Professor of Molecular Medicine, Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, UMass Chan Medical School
Director, Clinical Translational Research Pathway,T.H. Chan School of Medicine

Dr. Corvera's studies focus on human adipose tissue development and its relationship to whole-body insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

She received her MD and MSc in Molecular Biology at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico and was awarded a Fogarty International Fellowship to conduct postdoctoral studies in the United States.  She was a faculty member in the Department of Pathology at the University of Pennsylvania before moving to the newly formed Program in Molecular Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School.