Email address: evcauter@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
Universit* Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium MS 1970 Physics
Universit* Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium MS 1972 Actuarial Sciences
Universit* Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium PhD 1977 Biophysics
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1970-1981 Research Assistant, Institute of Interdisciplinary Research,
School of Medicine, Universit* Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
1979-1985 Research Associate (Assistant Professor), Dept. of Medicine,
University of Chicago, IL
1982-1987 Associate Professor (with tenure), Institute of Interdisciplinary
Research, Universit* Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
1987-1990 Research Associate (Associate Professor), Dept.of Medicine, University
of Chicago, IL
1990-present Research Associate (Professor), Department of Medicine, University
of Chicago, Il
HONORS AND AWARDS
1985 Award of the Robert Walleghem Prize for medical research
1986 Co-recipient of the Hoechst Belgium Prize for research in biological
psychiatry (with Dr. Linkowski)
1989 Annual Award of the Belgian Endocrine Society
1989 Award of the Soroptimist Prize (50th anniversary of the Belgian Soroptimist
Association)
1994 Member, MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Mind-Body Interactions
1994 Lundbeck Prize Belgium
1996 Editorial Board, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
PUBLICATIONS (Selected from a total of 149)
Van Cauter E, Refetoff S. Identification of two sub-types of Cushing's
disease based on the analysis of episodic cortisol secretion. N Engl J
Med 312:1343-9, 1985.
Polonsky KS, Given BD, Hirsch L, Shapiro ET, Tillil H, Beebe C, Frank BH,
Galloway JA, Karrison T, Van Cauter E. A quantitative study of insulin
secretion and clearance in normal and obese subjects. J Clin Invest 81:435-441,
1988.
Polonsky KS, Given BD, Van Cauter E. 24-hour profiles and pulsatile patterns
of insulin secretion in normal and obese subjects. J Clin Invest 81:442-448,
l988
Van Cauter E. Estimating false positive and false negative errors in analyses
of hormonal pulsatility. Am J Physiol 254:E786-94, 1988.
Polonsky KS, Given BD, Hirsch LJ, Tillil H, Shapiro ET, Beebe C, Frank
BH, Galloway JA, Van Cauter E. Abnormal patterns of insulin secretion in
non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.New Engl J Med 318:1231-9, 1988.
Van Cauter E, Desir D, Decoster C, Fery F, Balasse EO. Nocturnal decrease
of glucose tolerance during constant glucose infusion. J Clin Endocrinol
Metab 69:604-11, 1989.
van Coevorden A, Laurent E, Decoster C, Kerkhofs M, Neve P, Van Cauter
E, Mockel J. Decreased basal and stimulated thyrotropin secretion in healthy
elderly men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 69: 177-185, 1989.
Van Cauter E, Turek FW. Strategies for resetting the human circadian clock
(editorial). New Engl J Med 322: 1306-1307, 1990.
Shapiro ET, Polonsky KS, Copinschi G, Bosson D, Tillil H, Blackman JD,
Lewis G, Van Cauter E. Nocturnal elevation of glucose levels during fasting
in NIDDM. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 72:444-454, 1991.
Sturis J, Van Cauter E, Blackman JD, Polonsky KS. Entrainment of pulsatile
insulin secretion by oscillatory glucose infusion. J Clin Invest 87: 439-445,
1991.
van Coevorden A, Mockel J, Laurent E, Kerkhofs M, L'Hermite-Bal*riaux M,
Decoster C, N*ve P, Van Cauter E. Neuroendocrine rhythms and sleep in aging
men. Am J Physiol 260: E651-E661, 1991.
Van Cauter E, Blackman JD, Roland D, Spire JP, Refetoff S, Polonsky KS.
Modulation of glucose regulation and insulin secretion by circadian rhythmicity
and sleep. J Clin Invest 88:934-942, 1991.
Sturis J, Polonsky KS, Mosekilde E, Van Cauter E. The mechanisms underlying
ultradian oscillations of insulin and glucose: a computer simulation approach.
Am J Physiol 260: 801-809, 1991.
Degaute JP, van de Borne Ph, Linkowski P, Van Cauter E. Quantitative analysis
of the 24-hour blood pressure and heart rate patterns in young men. Hypertension
18:199-210, 1991.
Van Cauter E, Mestrez F, Sturis J, Polonsky KS. Estimation of insulin secretion
rates from C-peptide levels: comparison of individual and standard kinetic
parameters for C-peptide clearance. Diabetes 41:368-377, 1992.
