Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Dept of Medicine
University of Illinois Chicago
I am interested in determining the role of omega-3 (EPA and DHA) in the brain function, particularly its involvement in Depression, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia and visual dysfunction. My work is focused on increasing the brain and retina DHA by various molecular carriers of DHA in the diet. We have successfully demonstrated that, in contrast to the prevailing assumptions, the net amounts of DHA can be increased by up to 100% in the adult brain and retina by providing DHA in the form of LPC in the diet.