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Dr. Daniel Beard is a Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical School, holding affiliate appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Emergency Medicine. His research focuses on understanding the biophysical and biochemical operation of physiological systems through systems engineering approaches. Dr. Beard earned his MS in Applied Mathematics and PhD in Bioengineering in 1997 under the supervision of Dr. James Bassingthwaighte at the University of Washington. Following his PhD, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Courant Institute of New York University as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Fellow. His laboratory employs a combination of experimental and modeling approaches to investigate various aspects of physiological operation in health and disease. Notably, his research interests include cardiac energy metabolism, the regulation of coronary blood flow, and oxidative metabolism energetics in skeletal muscle, particularly in the context of conditions such as heart failure and type II diabetes.
Admission for Biological Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Human Genetics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Cancer Biology, and Neuroscience is primary handled through the PIBS (Program in Biomedical Sciences) gateway.