Ubiratan Fabres Machado graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and received his doctorate in Sciences (Human Physiology) from the University of São Paulo in 1989. He completed a Post Doctorate at Hokkaido University (Japan) in the period 1990–1992, and obtained the title of Associate Professor in Endocrine Physiology from USP in 1997. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of São Paulo. He works in the area of Physiology and Pathophysiology, with an emphasis on Endocrinology-Diabetes and Obesity. He has a long history of investigating glucose transport proteins, highlighting the role of GLUT4 in glycemic homeostasis and the involvement of GLUTs and SGLTs in the development and progression of diabetes complications. He has been President of the São Paulo Society of Diabetes and Metabolism twice, of the Department of Basic Endocrinology at SBEM and of the Brazilian Society of Physiology. At the University of São Paulo, he chaired the ICB/USP Research Committee, was a member of the University's Research Council, where he chaired several committees, and was head of theDepartment of Physiology. He is currently a member of the Department Council and the Congregation of ICB/USP.
Short Biography
Ubiratan Fabres Machado graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and received his doctorate in Sciences (Human Physiology) from the University of São Paulo in 1989. He completed a Post Doctorate at Hokkaido University (Japan) in the period 1990–1992, and obtained the title of Associate Professor in Endocrine Physiology from USP in 1997. He is currently a Full Professor in the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of São Paulo. He works in the area of Physiology and Pathophysiology, with an emphasis on Endocrinology-Diabetes and Obesity. He has a long history of investigating glucose transport proteins, highlighting the role of GLUT4 in glycemic homeostasis and the involvement of GLUTs and SGLTs in the development and progression of diabetes complications. He has been President of the São Paulo Society of Diabetes and Metabolism twice, of the Department of Basic Endocrinology at SBEM and of the Brazilian Society of Physiology. At the University of São Paulo, he chaired the ICB/USP Research Committee, was a member of the University's Research Council, where he chaired several committees, and was head of theDepartment of Physiology. He is currently a member of the Department Council and the Congregation of ICB/USP.
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