Rebecca A. Baillie, PhDback to Management Team>
Principal and Chief Scientist, PhysioPD™
Dr. Baillie, Rosa’s Chief Scientist, PhysioPD™, specializes in the development of customized physiological models for use in decision making. Dr. Baillie is also considered one of the top experts in the field of lipid metabolism. Prior to joining Rosa, Dr. Baillie held a position as Senior Research Biologist at Lipomics Technologies, where she led collaborative research efforts in metabolic disease, steatohepatitis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and psychiatric disease. Her work covered areas ranging from biomarker identification to drug development.
As a scientist at Entelos, Inc., Dr. Baillie focused on large-scale simulation models of obesity and fat cells, working with clients and collaborators to utilize these models in drug discovery and biomarker research. Her research contributed to the development of the obesity PhysioLab, whose models provide a common framework for visualizing and testing multiple drug targets based on criteria such as how they affect human physiology and a patient’s disease state. Dr. Baillie also worked on the adipocyte CytoLab at Entelos, which provided the first in a new product line of cell-specific simulation models. In addition, she served as liaison and scientific lead in a collaboration between Entelos and Zen-Bio Corporation to conduct research in human adipocytes (fat cells) for the development of new obesity therapeutics.
As a research associate at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Baillie conducted studies in lipid regulation of diabetes. In a joint appointment as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Colorado and at the Colorado State University Health Sciences Center, Dr. Baillie also studied regulation of adipocyte differentiation by fatty acids and the effects of the antidiabetic drug pioglitazone. Her research in the regulation of lipid metabolism and lipids in metabolic disease has resulted in more than 28 publications and submitted patents.
Dr. Baillie earned a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa in Human Nutrition, where her research focused on the regulation of lipid metabolism by medium-chain fatty acids in chick hepatocytes and on formulation-dependent zinc absorptions in infants. She also earned an M.S. in Nutrition and a B.S. in Nutrition Science from the University of California at Davis. She is a member of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the Endocrine Society, and the American Physiological Society.
Dr. Baillie enjoys making her own bread, yoghurt, and cheese. Her hobbies also include fusing glass to create jewelry and growing exhibition chrysanthemums.