Contact Information:
Email: cevansmo@iupui.edu
Phone: 317-278-8940
Address: VanNuys Medical Sciences Building, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS 2021, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Education:
Undergraduate: B.S., Pharmacy, West Virginia University: Morgantown, WV (1996)
Medical School: M.D., Marshall University School of Medicine: Huntington, WV (2001)
Residency: Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital: Boston, MA (2001-2004)
Fellowship and Postdoctoral Training: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA (2004-2007). Mentor: Raghu Mirmira, M.D., Ph.D.
In Progress: Ph.D. in Pharmacology, The University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA (2005-present). Graduate Advisor: Raghu Mirmira, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Interests:
1. Regulation of insulin gene transcription under normal conditions and in states of disease.
2. The effect of intrauterine environment on b cell development and function.
3. Molecular regulation of physiologic b cell expansion.
4. Improving efforts at islet transplantation.
Publications:
Evans-Molina, C., Nunemaker, C.S., Deering T.G., Robbins, R., Garmey, J.C., Tersey, S.A., Maier, B., Keller, S.R. and Mirmira, R.G. PPAR-γ Agonists Partially Restore Islet Function in Diabetic Mice Through Enhancement of Histone 3 Lys4 Methylation at β Cell Specific Genes-in review.
Hylek, E.M., D’Antonio, J., Evans-Molina, C., Shea, C., Henault, L.E., and Regan, S. Translating the results of randomized trials into clinical practice: The challenge of warfarin candidacy among hospitalized elderly patients with atrial fibrillation. Stroke. 2006 (37): 1075 -1080.
Francis, J. Babu, D.A., Deering, T.G., Chakrabarti, S.K., Evans-Molina, C., Taylor, D.G. and Mirmira, R.G. Role of chromatin accessibility in the occupancy and transcription of the insulin gene by the pancreatic transcription factor PDX-1: Molecular Endocrinology. 2007 (20): 3133-3145.
Hylek EM, Henault LE, Evans-Molina C, Shea C, Regan S. Response to letter by Testa et al. Stroke. 2006 (37): 2868.
Evans-Molina, C., Garmey, J.C., Ketchum, R., Brayman, K.L., Deng S, and Mirmira, R.G. Glucose regulation of insulin gene transcription and pre-mRNA processing in human islets: Diabetes. 2007 (56): 827-835.
Hylek, E.M., Evans-Molina, C. Shea, C., Henault, L.E., and Regan, S. Major hemorrhage and tolerability of warfarin among elderly patients with atrial fibrillation newly starting therapy: Circulation. 2007 (115): 2689-96.
Evans-Molina, C., Regan, S., Henault, L.E., Hylek, E.M., Schwartz, G.R. The new Medicare part D prescription drug benefit: An estimation of its effect on prescription drug costs in a Medicare population with Atrial Fibrillation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007 (7): 1038-43.
