Faculty

Dale Romsos, Professor

Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1970
B.S., Wisconsin State University, 1964

106E G.M. Trout FSHN Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1224
Phone: (517) 355-8474, Ext. 104
Fax: (517) 353-8963
E-mail: dromsos@msu.edu

Research Interests: 

Neuroendocrine regulation of energy metabolism and obesity; lipid and carbohydrate metabolism.

Instructional Activities:

Coordinator and student advisor for nutritional sciences major. Teach the following courses:

HNF 461 – Advanced Human Nutrition: Carbohydrates, Lipids and Proteins
HNF 840 – Human Nutrition and Chronic Diseases
HNF 892 – Nutrition Seminar
HNF 935 – Nutrition Lipid and Carbohydrate Metabolism
HNF 150H – Introduction to Human Nutrition, Honors Section
HNF 180 – Preview of Nutritional Science
HNF 311 – Principles of Human Nutrition

Recent Publications:

Jang M, Swick AG and Romsos DR. "Leptin and glucocorticoids exert opposing actions on neuropeptide Y and corticotrophin-releasing hormone secretion within the hypothalamus."  In preparation.

Awad AC, Shin HS, Romsos DR and Gray JI. "Desaturation of myristoyl-CoA to myristoleoyl-CoA by hen microsomal delta9-desaturase." J. Agric. Food Chem.  52:4234-4239, 2004.

Awad AC, Shin HS, Romsos DR and Gray JI. "Direct desaturation of free myristic acid by hen microsomal Delta9-desaturase without prior activation to myristoyl-CoA derivative." J. Agric. Food Chem. 52:3194-3201, 2004.

Mistry AM, Swick AG and Romsos DR. "Leptin acts peripherially to limit meal-induced increases in plasma insulin concentrations in mice." Exp. Biol. Med. 229:1033-1037, 2004.

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