Sheila Collins BS, PhD

Dr. Collins is Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine. She received her Ph.D. degree from The Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, MA, where she trained with Dr. Michael Marletta in biochemistry and drug metabolism. She conducted postdoctoral research at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC with Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, after which she joined the faculty of Duke University Medical Center in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and was awarded Tenure. From 2010-2018 she was a Professor in the Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Research Center at Sanford-Burnham-Prebys Medical Institute.