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Faculty Detail    
Name JOSE R FERNANDEZ
  
Campus Address WEBB 558 Zip 3360
Phone  (205) 934-2029
E-mail  jose@uab.edu
Other websites http://main.uab.edu/shrp/default.aspx?pid=79541
     


Faculty Appointment(s)
Appointment Type Department Division Rank
Primary  Nutrition Sciences Chair Office  Nutrition Sciences Chair Office Professor
Secondary  Biostatistics  Biostatistics Assistant Professor
Center  Comp Arthritis, MSK, Bone & Autoimmunity Ctr  Comp Arthritis, MSK, Bone & Autoimmunity Ctr Professor
Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center  Comprehensive Cancer Center Professor
Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center  Comprehensive Diabetes Center Professor
Center  Med - Cardiovascular Disease  Ctr Cardiovasc Bio (Org Ret) Professor
Center  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci  Ctr for Clinical & Translational Sci Professor
Center  Integrative Center for Aging Research  Integrative Center for Aging Research Professor
Center  Minority Health & Research Center  Minority Health & Research Center Professor
Center  Nutrition Sciences Research  Nutrition Obesity Res Ctr (NORC) Professor
Center  UAB Ctr for Study of Community Health  UAB Ctr for Study of Community Health Professor

Graduate Biomedical Sciences Affiliations
Genetics, Genomics and Bioinformatics 
Pathobiology and Molecular Medicine 



Research/Clinical Interest
Title
Genetic basis for racial/ethnic differences in obesity and metabolic outcomes
Description
Population genetics. Identification of genes influencing obesity and metabolic outcomes in the population with an interest in ethnic/racial communities. Obesity, nutrition and body composition

Keywords
obesity, nutriton, genetics, genetic admixture, racial disparities