Phillip James White

Associate Professor in Medicine

Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition

phillip.white@duke.edu

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Research Interests

Liver Related Projects:

Mechanisms of hepatic lipogenesis and gluconeogenesis.
Determinants of NAFLD status in Bariatric Surgery Patients.
Defining the impact of heart failure on liver metabolism.

Heart Related Projects:

Metabolic determinants of cardiac function.
Role of hepatic metabolic alterations in heart failure pathogenesis.
Functional significance of acylcarnitine associations with cardiac outcomes.

Selected Grants

Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: The Role of Androgens on Visceral Fat, Lipid Metabolites, and Liver Injury in Young Women

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2023 - 2028

Mechanisms linking the Branched-Chain alpha-Keto Acid regulatory network to the pathogenesis of NASH

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2028

Mechanisms Connecting Dysregulated Branched-Chain Alpha-Ketoacid Metabolism to Cardiac Dysfunction

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2027

Leveraging glucagon activity to target hepatic steatosis, fibrosis, and inflammation

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Merck Sharp & Dohme · 2022 - 2025

Quantifying Enteric Metabolism of Branched-chain Amino Acids in Relation to Other Dietary and Microbiota Nutrients

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

Mechanisms connecting dysregulated BCAA, glucose & lipid metabolism in the pathogenesis of metabolic disease

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2023

A New Homeostatic Mechanism for Metabolic Control

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Diabetes Association · 2016 - 2022

Reshaping Liver Branched-Chain Alpha-Keto Acid Metabolism to Prevent Diabetic Cardiomyopathy

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Diabetes Association · 2021 - 2022

Collaborative Study on Biomarkers of Fatty Liver Diseases

ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by Pfizer, Inc. · 2017 - 2018

Manipulation of BCAA Metabolism for Therapy of Diabetes and its Co-morbidities

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Eli Lilly and Company · 2017 - 2018