Our Investigators

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The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute is comprised of 32 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, vascular disease and metabolic impairment. By creating multidisciplinary research opportunities and supporting and coordinating diabetes and obesity research, the Institute enhances interactions and accelerates discoveries.

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Petter Bjornstad, MD

Executive Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Raisbeck Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research

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Karin Bornfeldt, PhD

Edwin L. Bierman Professor of Medicine, Director of Research and Complications of Diabetes Research Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Deputy Director, UW Diabetes Research Center, Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology

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Anna Bowen, PhD

Assistant Professor, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition

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Carlos Campos, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Megan Capozzi, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Metabolism Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Vincenzo Cirulli MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Laura Crisa, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Laura den Hartigh, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, UWMDI P&F Program Director

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Mauricio Dorfman, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Jay Heinecke, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Karasinski Endowed Chair in Metabolic Research

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Irl Hirsch, MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Executive Faculty Philanthropic Advisor, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Diabetes Treatment and Teaching Endowed Chair

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Jenny Kanter, PhD

Research Associate Professor, Diabetes Research Center Enrichment Program Director, jenka@uw.edu

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Steven Kahn, MB, ChB

Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Diabetes Research Center, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Francis Kim, MD

Professor, Division of Cardiology, Kenneth H. Cooper, M.D. Endowed Professorship in Preventative Cardiology

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Stephanie Kim, MD, MPH

Director, Clinical Research Unit, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Gregory Morton, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Diabetes and Metabolism Program, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Stephanie Page, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Division Head, Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Founding Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Robert B. McMillen Professor of Medicine in Lipid Research

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Laura Pyle, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Biostatistics, Integrative Data Sciences and Multicenter Coordination, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Jarrad Scarlett, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

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Ellen Schur, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Director, Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

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Mike Schwartz, MD

Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Founding Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute, Robert H. Williams Endowed Chair in Medicine

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Leticia Sewaybricker, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, General Internal Medicine

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Baohai Shao, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Ian Sweet, PhD

Research Associate Professor of Medicine Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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Savitha Subramanian, MD

Physician

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Joshua Thaler, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Metabolism Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director of Enrichment Program and Associate Director of Energy Balance Core, Nutrition and Obesity Research Center

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Arthi Thirumalai, MD

Physician

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Kalie Tommerdahl, MD

Associate Professor, Director, Clinical Research Safety, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute

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Subbulaxmi Trikudanathan,
MD, MRCP, MMSc

Professor of Clinical Practice, Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Nutrition, Medical Director, UW Medicine Diabetes Institute Clinic

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Tomas Vaisar, PhD

Research Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Director, Proteomics and Bioinformatics Core, Diabetes Research Center

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Ana Patricia Valencia, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Kathryn Weaver, MD

Physician, AHEAD Program Co-Director