Michael W. Schwartz (MTE) has received one of eight 2010 Pfizer Visiting Professorship in Obesity Awards from Pfizer Inc. These $7500 grants support three days of educational activities with a distinguished visiting expert. Dr. Schwartz has invited Philipp E. Scherer, PhD,
professor of medicine at the Touchstone Center for Diabetes Research, UT Southwestern Medical Center, to be the Pfizer Visiting Professor next fall. Dr. Schwartz is professor of medicine, head of the Section of Clinical Nutrition, and director of the UW Medicine Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence.