Snehal Chaudhari, who will be joining the department this fall, is collaborating to explore potential treatments for Type 2 diabetes, funded by a one-year pilot grant from Washington University’s Diabetes Research Center.
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Developing equitable biomarkers for diagnosing metabolic syndrome
Diabetes disproportionately impacts underrepresented minorities, who have a higher prevalence of diagnosis and complication rates of diabetes compared to white individuals. Despite this, the prevalence of metabolic syndrome – the proportion of a population that at any given time has a group of five conditions that can lead to health problems like heart disease and …
Biochemistry faculty advance diabetes research
A UW2020 Round 6 project awarded to assistant professor Judi Simcox will establish two new research core facilities, including an advanced lipidomics platform, to accelerate diabetes and metabolism research at UW–Madison.
Turning on the insulin switch in Type 2 diabetes
A new study is the first to show how a Western-style diet alters the regulation of genes in the pancreatic islets of mice.
Attie Lab: Unpuzzling Diabetes
Alan Attie has been at the forefront of genetics and biochemical research of diabetes and its links with obesity. A long article on CALS Magazine features his discoveries, his personal journey, his vision for the future and his worries about the current funding environment. Photo: postdoctoral researcher Melkam Kebede in the Attie group Unpuzzling Diabetes: …