The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute is comprised of 24 faculty housed in >32,000 sf of state-of-the-art research space, each selected to join the center because of complementary interests in diabetes and obesity and their relationships to systemic inflammation, dyslipidemia, vacular disease and metabolic impairment. By creating multidisciplinary research opportunities and supporting and coordinating diabetes and obesity research, the Institute enhances interactions and accelerates discoveries.
Petter Bjornstad, MD
Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute
Professor of Pathology and of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Raisbeck Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research
Karin Bornfeldt, PhD
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Associate Director for Research and
Director, Complications of Diabetes Program, UW Diabetes Institute
Professor of Medicine and of Pathology
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Carlos Campos, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Megan Capozzi, PhD
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Research Assistant Professor
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Vincenzo Cirulli, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Laura Crisa, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Laura den Hartigh, PhD
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Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Mauricio Dorfman, PhD
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Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Jay Heinecke, MD
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Karasinski Endowed Chair in Metabolic Research
Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Irl Hirsch, MD
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Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Jenny Kanter, PhD
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Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Steven Kahn, MB, ChB
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Professor of Medicine
Research Director, UW Diabetes Research Center
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Gregory Morton, PhD
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Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Stephanie Page, MD, PhD
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Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Jarrad Scarlett, MD, PhD
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Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Ellen Schur, MD, MS
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Director, Clinical Research Unit, UW Diabetes Institute
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Michael Schwartz, MD
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Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Baohai Shao, PhD
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Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Ian Sweet, PhD
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Research Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Tomas Vaisar, PhD
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Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
Ana Valencia, PhD
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Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition