Diabetes Complications and Management Researchers

Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health

 

Research Assistant Professor, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Internal Medicine

 

Dr. Lentz actively collaborates with the NeuroNetwork for Emerging Therapies in its study of diabetic neuropathy. His current research uses high resolution confocal microscopy to examine the effects of high glucose on mitochondrial dynamics and biogenesis in sensory neurons.

 

The elucidation of the mechanisms underlying the development of diabetes and prediabetes complications, with particular emphasis on diabetic cardiovascular autonomic and peripheral neuropathy, as well as the design and execution of clinical trials to test these mechanisms and to test novel therapies for preventing these complications in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.