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Dr. Gustavo Duque, Researcher
The Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging

 

  
Gustavo Duque, MD, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. He is the Coordinator of Undergraduate Medical Education at the Division of Geriatric Medicine. He is also a Teaching Scholar at McGill University and a Macy Scholar in Medical Education at Harvard University . His education interests relate to the education of Aging and Geriatrics throughout the medical curriculum. His main projects include the Trans-Curricular Teaching of Aging and Geriatrics (T.T.A.G. Project) and the McGill Electronic Evaluation Portfolio (MEEP). In addition, he is a clinician at the Division of Geriatric Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, and a researcher at the Bloomfield Centre for Aging Studies at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical research.
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UNIVERSITY POSITIONS

Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine & Division of Geriatric Medicine - McGill University
Member - Bloomfield Centre for Studies in Aging
Co-Coordinator Undergraduate Medical Education - Division of Geriatric Medicine
Teaching Scholar - McGill University
Associated Member - Centre for Medical Education, McGill University

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Physician, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine
Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital , McGill University

PUBLICATIONS

1.

Chang G, Duque G.2002. Age-related bone loss: old term new facts. Gerontology 48:62-71. MEDLINE link to this publication

2.

Duque G , El Abdaimi K, Macoritto M, Miller, M. M. Kremer R. Estrogens (E2) regulate expression and response of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 receptors in bone cells: changes with aging and hormone deprivation. 2002. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 299(3):446-54 MEDLINE link to this publication

3.

Duque G. Will reducing adipogenesis in bone increase bone mass? : PPAR gamma 2 as a key target in the treatment of age related bone loss. 2003. Drugs News & Development. 16:1-6. MEDLINE link to this publication

4.

Duque G , Macoritto M, Kremer R. 1,25(OH) 2D 3 inhibits bone marrow adipogenesis in senescence accelerated mice (SAMP-6) by decreasing the expression of peroxisome proliferators-activated receptor gamma 2 (PPAR g 2). 2004. Experimental Gerontology, 39: 333-338. MEDLINE link to this publication

5.

Duque G, El-Abdaimi K, Henderson JE, Lomri A, Kremer R. Vitamin D exerts its anti-apoptotic effect in osteoblasts through a Fas related mechanism. 2004. Bone, 35:57-64. MEDLINE link to this publication

6.

Duque G , Macoritto M, Kremer R. Vitamin D treatment of senescence accelerated mice (SAM-P/6) induces several regulators of stromal cell plasticity. Biogerontology 5(6):421-9. MEDLINE link to this publication

7.

Duque G , Dion N, Macoritto M, Ste. Marie LG, Kremer R. 1,25(OH) 2D3 acts as a bone forming agent in the hormone independent Senescence Accelerated Mouse (SAMP6) model of Osteoporosis. The American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism 2005 Apr;288(4):E723-30. 2004 Nov 30. [Epub ahead of print] MEDLINE link to this publication

8.

Joseph C, Kenny A, Lorenzo, Duque G and Kuchel G. Role of Endocrine-Immune Dysregulation in Osteoporosis, Sarcopenia, Frailty and Fracture Risk. Molecular Aspects of Medicine 2005 ;26(3):181-201 MEDLINE link to this publication

9.

Montero-Odasso M, Duque G, Vitamin D in the aging musculoskeletal system: an authentic strength preserving hormone. Molecular Aspects of Medicine 2005 ;26(3):203-19 MEDLINE link to this publication

  

Investigators
  

Dr. Chantal Autexier
Dr. Howard Bergman
Dr. Howard Chertkow
Dr. Gustavo Duque
Dr. Andrea LeBlanc

Dr. Hemant Paudel
Dr. Stéphane Richard
Dr. Uri Saragovi
Dr. Hyman Schipper
Dr. Eugenia Wang


 

  
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