Elisabet Børsheim, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

Ph.D.: The Norwegian University of Sport and Physical Education, Oslo, Norway

Postgraduate: Department of Surgery, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

Special Interests: Muscle protein metabolism; insulin resistance; nutrition; exercise; microdialysis

Research Projects: Free amino acids as regulators of muscle protein synthesis; transendothelial insulin and amino acid transport; interstitial insulin and amino acid concentrations measured with microdialysis

E-mail: elborshe@utmb.edu

815 Market Street, Galveston, Texas 77550

Telephone: (409) 770-6609

Fax: (409) 770-6825