Roland Stimson Research Group
Information on the research interests, projects, and members of Roland Stimson's Research Group.
Professor Roland Stimson
Personal Chair of Endocrinology
Research
I am a Scottish Senior Clinical Academic Fellow with research interests in obesity and associated metabolic disease. My senior fellowship is focused on determining how we can safely increase energy expenditure as a novel treatment for metabolic disease. We have recently discovered novel mechanisms regulating human brown adipose tissue activation and shown that this regulation differs between species. To understand how energy expenditure by human brown adipose tissue and other tissues is controlled, we use a variety of techniques ranging from in vivo experimental medicine studies in humans, in vitro cell culture and transgenic murine models. We have developed novel in vivo tools to dissect human brown adipose tissue physiology and wider energy metabolism.
My other research interests include understanding the causes of obesity and type 2 diabetes, the importance of adipose tissue in metabolic health and the role of glucocorticoids in the pathophysiology of metabolic disease.
For a list of up-to-date publications, please visit:
Willingness to take PhD Students: Yes
Research Group Members
| Name (sorted in ascending order) | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Boyle | Clinical Research Fellow | Luke.Boyle@ed.ac.uk |
| Alex Kelman | Research Technician | akelman@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
| Choong Kwok | choong.kwok@ed.ac.uk | |
| Ben McNeill | B.T.McNeill@sms.ed.ac.uk | |
| Lynne Ramage | Research Technician | l.e.ramage@ed.ac.uk |
| Karla Suchacki | Research Fellow | ksuchack@exseed.ed.ac.uk |