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Soren Snitker
M.D., Ph.D.
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| Academic Title:
Associate Professor |
| Primary Appointment:
Medicine |
| Secondary Appointments:
Pediatrics |
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ssnitker@medicine.umaryland.edu |
| Location:
HH
Room 598B |
| Phone:
(410) 706-1511 |
| Fax:
(410) 706-1622 |
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Research Interests
Clinical research into the genetics, pathophysiology and prevention of obesity and diabetes. My investigative approaches include insulin clamps, indirect calorimetry, body composition analyses, microdialysis, intraneural recordings of sympathetic nervous system activity, genetics, genomics and measurements of physical activity.
Publications
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HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Snitker S, Larson DE, Tataranni PA, Ravussin E: Ad Libitum Food Intake in Humans after Manipulation of Glycogen Stores. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 65:941-946
Snitker S, Tataranni PA, Ravussin E. Spontaneous Physical Activity in a Respiratory Chamber is a Determinant of Habitual, Free-living Physical Activity. International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders 2001; 25: 1481-1482
Snitker S, Watanabe RM, Ani I, Xiang AH, Marroquin A, Ochoa C, Goico J, Shuldiner AR, Buchanan TA. Changes in Insulin Sensitivity in Response to Troglitazone Do Not Differ between Subjects with and without the Common, Functional Pro12Ala PPAR-γ-2 Gene Variant: Results from the Troglitazone in Prevention of Diabetes (TRIPOD) Study. Diabetes Care 2004; 27
Snitker S, Le KY, Hager E, Caballero B, Black MM. Influence of Physical Activity and Body Composition on Glucose Homeostasis in a Community Sample of Adolescents. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine 2007 ;161:677-83.
Rampersaud E, Mitchell BD, Pollin TI, Fu M, Shen H, O'Connell J, Ducharme J, Hines S, Sack P, Naglieri R, Shuldiner AR, Snitker S. Physical activity and the association of common FTO gene variants with body mass index and obesity. Arch Intern Med. 2008;168(16):1791-7.
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