Professor, Department of Genetics

Dr. Robert A. Kesterson received a Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Baylor College of Medicine (1993) under the mentorship of Dr. J. Wesley Pike and Dr. Francesco DeMayo. His postdoctoral training in the field of neuroendocrinology was carried out at The Vollum Institute for Advanced Biomedical Research, Portland, Oregon with Dr. Roger D. Cone, which focused on determining the function of newly cloned melanocortin receptors via development of transgenic animal models. In 1997 Dr. Kesterson was appointed to the faculty of Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University. He was recruited to UAB in 2004.

Dr. Kesterson is a member of several UAB Centers including: Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthritis & Musculoskeletal Center, Nutrition & Obesity Research Center, Hepatorenal Fibrocystic Disease Core Center, Civitan International Research Center, Diabetes Research & Training Center, and Center for Metabolic Bone Disease.

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