Rexford S. Ahima

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Rexford Ahima
Born
Rexford Sefah Ahima

Accra, Ghana
NationalityAmerican-Ghanaian
Alma materAccra Academy (1976; 1978) University of London(B.Sc.,1981)
University of Ghana(M.D.,1986)
Tulane University(Ph.D,1992)
Albert Einstein College of Medicine(1992-1995)
Harvard University(1995-1998)
AwardsBloomberg Distinguished Professorships (2016); Owl Club Teaching Award (Tulane University School of Medicine- 1989); Leo Davidoff Teaching Award (Albert Einstein College of Medicine- 1994).
Scientific career
FieldsMedicine.
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University

Rexford Sefah Ahima is a Professor of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing; Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes at the Johns Hopkins Medical School; and the Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.[1] Ahima's research focuses on central and peripheral actions of adipocyte hormones in energy homeostasis, and glucose and lipid metabolism.[2][3] Ahima is the Editor In Chief of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.[4]

Biography[]

Rexford Ahima had his high school education at Accra Academy in Ghana. He gained a Bachelor of Science degree in Endocrinology from the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London. He received his M.D. from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1986 and a Ph.D from Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1992. Ahima had his residency training in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jack D. Weiler Hospital and Jacobi Medical Center in New York. Ahima did his clinical and research fellowship training in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

At Harvard, he had his research fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Jeffrey S. Flier, after which he served as an instructor in Medicine at Harvard before moving to the University of Pennsylvania in 1999. He became a tenured Professor of Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and was the Director of Obesity Unit, Institute for Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism and Director of Diabetes Research Center Mouse Phenotyping Core.

In 2016, Ahima joined Johns Hopkins University as a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Diabetes with appointments in the School of Medicine, School of Nursing, and Bloomberg School of Public Health. He was also appointed Leader of the Johns Hopkins University Diabetes Initiative and Director of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.[3]

Research[]

Dr. Ahima’s laboratory investigates CNS and peripheral actions of adipokines in energy homeostasis, and glucose and lipid metabolism. He has performed seminal studies to define the roles of leptin, adiponectin and resistin in obesity and diabetes using genetic techniques and metabolic phenotyping of mouse models. Moreover, he is involved in clinical and population studies focusing on the pathogenesis of obesity and Diabetes.

Awards and Distinctions[]

Ahima has been elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (2020);[5][6] American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI; elected 2005); Association of American Physicians (AAP; elected 2010);[4] Interurban Clinical Club; and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; American College of Physicians; and the Obesity Society. He is a past Associate Editor of the journals Gastroenterology; Molecular Endocrinology; and Endocrinology. He is currently Editor in Chief of the Journal of Clinical Investigation; Associate Editor of Endocrine Reviews; and Editor of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Year in Diabetes and Obesity.[7][8]

Publications[]

Ahima has more than 64,000 citations in Google Scholar and an h-index of 87.[9]

Books

  • Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? (2021)[10]
  • Metabolic syndrome: a comprehensive textbook (Springer)
  • Metabolic basis of obesity (Springer)
  • Obesity epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment: a multidisciplinary approach (Apple/CRC)
  • Childhood obesity: prevalence, pathophysiology, and management (Apple/CRC)
  • The Year in Diabetes and Obesity (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences)_review series
Highly Cited Articles (more than 1300 citations)
  • 2001 with CM Steppan, ST Bailey, S Bhat, EJ Brown, RR Banerjee, CM Wrigth, HR Patel, MA Lazar, The hormone resistin links obesity to diabetes, in: Nature. Vol. 409, nº 6818; 307-312.
  • 1996 with D Prabakaran, C Mantzoros, D Qu, B Lowell, E Maratos-Flier, JS Flier, Role of leptin in the neuroendocrine response to fasting, in Nature. Vol. 382, nº 6588; 250-252.
  • 2000 with JS Flier, Leptin, in Annual Review of Physiology. Vol. 62, nº 1; 413-437.
  • 2000 with JS Flier, Adipose tissue as an endocrine organ, in Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism. Vol. 11, nº 8; 327-332.
  • 2009 with MA Hildebrandt, C Hoffman, SA Sherrill-Mix, SA Keilbaugh, M Hamady, YY Chen, R Knight, F Bushman, GD Wu, High-fat diet determines the composition of the murine gut microbiome independently of obesity, in Gastroenterology. Vol. 137, nº 5; 1716-1724.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Gisela Crespo. "Warming temperatures could mean more heat-related illnesses and new diseases, experts warn". CNN. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  2. ^ "Rexford S. Ahima". Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
  3. ^ a b Messersmith, Julie. "Rexford Ahima named Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins", JHU Hub, Baltimore, 23 February 2016. Retrieved on 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Rexford S. Ahima elected as JCI Editor in Chief". The American Society for Clinical Investigation. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
  5. ^ Oct 19, Vanessa Wasta / Published; 2020 (2020-10-19). "Four from Johns Hopkins Medicine elected to the National Academy of Medicine". The Hub. Retrieved 2020-10-19.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "National Academy of Medicine elects 100 new members". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  7. ^ Health, JH Bloomberg School of Public. "Rexford S. Ahima - Faculty Directory". Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  8. ^ Murphy, Anar (2018-03-26). "Ann NY Acad Sci Special Issue The Year in Diabetes and Obesity". Advanced Science News. Retrieved 2021-03-02.
  9. ^ "Rexford Ahima". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-11.
  10. ^ "Can the Obesity Crisis Be Reversed? | Johns Hopkins University Press Books". jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-11.

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