Juan Pablo Arroyo, Ph.D.

Dr. Juan Pablo Arroyo is primarily interested in the development of nonhuman primate models for studying developmental and aging aspects of cardiometabolic health, frailty and health span.

He is an alumnus of the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences Campus, and the University of South Florida. As a student, Dr. Arroyo trained in biological anthropology, medical anthropology, and public health; supplemented with coursework on integrative biology, exercise physiology, and psychology. Dr. Arroyo conducted his doctoral research at the Caribbean Primate Research Center, in Puerto Rico. He employed the rhesus macaque as a model, to assess the impact of maternal social status on offspring developmental instability in utero, and postnatal growth. For his postdoctoral training, he intended to expand his research plan on aging, health span, and the development of chronic disease later in life. Dr. Arroyo joined the Ross Lab in 2021 as a postdoctoral scientist, to study the marmoset as a model of aging, health and disease.

At the Ross Lab, Dr. Arroyo focuses on health assessments for marmosets on the following areas:

• Morphometry
• Body composition (quantitative magnetic resonance)
• Physical activity (actimetry)
• Energy expenditure (respirometry / indirect calorimetry)
• Mobility (gait analysis)