April Dawn Strader

Department: Physiology

Email Address: astrader@siumed.edu

Website: http://www.som.siu.edu/physiology/facultybios/strader.html

Educational Background:

University of California Berkeley B.A. 1992 Biological Sciences

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee M.S. 1995 Biological Sciences

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Ph.D 2002 Biological Sciences

Current project:

American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant
Title: “Gender Specific Regulation of Melanocortin Signaling in Rats.”         

NIH RC1 Challenge Grant (RO1)                                                                                                                          
Title: “The role of bile as a mechanism in the improvement in glucose homeostasis following bariatric surgery”
09/20/2009-08/31/2011