JohnMichaelStaffordMDPhD

Summary

• John M. Stafford, MD., PhD is a physician-scientist at Vanderbilt University medical center whose research focuses on the mechanisms by which obesity and diabetes contribute to risk of non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and cardiovascular disease. Dr. Stafford is an Associate Professor of Medicine, in the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics. He is also an investigator and clinician at the Veterans Administration Tennessee Valley Healthcare System. Dr. Stafford completed his MD, PhD training at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where his graduate studies defined how metabolic signals are coordinated at the level of gene transcription. His medical residency, and fellowship in Endocrinology were also performed at Vanderbilt. Since his appointment to the Vanderbilt faculty in 2008, Dr. Stafford directs an active research program in obesity and lipid metabolism funded by the American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, The National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans Affairs, and the John A. Hartford Foundation. This work has revealed important hepatic pathways that lessen the impact of obesity on glucose metabolism and HDL function.