Our Investigators

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

Alan Chait, MD

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Professor Emeritus
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

Francis Kim, MD

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Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

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