Michael I. Goran Professor Preventive Medicine (Division of Health Behavior Research) ; Physiology & Biophysics Keck School of Medicine

Education:
BSc 1982 Biochemistry - University of Manchester, UK
PhD 1986 Metabolism - University of Manchester, UK

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship:
1989 Shriners Burns Institute & University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
1990 University of Vermont

Started at USC: 1999

Research Topics: Diabetes/Metabolic Diseases, Endocrinology/Metabolism, Disease Prevention, Epidemiology (Cancer, Cardiovascular, Diabetes)

Research Description

Our previous research has focused on the regulation of energy balance and body composition, and the role of energy expenditure and physical activity in the development of obesity in children. More recently, our research has focused on the relationship between body fat, especially visceral fat, and increased disease risk in children and adolescents. Current studies include a natural history study of the development of type 2 diabetes in obese Hispanic adolescents, a longitudinal cohort study of changes in insulin resistance across puberty in Caucasian and African American children, development of an interactive game for teaching children about physical activity to prevent obesity, and a National study for the prevention of ttpe 2 diabetes in children and adolescents. Our research is currently funded by NICHD, NIDDK, and the American Diabetes Association

Selected Publications

Koebnick C, Roberts CK, Shaibi GQ, Kelly LA, Lane CJ, Toledo-Corral CM, Davis JN, Ventura EE, Alexander K, Weigensberg MJ, Goran MI. - Adiponectin and Leptin are Independently Associated with Insulin Sensitivity, but not with Insulin Secretion or Beta-cell Function in Overweight Hispanic Adolescents. - Horm Metab Res [ 2008 ] Jun 18; . PubMed

Shaibi GQ, Faulkner MS, Weigensberg MJ, Fritschi C, Goran MI. - Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in youth with type 2 diabetes. - Pediatr Diabetes [ 2008 ] May 21; . PubMed

Goran MI, Davis J, Kelly L, Shaibi G, Spruijt-Metz D, Soni SM, Weigensberg M. - Low prevalence of pediatric type 2 diabetes: where's the epidemic? - J Pediatr [ 2008 ] Jun;152(6):753-5 . PubMed

Casazza K, Goran MI, Gower BA. - Associations among insulin, estrogen, and fat mass gain over the pubertal transition in African American and European American girls. - J Clin Endocrinol Metab [ 2008 ] Mar 18; . PubMed

Byrd-Williams CE, Shaibi GQ, Sun P, Lane CJ, Ventura EE, Davis JN, Kelly LA, Goran MI. - Cardiorespiratory fitness predicts changes in adiposity in overweight Hispanic boys. - Obesity (Silver Spring) [ 2008 ] May;16(5):1072-7 . PubMed

Weigensberg MJ, Toledo-Corral CM, Goran MI. - Association between the metabolic syndrome and serum cortisol in overweight Latino youth. - J Clin Endocrinol Metab [ 2008 ] Apr;93(4):1372-8 . PubMed

Shaibi GQ, Cruz ML, Goran MI. - Cardiorespiratory fitness is strongly related to the metabolic syndrome in adolescents: response to Janssen and Cramp. - Diabetes Care [ 2008 ] Feb;31(2):e8; author reply e9 . PubMed

Shaibi GQ, Goran MI. - Examining metabolic syndrome definitions in overweight Hispanic youth: a focus on insulin resistance. - J Pediatr [ 2008 ] Feb;152(2):171-6 . PubMed

Shaibi GQ, Roberts CK, Goran MI. - Exercise and insulin resistance in youth. - Exerc Sport Sci Rev [ 2008 ] Jan;36(1):5-11 . PubMed

Davis JN, Ventura EE, Shaibi GQ, Weigensberg MJ, Spruijt-Metz D, Watanabe RM, Goran MI. - Reduction in added sugar intake and improvement in insulin secretion in overweight latina adolescents. - Metab Syndr Relat Disord [ 2007 ] Jun;5(2):183-93 . PubMed