Dr. Franck Mauvais-Jarvis is a physician-scientist specializing in endocrinology, metabolism, and hormone therapy. Trained in top endocrinology programs at Paris university hospitals, he has practiced in the U.S. for over 20 years. He also holds a PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Paris. Following postdoctoral training at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, he became a leading expert on the roles of estrogens, androgens, and biological sex in metabolism, diabetes, and obesity.
Dr. Mauvais-Jarvis currently directs the Hormone Therapy Clinic for aging male and female veterans at the New Orleans VA Medical Center (VAMC). He is also the principal investigator of the NIH-sponsored Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Sex-Based Precision Medicine and leads the Hormones & Metabolism Discovery Research Laboratory at Tulane University School of Medicine. Previously, he led major federally funded research programs at Baylor College of Medicine, and Northwestern University. His contributions have earned him election to the American Society for Clinical Investigation and the Association of American Physicians.