Dr. Michael Wilkinson

Associate Professor

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Biography

Michael Wilkinson is an Associate Clinical Professor at the University of California San Diego's School of Medicine, specializing in Cardiovascular Medicine. He obtained his MD from Drexel University College of Medicine in 2011 and completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Chicago in 2014, followed by a Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship at UC San Diego in 2018. His research interests include time-restricted eating and its effects on catecholamine sensitivity and glucose homeostasis in obese adults, funded by NIH grants. He is currently a Principal Investigator on a project studying time-restricted feeding and its impact on metabolic syndrome, and has published several papers on related topics, including cholesterolemia and cardiovascular diseases.

Research Interests

Cardiovascular Medicine Metabolic Syndrome Time-Restricted Eating Glucose Homeostasis

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).