Rita Basu, M.D.

Location: Minnesota

Primary Appointment
Endocrinology
Academic Rank
Professor of Medicine

Summary

My research interests include investigating the various mechanisms responsible for abnormal glucose metabolism in individuals with diabetes and pre-diabetes. I am interested in the reasons for higher fasting and post-meal glucose concentrations in people with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes. I am also looking at the mechanisms by which cortisol plays a role in carbohydrate metabolism. Recent studies that we conducted have shown that the splanchnic bed makes cortisol in humans via the enzyme 11betahydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, and now I am looking at what modulates splanchnic and whole-body cortisol production. Is it mediated by the pituitary-hypothalamic axis or by degree of visceral adiposity, and does nutrient ingestion and/or incretins/insulin modulate this process?

Recent publications

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Education

Senior Research Fellowship – Endocrinology and Metabolism
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Post Doctoral Fellowship – Endocrinology and Metabolism
Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic

Internship/Residency –
Department of Internal Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, University of Madras

MB BS –
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, University of Madras

BSc – Passed with highest honors and Top Rank in the University ( Chemistry,Physics,Biology and English)
Dayanand Anglo - Vedic College, Abohar, University of Punjab

Areas of Research
Diabetes
Artificial pancreas
Integrated carbohydrate physiology and translation

Related Web Pages
Diabetes Research Center

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