Thursday, February 23, 2012

Next Week's DSS - Dr. Alan Cherrington

The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will be presented by Dr. Alan Cherrington, professor of molecular physiology and biophysics and medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

His lecture, titled “Glucagon: The Forgotten Hormone,” will take place March 1, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA's main campus.

Dr. Cherrington’s research focuses on the advance treatment of diabetes and the control of glucoregulatory feeback mechanisms.

Dr. Cherrington, who also serves as director and Charles H. Best Professor of the Diabetes Research and Training Center, received a B.S. degree at the University of New Brunswick. In addition, he earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physiology at the University of Toronto.

For more information on Dr. Cherrington’s research, click here.