Genomics and Pharmacogenomics

Villareal has established herself as a respected patient-oriented researcher studying the genetic determinants of estrogen metabolism and bone biology. She obtained RO3, R21, and VA Merit Award support for her research program. She left Washington University to become an Associate Professor of Medicine at the New Mexico VA Health Care System and the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. There, she served as the Chief of the Endocrinology Division. Recently, she joined the faculty at Baylor Medical College of Medicine as an Associate Professor of Medicine. She has a VA Merit Award to support work on the role of sex steroids to augment lifestyle in obese, elderly patients.