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The laboratory of Michael Schwartz, Gregory Morton and Jarrad Scarlett in the Department of Medicine, at the University of Washington is looking for a highly, motivated postdoctoral research fellow to

Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of “Diabetes Suppresses Glucose Uptake and Glycolysis in Macrophages” in Circulation Research. DOM co-authors are Masami Shimizu-Albergine, Shelley Barnhart,

Drs. Farah Khan, clinical assistant professor, and Irl Hirsch, professor, wrote “Diabetes and the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines” in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor, is quoted in “A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.” in the New York Times.

Dr. Irl Hirsch, professor  is quoted in “Insulin’s deadly cost: Ultrahigh prices in the U.S. mean many diabetics can’t afford the medication they need to survive” in Fortune.  

The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute – a first-of-its-kind diabetes care and research hub in the Pacific Northwest – is home to many life-transforming programs for diabetes patients, including a main

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: PILOT AND FEASIBILITY RESEARCH AWARDS The University of Washington Medicine Diabetes Institute (UWMDI), Diabetes Research Center (DRC), and Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) are jointly soliciting

Karin Bornfeldt, Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, was awarded the George Lyman Duff Memorial Lectureship at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions. The lectureship was established in 1956 by

Masami Shimizu-Albergine, research scientist, is lead author and Dr. Karin Bornfeldt, professor (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is senior author of “CREBH normalizes dyslipidemia and halts atherosclerosis in diabetes by decreasing

UWMDI Co-Director Stephanie Page, professor and head (Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition) is quoted in “Experts dismiss claim that ivermectin causes sterility in men” in AFP Fact Check.