RF
Rodrigo Fernández-Verdejo
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, UCLouvain, University of Chile, Finis Terrae University, Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Research areas: Medicine · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism · Adipose Tissue and Metabolism · Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
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Employment
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Assistant Professor2025 - Present
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center Adjunct Assistant Professor2025 - Present
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Pennington Biomedical Research Center Visiting Assistant Professor2023 - 2025
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Universidad Finis Terrae Associate Professor2021 - 2025
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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Assistant Professor2018 - 2021
Education
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Université catholique de Louvain Doctor en Sciences de la Motricité2013 - 2017
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Universidad de Chile Magíster en Ciencias Biológicas, mención Fisiología2009 - 2011
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Universidad de Santiago de Chile Licenciado en Ciencias de la Actividad Física2003 - 2008
Projects & Funding
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Impact of Metabolic Flexibility on Changes in Metabolic Health LAUNCHED P&F Grant Program2024 - 2025
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Feasibility of a Novel Method to Measure Ad-Libitum Food Intake: A First Step Towards Testing Models of Body Weight Regulation LAUNCHED travel and small research grant program2024 - 2025
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Metabolic flexibility to lipid during exercise is not correlated with metabolic health markers in individuals without obesity LAUNCHED travel and small research grant program2024 - 2025
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Scholar of the LAUNCHED program LAUNCHED program2023 - 2025
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Efectos de la práctica deportiva sobre el nivel de actividad física y la alimentación de estudiantes universitarias Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile2021 - 2022
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Mejor Investigador - Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud Pontifical Catholic University of Chile2020 - 2020
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Lean but Metabolically Unhealthy Individuals: the role of Metabolic Flexibility to Lipid Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico2018 - 2022
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BECAS Chile para Doctorado en el Extranjero ANID2013 - 2017
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Mejor Alumno Licenciatura en Ciencias de la Actividad Física Universidad de Santiago de Chile2007 - 2007
Publications (48)
- Tackling Waste of Fruits and Vegetables in Chilean Households with Tailored Informational–Enablement Interventions: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study Save
- Role of olive oil in weight gain: contrasting the animal and human findings Save
- Standardizing the analysis and visualization of human energy expenditure data Save
- Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Women Who Practice Breaking Compared With Healthy Women Save
- Lower food liking in adults with constitutional thinness compared with normal-weight adults Save
- Assessing the accuracy of predicted values of human CO2 generation rates for IAQ applications Save
- Baseline Body Fat Percentage Is Associated to Weight and Fat Mass Gain From High-Fat Overfeeding Over 8 Weeks Save
- Body weight regulation models in humans: insights for testing their validity Save
- Leveraging shared variation among traits for the discovery of genetic variants in complex phenotypes such as obesity Save
- Cold-induced shivering for metabolic health Save
- Energy Expenditure in Humans: Principles, Methods, and Changes Throughout the Life Course. Save
- Resting energy metabolism and sweet taste preference during the menstrual cycle in healthy women Save
- Effects of ketone bodies on energy expenditure, substrate utilization, and energy intake in humans Save
- Prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and its association with lifestyle habits in adults in Chile: a cross-sectional study from the National Health Survey 2016–2017 Save
- Upper-Limb Disability and the Severity of Lymphedema Reduce the Quality of Life of Patients with Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema Save
- Time reallocation of physical behaviours induced by endurance exercise in physically active individuals Save
- Tailored Informational Interventions for Reducing Surplus and Waste of Fruits and Vegetables in a Food Market: A Pilot Study Save
- Elevated Risk of Overweight/Obesity-Related Markers and Low Muscular Fitness in Children Attending Public Schools in Chile Save
- Predictive equations for energy expenditure in adult humans: From resting to free‐living conditions Save
- Severe COVID‐19 correlates with lower mitochondrial cristae density in PBMCs and greater sitting time in humans Save