Peter Tontonoz

Peter Tontonoz is a physician-scientist and academic. He is the Frances and Albert Piansky Endowed Chair and Distinguished Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Biological Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Tontonoz's laboratory focuses on studying regulatory pathways involved in cholesterol, fatty acid, and phospholipid metabolism, contributing to uncovering fundamental mechanisms through which animals maintain cellular and whole-body lipid homeostasis. His group has clarified pathways governing lipid uptake, transport, and efflux, demonstrating their impact on the function of immune cells and metabolic tissues in both physiological and pathological conditions. His h-index is 113, with over 240 research articles published and cited over 68,000 times.

Tontonoz is a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), and the Association of American Physicians (AAP). He is the recipient of national awards such as the Stanley J. Korsmeyer Award from the ASCI, the ATVB Distinguished Achievement Award and Jeffrey Hoeg Award from the American Heart Association (AHA), as well as the Richard Weitzman Award and Gerald D. Aurbach Award from The Endocrine Society.

Tontonoz served as the President of the ASCI from 2013 to 2014. Provided by Wikipedia