Ann Louise Olson, PhD

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Biochemistry and Physiology

Ann Louise Olson, PhD

Edith Kinney Gaylord Foundation and Presidential Associates Presidential Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Physiology

405-271-2227, x61252

Ann-Olson@ouhsc.edu

Education:

PhD in Human Nutrition from the University of Iowa, 1986

Clinical/Research Interests:

The central focus of my research is on insulin action and GLUT4-dependent glucose metabolism in adipose tissue. GLUT4 is an important effector molecule for mediating the primary actions on insulin in these tissues. Dysregulation of GLUT4 expression and its membrane trafficking plays a central role in mediating the abnormalities in intermediary metabolism and glucose homeostasis that are associated with obesity and lead to type 2 diabetes.

Using transgenic mice to understand the complex regulation of the GLUT4 gene expression and GLUT4-dependent glucose metabolism has been important research tool. Cell culture models are inadequate for understanding the complex physiologic milieu that exists in whole animals. Recentlly, our focus has changed to understand how changes in glucose metabolism through the lifespan alter adipocyte regulation of whole body glucose homeostasis.

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Associate Members

Assistant Professor Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor of Surgery Associate Director, Trauma Post-Acute Care, EMS liaison Associate Director, Trauma Outreach/Education

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor

Fellowship Program Director, Pediatric Critical Care Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor of Surgery Co-Director, Third Year Surgical Clerkship

Associate Professor, Medicine Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Section Assistant Chief of Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System Director, Cystic Fibrosis Program Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Assistant Professor of Surgery Fourth Year Surgery Clerkship Director

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, Associate Residency Program Director, Residency Education Director, Clinical Medicine Course Assistant Director

Assistant Professor Assistant Medical Director, Pediatric Transport Team, Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health

Assistant Professor of Medicine Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center OU Physicians, Edmond, OK AGA TOP 25 Fellows

Assistant Professor Associate Chief of Staff, Adult Services, OU Medical Center Division Chief, Transplant Anesthesiology

Associate Professor Medical Student Clerkship Director

Professor, Medicine Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Section Director of the Interventional Pulmonary Program, Oklahoma City VAHCS President, Oklahoma Thoracic Society Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Cardiology Fellowship

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Associate Director, Trauma Post-Acute Care, EMS liaison

Associate Director, Trauma Outreach/Education

Fellowship Program Director,
Pediatric Critical Care
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Pediatric Critical Care Intensivist

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Third Year Surgical Clerkship

Associate Professor, Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Section
Assistant Chief of Medicine, Oklahoma City VA Healthcare System
Director, Cystic Fibrosis Program
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Assistant Professor of Surgery

Fourth Year Surgery Clerkship Director

Assistant Professor,
Associate Residency Program Director,
Residency Education Director,
Clinical Medicine Course Assistant Director

Assistant Professor

Assistant Medical Director, Pediatric Transport Team, Oklahoma Children's Hospital OU Health

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Crohn’s and Colitis Center
OU Physicians, Edmond, OK

AGA TOP 25 Fellows

Assistant Professor

Associate Chief of Staff, Adult Services, OU Medical Center

Division Chief, Transplant Anesthesiology

Associate Professor
Medical Student Clerkship Director

Professor, Medicine
Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Section
Director of the Interventional Pulmonary Program, Oklahoma City VAHCS
President, Oklahoma Thoracic Society
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians