
Associate Professor Greg Smith
Associate Professor
Medicine & Health
School of Biomedical Sciences
Current Research Areas
How do schizophrenia drugs affect glucose metabolism?
The second generation antipsychotic drugs olanzapine and clozapine are the most effect medications for treating schizophrenia. But they also induce diabetes in a large number of people taking these drugs. Our research has uncovered new explanations on how these drugs cause alterations in glucose metabolism. We are now focused on replicating our results in the clinic.
Defining the role of retinol-binding pr...
Phone
029385 8075
E-mail
g.smith@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Medical Sciences
Level 3 Room 326, Wallace Wurth Building East
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