Xavier Revelo
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Credentials
PhD

Associate Professor
Biography

Bio

Dr. Revelo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology & Physiology and Center for Immunology. He has a broad background in physiology, immunology, and metabolism and expertise in inflammation during cardio-metabolic disease. His research explores the role of the immune system and inflammation in the pathophysiology of obesity-related diseases such as fatty liver disease and heart failure.

Research Summary

Dr. Revelo's research program focuses on the following areas:
1. Mechanisms of hepatic and intestinal inflammation in fatty liver disease and cancer.
2. Immune mechanisms of cardiac remodeling during heart failure
3. Anti-inflammatory mechanisms of exercise training and bariatric surgery

Education

PhD, University of Missouri
Major: Physiology
MS, University of Vermont
Major: Physiology
BS, Zamorano University
Major: Animal Sciences

Honors and Recognition

McKnight Land-Grant Professorship, University of Minnesota
2022
Keystone Symposia Fellow, Keystone Symposia
2021
American Assocation of Immunologists Careers in Immunology Fellowship, American Assocation of Immunologists
2020
Maurice Visscher Biomedical Scholar, University of Minnesota
2018
Canadian Diabetes Association Postdoctoral Fellowship, Canadian Diabetes Association
2015
Banting and Best Diabetes Centre Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto, University of Toronto
2013
Douglas Randall Young Scientists Development Scholarship, University of Missouri, University of Missouri
2011
Turner Graduate Scholarship, University of Missouri
2010
Contact

Contact

Address

2231 6th St SE

Minneapolis, MN 55455-0001