Dr. Eckel received both his Bachelor of Sciences in Bacteriology (1969) and Medical Doctorate (1973) from the University of Cincinnati. He did his Housestaff training in Internal Medicine at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals (1974-1976) and from there traveled to Seattle for a senior fellowship in Endocrinology and Metabolism. Dr. Eckel was then appointed as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (1979) where he is now Professor of Medicine and holds the Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis. In addition, Dr. Eckel has held a joint appointment in the Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Genetics (1989-1995), and now in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Eckel also has joint appointments in the School of Pharmacy, the Department of Integrative Physiology at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Colorado State University.
Shortly after his arrival in Denver, Dr. Eckel was appointed Associate Program Director of the Adult General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center (UCHSC). In 1993 he assumed the role of Program Director, a position he continues to hold. In addition to a plethora of committees and related responsibilities at UCDHSC in Denver and Aurora, Dr. Eckel’s research has led to his involvement and presidency in a number of national organizations, including the Western Society for Clinical Investigation, the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, the Association for Patient Oriented Research, and the American Heart Association.
Presently Dr. Eckel’s research involves modification of the genes of animals to produce lower blood lipids and leanness. His research in children and adults is directed at the identification of genetic and environmental factors including nutrition that predict obesity, lipid disorders, and the metabolic syndrome. Dr. Eckel is married and has 5 grown children. |
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