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DOCE Director Michael Schwartz, MD, is senior author on a review article published in the May issue of  Nature Review Neuroscience. The article entitled “Neurobiology of food intake in health and

Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, PhD, has been awarded the 2014 Edwin Bierman Lectureship. The lecture will be delivered at the American Diabetes Association’s Annual Sessions in San Francisco, June 16th.

Dr. Michael Schwartz has been awarded a 5-year NIH R01 for his project “Novel Anti-Diabetic Actions of Hypothalamic FGF19-FGFR1 Signaling

Dr. Michael Schwartz has been awarded an American Diabetes Association Basic Science Award for his project “Novel Anti-Diabetic Actions of Hypothalamic FGF19-FGFR1 Signaling.

Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, PhD, has been awarded the 2013 Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology. The lecture was delivered at the American Heart Association’s Annual Sessions in Dallas on November 19th.

Dr. Michael Schwartz is first author of a review in Nature, titled “Cooperation between brain and islet in glucose homeostasis and diabetes.

Dr. Joshua Thaler receives 2013 Research Royalty Award for his project “The Role of Hypothalamic Atypical Protein Kinase C in Body Weight Regulation and Glucose Homeostasis”.

Dr. Laura den Hartigh has been awarded an NIH K01 to examine the mechanisms by which 10,12CLA confers resistance to diet-induced weight gain in mice.

Dr. Karin Bornfeldt is the recipient of a Pilot and Feasibility award from the NIDDK-sponsored Diabetic Complications Consortium for her project ‘Diabetes and miRNA’.

Dr. Ian Sweet is the recipient of the 2013 Gail Patrick Innovation Award from the ADA. This award is granted to Innovation award applications to the ADA that receive the highest priority score.