Dr. Kwitek’s research interest focuses on the genetics of complex disease, common diseases with both genetic and environmental factors. She uses physiological and comparative genomics approaches to identify genes and mechanisms leading to complex disease - hypertension, diabetes and obesity in particular - using both animal models and human populations.

Honors, Awards, and Organizations

• American Society of Human Genetics
• American Physiological Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Heart Association
• Council for High Blood Pressure

Recent Publications:

1. Bilusic M, Batalliard A, Tschannen M, Gao L, Jacob HJJ, Sassard J, Kwitek AE, The Genetic Determinants of Hypertension, Metabolic Diseases and Related Phenotypes in the Lyon Hypertensive Rat., Hypertension. 44(5):695-701, 2004. (Epub Sep 27, 2004 )
2. Baessler A, Hasinoff M, Fischer M, Reinhard W, Sonnenberg G, Olivier M, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Doering A, Jacob HJ, Comuzzie AG, Kissebah A, Kwitek AE, Genetic Linkage and association of the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHSR, Ghrelin Receptor) gene in human obesity, Diabetes. 54(1):259-67, 2005.
3. Kwitek AE, Jacob HJ, Baker JE, Dwinell MR, Forster HV, Greene AS, Kunert MP, Lee NH, Lombard JH, Malek RL, Mattson DL, Pritchard K, Quackenbush J, Roman RJ, Tonellato PJ, Cowley AW Jr, BN Phenome: detailed characterization of the cardiovascular,renal,and pulmonary systems of the sequenced rat. “, Physiological Genomics ,25(2):303-13 2006,[Epub 2006 Feb 14]
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Graduate School:
Genetics
The University of Iowa

Postdoctoral Fellowship:
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI