Silvia Corvera, MD
Principal Investigator
Professor of Molecular Medicine
Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research
Director, Clinical Translational Research Pathway, T.H. Chan School of Medicine
Dr. Corvera's studies focus on human adipose tissue development and its relationship to whole-body insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
She received her MD and MSc in Molecular Biology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and was awarded a Fogarty International Fellowship to conduct postdoctoral studies in the United States. She was a faculty member in the Department of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to the newly formed Program in Molecular Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School.
In The News
ABC Boston WCVB: Understanding Health Benefits of Beige Fat
NBC Providence: Good Fat vs. Bad Fat
Targeting Fat Tissue to Fight Type 2 Diabetes
Department of Defense Funding to Advance Potential Type 2 Diabetes Therapy
The Corvera lab is collaborating with Michael Czech, PhD, to investigate whether technologies developed in their labs will harness beige fat’s ability to burn energy and accelerate metabolism in order to improve the body’s response to sugar and lower blood glucose levels. Learn More