Fellowship Start Year
2021
Status
Alumni
Research Topic
Using single nuclei transcriptomics to investigate the role of phosphatidylcholine in NASH
Jaclyn Welles
Bio
Dr. Jaclyn Welles is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Physiology at the Perelman School of Medicine. Her research focuses on understanding how insulin controls sugar and fat metabolism in animal models of diabetes and liver disease, with a particular interest in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).
As a Provost Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Welles conducted significant research in the Department of Physiology under the mentorship of Dr. Paul M. Titchenell. Her research focused on understanding how insulin controls sugar and fat metabolism in animal models of diabetes and liver disease.
Dr. Welles is passionate about mentoring the next generation of scientists and is actively involved in various professional and community organizations.
Postdoc Appointment
Department
- Physiology
Penn Faculty Mentor
- Paul M. Titchenell, Ph.D.
Education
Degrees
- 2023, Ph.D., Biomedical Science, Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State University
- 2015, Post - Baccalaureate, The University of Alabama & The National Institutes of Health
- 2014, B.S., Biology, Clark Atlanta University
Disertation Title
Translational Control of Hepatic FGF21 Expression
Research Advisors
- Scot R. Kimball, Ph.D.