The UW Medicine Diabetes Institute is comprised of 23 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.

Michael Schwartz, MD
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Co-Director, UW Diabetes Institute
Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Stephanie Page, MD, PhD
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Co-Director, UW Diabetes Institute
Professor of Medicine
Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

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

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

Rebecca Hull-Meichle, PhD
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Director, Diabetes and the Islet Program, UW Diabetes Institute
Research Associate 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

Gregory Morton, PhD
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Research Professor of Medicine
Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Katya Rubinow, MD
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Associate Director, Clinical Research Unit, UW Diabetes Institute
Associate Professor of Medicine
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

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

Chongren Tang, 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