Dr. Michael Lumpkin is a tenured Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He earned his doctoral degree in Physiology in 1981 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed NIH sponsored postdoctoral fellowship training in Neuroendocrinology at Southwestern Medical Center in 1983. He became Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown in 1984 and was promoted to Professor and Chairman of the Physiology and Biophysics Department of Georgetown’s Medical Center in 1993. He has been the recipient of numerous academic awards and honors. His research is supported by grants from NIH and biotechnology foundations. Dr. Lumpkin’s current research involves a study of the stress-related mechanisms by which HIV/AIDS disrupts the neuroendocrine systems that regulate growth, immunity, and reproduction. From this work, he and his research group have produced a patent for treating AIDS-related wasting syndromes in adults and children. He is also a central participant in a large NIH-funded initiative to bring integrative medicine research and education to medical and graduate students at Georgetown. Dr. Lumpkin lectures extensively at national and international venues on the subjects of stress physiology, psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine. He is also an officer in two international scientific societies and serves on several Boards of Directors of medical foundations. He lectures, instructs and facilitates groups in all aspects of neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine for medical and graduate students. Dr. Lumpkin co-directs a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Mini-Medical School for the public. He is a Golden Apple and Kaiser Permanente Award winner for outstanding teaching. He serves as a representative to the Leadership Group of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Lumpkin is the author of 180 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts.
Dr. Michael Lumpkin is a tenured Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown University School of Medicine. He earned his doctoral degree in Physiology in 1981 from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed NIH sponsored postdoctoral fellowship training in Neuroendocrinology at Southwestern Medical Center in 1983. He became Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics at Georgetown in 1984 and was promoted to Professor and Chairman of the Physiology and Biophysics Department of Georgetown’s Medical Center in 1993. He has been the recipient of numerous academic awards and honors. His research is supported by grants from NIH and biotechnology foundations. Dr. Lumpkin’s current research involves a study of the stress-related mechanisms by which HIV/AIDS disrupts the neuroendocrine systems that regulate growth, immunity, and reproduction. From this work, he and his research group have produced a patent for treating AIDS-related wasting syndromes in adults and children. He is also a central participant in a large NIH-funded initiative to bring integrative medicine research and education to medical and graduate students at Georgetown. Dr. Lumpkin lectures extensively at national and international venues on the subjects of stress physiology, psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine. He is also an officer in two international scientific societies and serves on several Boards of Directors of medical foundations. He lectures, instructs and facilitates groups in all aspects of neuroendocrinology, psychoneuroimmunology and mind-body medicine for medical and graduate students. Dr. Lumpkin co-directs a Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Mini-Medical School for the public. He is a Golden Apple and Kaiser Permanente Award winner for outstanding teaching. He serves as a representative to the Leadership Group of the Consortium of Academic Health Centers for Integrative Medicine. Dr. Lumpkin is the author of 180 scientific articles, book chapters, and abstracts. 
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