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Peter Tontonoz, M.D., Ph.D.
Francis and Albert Piansky Professor of
Pathology, Professor of Biological Chemistry,
University of California, Los Angeles
Innovative basic science is key to the development of new therapeutic opportunities, but the path from the laboratory to the clinic is long and perilous. The RiverVest team excels at identifying transformative discoveries and shepherding their translation into human therapies.
Peter
Tontonoz,
M.D., Ph.D.
SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
ADVISOR SINCE 2018
Peter Tontonoz is the Frances and Albert Piansky Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Professor of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Tontonoz’s laboratory endeavors to understand regulatory pathways that govern cholesterol, fatty acid and phospholipid metabolism. His work has helped to reveal fundamental mechanisms by which animals maintain cellular and whole-body lipid homeostasis. His group has elucidated pathways for the control of lipid uptake, transport and efflux, and has shown how these pathways impact the function of immune cells and metabolic tissues in both physiology and disease.
Dr. Tontonoz is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and the Association of American Physicians. He has received a number of national awards, including the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award from the American Society of Clinical Investigation, the ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award and Jeffrey Hoeg Award from the American Heart Association, and the Richard Weitzman Award and Gerald D. Aurbach Award from the Endocrine Society. Dr. Tontonoz serves on a number of editorial boards, including those of PNAS, Genes & Development, the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Dr. Tontonoz earned a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.D. and Ph.D. from Harvard Medical School.