Van Cauter E, Kerkhofs M, Caufriez A, Van Onderbergen A, Thorner MO, Copinschi
G. A quantitative estimation of GH secretion in normal man: reproducibility
and relation to sleep and time of day. J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 74: 1441-1450,
1992.
Van Cauter E, Caufriez A, Kerkhofs M, Van Onderbergen A, Thorner MO, Copinschi
G. Sleep, awakenings and insulin-like growth factor I modulate the growth
hormone secretory response to growth hormone-releasing hormone. J Clin
Endocrinol Metab, 74: 1451-1459,1992.
Van Cauter E, Shapiro ET, Tillil H, Polonsky KS. Circadian modulation of
glucose and insulin responses to meals: relationship to cortisol rhythm.
Am J Physiol (Endocrinology/Metabolism), 262: E467-E475, 1992.
Linkowski P, Van Onderbergen A, Kerkhofs M, Bosson D, Mendlewicz J, Van
Cauter E. A twin study of the circadian and pulsatile variations of plasma
cortisol: evidence for genetic control of the human circadian clock. Am
J Physiol (Endocrinology/Metabolism) 264: E173-E181, 1993.
Sturis J, O'Meara NM, Shapiro ET, Blackman JD, Tillil H, Polonsky KS, Van
Cauter E. Differential effects of glucose stimulation upon rapid pulses
and ultradian oscillations of insulin secretion. J Clin Endocrinol Metab
76: 895-901, 1993.
Kerkhofs M, Van Cauter E, Van Onderbergen A, Caufriez A, Thorner MO, Copinschi
G. Sleep promoting effects of growth hormone-releasing hormone in normal
man. Am J Physiol 264: E594-598, 1993.
Van Cauter E, Sturis J, Byrne MM, Blackman JD, Leproult R, Gilad O, L'Hermite-Bal*riaux
M, Refetoff S, Turek FW, Van Reeth O. Demonstration of rapid light-induced
advances and delays of the human circadian clock using hormonal phase markers.
Am J Physiol: Endocrinol and Metabolism, 266: E953-E963, 1994.
Van Reeth O, Sturis J, Byrne MM, Blackman JD, L'Hermite-Baleriaux M, Leproult
R, Oliner C, Refetoff S, Turek FW, Van Cauter E. Nocturnal exercise phase
delays the circadian rhythms of melatonin and thyrotropin secretion in
normal men. Am J Physiol: Endocrinol and Metabolism, 266: E953-E963, 1994.
Van Cauter E, Polonsky KS, Blackman JD, Roland D, Sturis J, Byrne MM, Scheen
AJ. Abnormal temporal patterns of glucose tolerance in obesity: relationship
to sleep-related growth hormone secretion and circadian cortisol rhythmicity.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 79: 1791-1805, 1994.
Copinschi G, Van Cauter E. Effects of aging on modulation of hormonal secretions
by sleep and circadian rhythmicity. Hormone Research 43: 20-24, 1995.
Sturis J, Scheen AJ, Leproult R, Polonsky KS, Van Cauter E. Twenty-four
hour glucose profiles during continuous or oscillatory insulin infusion:
demonstration of the functional significance of insulin oscillations. J
Clin Invest 94: 1464-1471, 1995.
Plat L, Byrne MM, Sturis J, Polonsky KS, Mockel J, Fery F, Van Cauter E.
Effects of morning cortisol elevation on insulin secretion and glucose
regulation in man. Am J Physiol 270: E36-E42, 1996.
Frank SA, Roland DC, Sturis J, Byrne MM, Refetoff S, Polonsky KS, Van Cauter
E. Effects of aging on glucose regulation during wakefulness and sleep.
Am J Physiol 269: E1006-E1016, 1995.
Scheen AJ, Sturis J, Polonsky KS, Van Cauter E. Alterations in the ultradian
oscillations of insulin secretion and plasma glucose in aging. Diabetologia
39: 564-572, 1996.
Van Cauter E, Leproult R, Kupfer DJ. Effects of gender and age on the levels
and circadian rhythmicity of plasma cortisol. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 81:
2468-2473, 1996.
Scheen AJ, Byrne MM, Plat L, Leproult R, Van Cauter E. Relationships between
sleep quality and glucose regulation in normal man. Am J Physiol 271: E261-E270,
1996.
Biston P, Van Cauter E, Ofek G, Linkowski P, Polonsky KS, Degaute JP. Diurnal
variations in cardiovascular function and glucose regulation in normal
man. Hypertension, in press, 1996.