Kylie Kavanagh, VMS, MPH

Professor, Pathology - Comparative Medicine

Research Interests

Gerosciences/Biology of Aging
Obesity and Related Disorders
Metabolic Physiology
Adipose Biology
Fatty Liver Diseases
Proteostasis

About Me

Research Laboratory

Kylie Kavanagh Lab - Focusing on the determinants of successful aging, with nutrition and metabolism as a central focus.

Education Program Involvement

Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology PhD
Program Research Interest: Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Cardiovascular Physiology and Hypertension, Regenerative Medicine, Neuro- and Behavioral Pharmacology, Cancer Therapeutics Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism Lifespan Physiology.

Molecular Medicine and Translational Science PhD
Program Research Interest: Analytical approaches to molecular and cellular synthesis, structure and function, Genetics and gene regulation, Cell communications, Organ systems, Pathophysiology

Education: BS, Murdoch University, 1993; DVM&S , Murdoch University, 1996; MS, University of Melbourne, 1999; MPH, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2011
Residency: Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, University Illinois Affiliated Hospitals, 2002
Fellowship: Comparative Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2006
Memberships: Cell Stress Society International; Gerontological Society of America; Obesity Society; North Carolina Academy of Laboratory Animal Medicine; American Heart Association; Radiation Research Society; American Aging Association
Positions: Professor, Pathology - Comparative Medicine; Professor, Molecular Medicine
Departments and Affiliations: Pathology - Comparative Medicine; Molecular Medicine; Center on Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism; Center for Precision Medicine; Center for Redox Biology and Medicine; Center for Vaccines at the Extremes of Aging; Hypertension and Vascular Research Center; Sticht Center for Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Prevention; Cardiovascular Sciences Center; Comprehensive Cancer Center

Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Research Focus Areas

Translation to Care

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