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Martin G. Myers, Jr., MD, PhD

Marilyn H. Vincent Professor of Diabetes Research
Professor of Internal Medicine and Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Director of the Elizabeth Weiser Caswell Diabetes Institute
Director of the Michigan Diabetes Research Center
Areas of Expertise:
Leptin, hypothalamus, energy balance

David Olson, MD, PhD

David Murray Cowie, MD Research Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Obesity, hypothalamus, diabetes
Elif Oral, MD

Elif A. Oral, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, type 2 diabetes and type 1 diabetes, lipodystrophy, obesity, lipid metabolism, physiological roles of leptin, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Edgar A. Otto, PhD

Associate Research Scientist, Internal Medicine, Medical School
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic nephropathy, single cell RNAseq, ciliopathies
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Vasantha Padmanabhan, MS, PhD

Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, Professor Emerita of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Professor Emerita of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Medical School
Professor Emerita of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor Emerita in Service, Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Polycystic ovarian syndrome, insulin resistance, developmental programming, metabolic dysfunctions, endocrine disruptors

Suresh S. Palaniyandi, PhD

Senior Staff Investigator, Henry Ford Health System
Assistant Professor of Physiology, Wayne State University
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetic cardiac complications, type-1 diabetes, type-2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, aldehyde dehydrogenases, 4-hydoxy-2-nonenal, stem cell
Minal R. Patel, PhD, M.P.H

Minal R. Patel, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Socioeconomic barriers and concerns with chronic disease self-management, management of multiple chronic conditions, patient-clinician behavior, education, and communication, self-management tools
Karen Peterson, DSc

Karen Peterson, DSc

Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor of Nutritional Sciences Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Biosocial and environmental influences, design and evaluation of population-based interventions
Karen Peterson, DSc

Karen Peterson, DSc

Stanley M. Garn Collegiate Professor of Nutritional Sciences
Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Professor of Nutritional Sciences, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise
Design and evaluation of population-based interventions, physical activity behaviors related to obesity and chronic disease in diverse populations

Gretchen A. Piatt, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Associate Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health
Areas of Expertise:
Diabetes, health care delivery, behavioral and psychological aspects of diabetes prevention and management, community interventions

John D. Piette, PhD, MS

Professor of Health Behavior and Health Education and Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
Director, Center for Managing Chronic Disease
Areas of Expertise:
Chronic disease management, self-management support, telehealth, mobile health

Vitaliy Popov, PhD

Assistant Professor of Learning Health Sciences, Medical School
Assistant Professor of Information, School of Information
Areas of Expertise:
Multimodal learning analytics in the context of co-located and virtually distributed teams in clinical simulations, shared-decision making, interprofessional teams

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