Deborah Marie Muoio

Past and current trainees 

Koves, T          Post     2002-06           Faculty, Duke University

Makowski, L     Post     2004-09           Faculty, University of North Carolina CH

Kovalik, J.        Post     2005-09           Faculty, Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore

Noland, R         Post     2005-11           Faculty, Pennington Biomedical Research Institute.  

Fitzpatrick, L     Post,    2006-09           Endocrine Fellow, Private Practice

Lum, H Post,    Post,    2006-10           Geriatrics Fellow, Faculty, U. Texas San Antonio

Martin, O          Post     2005-07           Research Associate, Burnham Institute Orlando, Florida

DeBalsi, K.       PhD     2007-13           Project Manager, Metabolon, RTP, NC Carolina

Seiler, S           PhD     2008-13           Research Scientist, Zenbio Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC

Davies, M.        Post     2010-14           SB Financial Group, LLC, Morrisville, NC

Wong, K.          Post     2010-15           Project Manager, Metabolon, RTP, NC

Kjalarsdottir,L.  Post     2012-14           Director of Research, Genis ehf. Iceland

Clarissa Tio      Post     2012-14           UTSW, Dallas, Medical Residency Program

Liu, J                Post     2013-14           Research Scientist, Suzhou University, China

Natalizio, A.      Post     2013-14           Variant Scientist, LabCorp RTP, NC

Davidson, M.    MSTP    2014-20           Resident, Vanderbilt University

Fisher-Wellman Post     2015-19           Faculty, East Carolina University

Williams, A.       Post     2015-21          Sr Res Associate, DMPI, K01 awardee

Crown, S           Post     2017-20          Sr. Res Associate, DMPI

Wilson, R           Post     2018-21          Metabolon, RTP, NC

Kasper, J           Post     2019-20          Medical Science Liaison, Alimera Sciences

Lyons, S            Post     2020-23          Research Associate, UNC Chapel Hill

Johnson, J         Post     2021-

Chaves, A          Post     2021-

Poss, A.             Post     2022-

Sadler, D.           Post    2023-

Seshadri, N        Post     2023-

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS (Faculty Mentor, Honors Thesis)

Merrie Mosedale, 2005-06       PhD earned at U Cal. Davis

Megan Ramayia, 2009-10        medical school

Jeremy Steinman, 2011-12      medical school

Tian Chen, 2012-13                 medical school

Freddie Peng, 2012-14             medical school

Yasminye Pettway, 2016-17      post baccalaureate program, medical school

Ella Stephan, 2017-18              MPH, RD

Alec Koss, 2018-2020             medical school   

Matt Vander Ploeg 2019-20     medical school

Anjali Gupta 2020-                 

Sponsorship of Mentored Grants

2005-07                NRSA F32 AR054677, Ola Martin, Ph.D., Regulation and Metabolic Impact of Mitochondrial CD36     in Skeletal Muscle.  Role: Primary Mentor

2007-09           K99 DK078156, Liza Makowski, Ph.D., Macrophage Mitochondrial Stress in Inflammation, Insulin Resistance & Obesity.  Role: Primary Mentor

2007-09           American Heart Association Post-doctoral Award, J.P. Kovalik, M.D., Role of Adipocytes in Mediating Skeletal Muscle Insulin Resistance. Role: Primary Mentor

2007-09           NRSA F32 DK080609 Robert Noland, Ph.D. Role of Carnitine Acetyltransferase in Regulating Mitochondrial Function and Insulin Action. Role: Primary Mentor

2010-12           American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship, Karen DeBalsi.  Role of TXNIP in regulating redox balance and mitochondrial function in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Role: Primary Mentor.       

2011-14           NRSA F32 DK093256  Michael Davies, PhD.  Role of Carnitine Acetyltransferase in Combatting Nutrient Stress.  Role: Primary Mentor

2011-14           NRSA F32 DK094573 Kari Wong, PhD. Fat Oxidation, Redox Stress and Insulin Resistance in Skeletal Muscle.  Role: Primary Mentor

2015-18           NRSA F32DK105922. Ashley Williams, PhD. Mitochondrial Protein Acetylation and Energy Metabolism in Muscle.  Role: Primary Mentor

2015-18           NRSA F32DK105665-01A1. Kelsey Fisher-Wellman, PhD. Role of Malonylation in Regulating Mitochondrial Function.  Role: Primary Mentor

2017-2020       NRSA F32HL137398.  Scott Crown, PhD.   Development of multiplex 13C-labeling strategies for metabolic flux analysis.  Role: Primary Mentor

2018-21           American Heart Association CDA  (Grimsrud). A Systems Biology Approach for Exploring the Role of PDK4 in Mediating Mitochondrial Remodeling in the Heart. Role: Primary Sponsor

2018-21           American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship.  (Torres). Molecular mechanisms of taxane-induced toxicities in cardiac and skeletal muscle. Role: Primary Sponsor

2019-21           Duke CVRC T32 Fellowship. (Wilson). Role of ketone metabolism in mediating the benefits of intermittent exercise. Role: Primary Sponsor

2019-21           Propionic academia Foundation (Zhang). Propionyl-CoA- and priopionylcarnitine-mediated cardiac complications in propionic acidemia. Role: Mentor and collaborator.

2021               NRSA F32DK134036, Jordan Johnson, PhD. Role of muscle bioenergetics in weight loss and  regain.  Role: Primary Sponsor

2023              NRSA F32HL176113, Annelise Poss, PhD. Mitochondrial succinyl CoA management at the intersection of heme and ketone metabolism. Role: Primary Sponsor