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Dr. Claudio Scafoglio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at UCLA, specializing in Pulmonary Critical Care. His research revolves around understanding the utilization of glucose in cancer cells and the metabolic consequences of glucose transport inhibition. His lab employs imaging-based approaches combined with metabolomics and metabolite tracing analyses to explore the complexities of glucose metabolism in cancer cells. The aim of the research is twofold: to comprehend the heterogeneity of glucose metabolism in cancer and to identify imaging probes that can predict the responses to novel metabolic therapies. He has published noteworthy articles in high-impact journals, revealing the functional expression of sodium-glucose transporters in cancer and the effects of estrogen receptor beta on mRNA splicing in breast cancer cells.
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center • Los Angeles, CA
Teaching and conducting research in pulmonary critical care medicine.
Department of Economics admits primarily for the PhD program.