Roger J. Davis

Who is this?

Roger J. Davis. is a biochemist and molecular biologist born in Great Britain. He is the H. Arthur Smith Endowed Chair and serves as Professor and Chair of the Program in Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. His work focuses on signaling pathways related to cellular stress,including the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway. Davis molecularly cloned human JNK and has used biochemical, molecular, and mouse model techniques to study the physiological roles and molecular mechanisms of JNK. The goal of his laboratory is to identify molecular targets within stress signaling pathways that can be used to develop treatments for diseases linked to cellular inflammation, including cancer, metabolic disorders, and ischemia, his lab seeks to identify molecular targets within stress signaling pathways. His recent studies have focussed on the role of hepatic JNK in the development of the metabolic syndrome, which includes obesity, steatosis and insulin resistance) caused by the consumption of a high-fat diet. His work investigates the JNK-dependent regulation of the nuclear hormone receptor complex PPARα/RXRα. These studies aim to identify potential therapeutic targets.

Career

1. 2002
   Member of Royal Society
2. 2002
   Won Fellow of the Royal Society
3. 2012
   Won Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Trivia

• •Known as: researcher