Dr. Michael K. May : NIDDK

Dr. Michael K. May

DDDN
NUTRINL SCIENCES BRANCH
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 2DEM, Room 663
6707 Democracy Blvd.
Bethesda, MD 20892
Tel: 301-594-8884
Fax: 301-480-8300
Email: maym@mail.nih.gov

Current Position:

Director: Nutrient Metabolism Program



Concurrent Positions:

Director: GI Transport and Absorption Program

Director: GI Neuroendocrinology Program

Budget Coordinator: Division of Digestive Diseases & Nutrition


Current Portfolio/Responsibilities:

Management of the Nutrient Metabolism portfolio which focuses on basic and clinical

studies related to the requirement, bioavailability, and metabolism of dietary

components at the organ, cellular and subcellular levels, as well as nutrient influence on

gene regulation and expression, in normal and diseased states. The GI Transport and

Absorption Program supports research on food digestion, absorption and transport of

water, ions, sugars, amino acids, peptides, amino acids, peptides, lipids, vitamins and

macromolecules. Other areas focus on regulation of gene expression in the GI tract,

development and differentiation and processes and treatment of intestinal failure,

including intestinal transplantation. The GI Neuroendocrinology Program includes

studies on both the function and regulation of the enteric nervous system as well as

gastrointestinal hormones and peptides. These entail structure-function relationships,

receptor function and regulation, correlation with physiological events and studies of

related disease conditions. Budget Coordinator management of fiscal aspects of the

Division’s plans for research requires collation of fiscal information from all research

programs, projection of future fiscal needs, and recommendation of approaches for

managing available resources most effectively under the Division’s budget. This

requires collation of fiscal information for staff and Council members for each of three

Council Meetings Advisory that are necessary to assess commitments for the year and

to track funds available for competing applications, supplements, and special emphasis

awards leading to development of pay plans.


Previous Training and Experience:

Ph.D., Cell Biology, Tulane University (1971)

Post Doctoral Fellow, Bristol University, England, Department of Physiology (1971-75)

Research & Teaching Associate, Department of Anatomy, University of Iowa (1975-78)

Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Howard University (1978-84)

Executive Secretary, Review Branch NIDDK (1984-87)

Deputy Chief, Review Branch NIDDK (1987-90)

Program Director NIDDK (1990-Present)


Committees/ Working Groups:

NIDDK Budget Committee

Trans-NIH Liaison Committee of the Office of Dietary Supplements

Prebiotics and Probiotics Working Group of the Division of Nutrition Research

Coordination (DNRC)

Human Nutrition Research Information Management (HNRIM), NIDDK Annual

Report

Page last updated: September 01, 2007

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USA
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