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Robert W. McGarrah III

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Cardiology
104775, 49-208J, Durham, NC 27701
300 N. Duke Street, Carmichael Building - 49-208J, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Grants


MK-0616

Clinical TrialCo Investigator · Awarded by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC. · 2024 - 2030

Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029

Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) - NHLBI

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2018 - 2028

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

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2028

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

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022 - 2027

RECOVER-ENERGIZE

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by DCRI-Duke-Site · 2024 - 2026

Multi-component Lifestyle Intervention to improve cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease (R61/R33)

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2026

The Branched Chain Ketoacid Dehydrogenase Kinase-Phosphatase System as a New Regulatory Node in Myocardial Fuel Section

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2023

cvMOBIUS

Clinical TrialPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Amgen, Inc. · 2020 - 2021

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

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

External Relationships


  • AstraZeneca
  • Elsevier Inc.
  • M3 global research

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