Our Team
Matthew Steinhauser, MD
Principal Investigator
Matthew completed his Undergraduate degree and Medical School at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He trained in Internal Medicine and was a Chief Resident at Columbia University Medical Center. He moved to Boston in 2006, where he completed a Cardiovascular Clinical Fellowship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, followed by postdoctoral research training in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Lee. Matthew started his laboratory in the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Division of Genetics in 2013. In 2019, he relocated the laboratory to the recently founded Aging Institute at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. As part of his role in the Aging Institute, Matthew directs the newly founded Center for Human Integrative Physiology. He also sees patients with Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases at the UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.
Tânia Amorim, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Amorim completed her PhD at the University of Porto (Portugal) and University of Wolverhampton (United Kingdom). Her PhD focused on osteoporosis in populations prone to developing osteoporosis at early stages of life due to caloric restriction. She joined the Fazeli Lab at the University of Pittsburgh in 2021 as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Her current research focuses on investigating the effects of fasting on bone metabolism and understanding the health consequences of caloric restriction with a focus on the role of both bone cells and bone marrow adipose tissue.
Naveen Kumar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Naveen received PhD from the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Kakinada, India in 2017. During PhD he observed the mechanism of cytoprotective and antidiabetic action of PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids (PUFA) in diabetic rodent models. After PhD he joined as a postdoctoral associate in School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh in 2018 and studied the hepatotoxic effect of PEG-Asparaginase in rodents for two years. He joined Dr. Steinhauser’s lab in 2020.
Natalie David, BS
Research Coordinator
Natalie David graduated from Boston University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. She worked in clinical research on osteoporosis treatment trials at Massachusetts General Hospital prior to coming to the University of Pittsburgh. At Pitt, she works on clinical and basic projects related to aging, metabolism, and Cushing disease. She joined the Steinhauser lab in 2020.
Nandini Doshi, BS
PSTP Student
Nandini is a medical student in the Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) at Pitt Med. She is originally from the Los Angeles area and got her bachelor’s degree at Emory University, where she studied Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. At Emory, she conducted research pertaining to inter-generational influences of parental stress. Prior to matriculating into the PSTP, she spent two years working at Biogen in Cambridge, MA, where she supported the upstream process development of various early- and mid-stage biologic programs. Her research at Pitt focuses on elucidating novel immune signatures of surgical resiliency in aging populations.
Ankit Sharma, BS
MD/PhD Student
Ankit is an MD/PhD student with the Pitt-CMU Medical Scientist Training Program. He is originally from Dallas, Texas, where he grew up and he attended college, getting his bachelor’s degree at Southern Methodist University. Before starting medical school at Pitt, Ankit spent several years in metabolism and diabetes research at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His current research focus is on adipose plasticity, function, and metabolism in the context of aging, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction. Outside science and medicine, Ankit loves anything about history, geography, finance, crossword puzzles, and pretending to be somewhat ok at basketball.