical Core

Ilya Raskin,Ph.D. Rutgers University Botanical Research Center, Associate Director Professor II, Plant Science Phone: (225) 932-8165 ext. 227 Fax: (732) 932-6535 Dr. Raskin's Lab

David Ribnicky Rutgers University Research Associate Phone: (732) 932-8165 ext. 226

Zhijun Liu LSU Agricultural Center Assistant Professor Professor II, Plant Science Project 2 Co-Investigator Phone: (225) 578-4214

Animal Research Core

Aamir Zuberi,Ph.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Assistant Professor Phone: (225) 763-3141 Fax: (225) 763-2525

Administrative Core

William Cefalu, M.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Botanical Research Center, Director Project 1 Leader Douglas L. Manship Professorship in Diabetes Professor, Chief Nutrition/Chronic Disease Phone: (225) 763-2654 Fax: (225) 763-3030

Jianhua Qin, MS. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Assistant Professor Biostatistics and Data Management Core Phone: (225) 763-0272 Fax: (225) 763-3030

Phillip Brantley,Ph.D. Pennington Biomedical Research Center Professor, Chief, Division of Education Phone: (225) 763-3046 ext. 227 Fax: (225) 763-3045

Consultants

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Dr. Mary Ann Lila Professor in the Dep't of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Collaborate with BRC Botanical Core investigators in the area of structural analysis of botanical bioactive compounds.

Dr. David Wasserman Mouse Metabolic Phenotyping Center Vanderbilt University Colloaborate with Our Animal Research Core investigators in the conduct of euglycemic clamps.

		Dr. John Vanden Heuvel Co-Director of The Center of Excellence in Nutrigenomics Penn State University Collaborate with our BRC Project 3 investigators in the assessment and function of nuclear receptors.