Kevin Jon Williams
Professor
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Temple University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Williams received Fellowship, in Metabolism, at Columbia University, New York City, NY, in 1985 and Fellowship, in Clinical Endocrinology, at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, in 1984. He served residency, Internal Medicine, at University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, till 1983. He received MD, from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, in 1980.
Research Interest
Dr. Williams has performed groundbreaking studies in the area of lipoproteins and atherosclerosis. He is the principal investigator on several NIH-funded projects and holds 11 patents issued since 1998.
Publications
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Borén J, Williams KJ (2016) The central role of arterial retention of cholesterol-rich apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoproteins in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a triumph of simplicity. Current opinion in lipidology. 27(5):473-83.
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Kraehling JR, Chidlow JH, Rajagopal C, Sugiyama MG, Fowler JW, et al. (2016) Genome-wide RNAi screen reveals ALK1 mediates LDL uptake and transcytosis in endothelial cells. Nature communications.7:13516.
