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    Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases
Select staff are listed in alphabetical order by last name. Read a description of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, & Metabolic Diseases.
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            Email Address
            Phone Number
            Title
                Research DescriptionCefalu, William
                                    william.cefalu@nih.gov
                                    301-435-1011
                
                    Director

                    Diabetes, endocrinology, and metabolic diseasesAbraham, Kristin
                                    kristin.abraham@nih.gov
                                    301-451-8048
                
                    Program Director

                    Development of resources and infrastructure to support provision and exploration of human tissues for studies of diabetes, and improvements in innovative mouse models to advance diabetes research.Akolkar, Beena
                                    beena.akolkar@nih.gov
                                    240-593-1733
                
                    Program Director

                    Clinical research in the prevention and immunopathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes and the genetics and genomics of Type 1 and Type 2 DiabetesArreaza-Rubin, Guillermo
                                    guillermo.arreaza-rubin@nih.gov
                                    301-594-4724
                
                    Program Director

                    Diabetes and endocrine disease bioengineering and glucose sensingArrowchis, Leeanna
                                    leeanna.arrowchis@nih.gov
                                    301-594-3612
                
                    Program Analyst

                    Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases and Common Fund Metabolomics ProgramArtis Dickerson, Shavon
                                    shavon.artisdickerson@nih.gov
                                    301-435-3055
                
                    Program Director

                    Health Equity and Implementation ScienceBlondel, Olivier
                                    olivier.blondel@nih.gov
                                    301-263-4342
                
                    Program Director

                    Pathophysiology of the endocrine pancreas in diabetes; technology development (i.e. genomics and systems biology) in metabolic diseaseBroadney, Miranda
                                    miranda.broadney@nih.gov
                                    301-594-6841
                
                    Program Director

                    Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrinology, Clinical Management of Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Resistance, Pediatric ObesityBurch, Henry
                                    henry.burch@nih.gov
                                    301-827-0827
                
                    Program Director

                    Clinical studies utilizing existing digital health technology for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes, clinical and basic science studies involving non-neoplastic disorders of the thyroid, clinical studies involving medical and novel dietary treatment of type 2 diabetes.Castle, Arthur
                                    arthur.castle@nih.gov
                                    301-594-7719
                
                    Program Director

                    Functional metabolomics and technology development to measure metabolic disease; muscle biology and exercise in diabetes and obesity; fellowships and institutional training grantsCenter, Maureen
                                    maureen.center@nih.gov
                                    301-402-3269
                
                    Program Director, Diabetes Behavioral Science

                    Health Psychology, Behavioral Science, Clinical Management of DiabetesCooke, Bradley
                                    brad.cooke@nih.gov
                                    301-480-9896
                
                    Program Director

                    Developmental Neuroendocrinology, Electrophysiology, and Cognitive NeuroscienceCowie, Catherine
                                    catherine.cowie@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8804
                
                    Program Director

                    Epidemiology of diabetes, including development, control, interventions and complicationsDe Abrew Rajapakse, Chandima
                                    chandima.rajapakse@nih.gov
                                    301-451-9003
                
                    Program Director

                    Health Equity Research, Minority Health, Type 2 Diabetes in Adults, Translation research and Implementation ScienceEggerman, Thomas
                                    thomas.eggerman@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8813
                
                    Program Director

                    Cystic fibrosis research and translation centers, Cystic Fibrosis basic research and clinical trials, rare metabolic diseases basic and clinical trials, clinical islet transplantation registry; advanced artificial pancreas clinical trials, post COVID-19 new onset diabetesGorospe, Jose Rafael
                                    gorospejr@mail.nih.gov
                                    301-594-2556
                
                    Program Director

                    Pediatrics, GeneticsGreen, Neal
                                    neal.green@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8815
                
                    Project Manager (Contractor)

                    Clinical trials specialist, Islet transplantation, DSMB/OSMB/EEC AdministrationGupta, Dhananjay
                                    dhananjay.gupta@nih.gov
                                    301-827-3739
                
                    Program Director

                    Basic research on pathogenesis of obesity and Type 2 Diabetes; Role of gene-environment interaction in regulation of metabolism; Transcriptional regulation of gene expression; Cellular signaling pathways regulating intermediary metabolism and cellular identityHaft, Carol Renfrew
                                    carol.haft@nih.gov
                                    301-594-7689
                
                    Program Director

                    Adipocyte development and biology in various fat depots; protein trafficking, secretion, processing and ER stress in metabolic diseaseHwa, Albert
                                    albert.hwa@nih.gov
                                    301-451-1525
                
                    Program Director

                    Basic mechanisms underlying the organogenesis and regeneration of pancreatic islets during health and disease; generation of islet cells from stem cells for disease modeling and regenerative medicine; microphysiological systems for diabetes modelingJones, Teresa
                                    teresa.jones@nih.gov
                                    301-123-4567
                
                    Program Director

                    Diabetic Foot Consortium and other special projects in diabetes complicationsLancaster, Destiny
                                    destiny.lancaster@nih.gov
                                    301-827-0767
                
                    Travel Coordinator/Administrative Support (Contractor)

                    Travel and administrative support to Program Directors managing Common Fund ProgramsLaughlin, Maren
                                    maren.laughlin@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8802
                
                    Senior Advisor for Integrative Physiology

                    Energy balance, thermogenesis and mitochondria biology, whole body intermediary carbohydrate, lipid and protein metabolism, and functional and metabolic imaging in adipose, pancreas and other metabolic organs.Lawrence, Jean
                                    jean.lawrence@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8804
                
                    Program Director

                    Type 2 diabetes risk and prevention after gestational diabetes; Studies of adults with diabetes/pre-diabetes using secondary data and observational designs, and natural experimentsLeschek, Ellen
                                    ellen.leschek@nih.gov
                                    301-402-8291
                
                    Program Director

                    Type 1 and type 2 diabetes clinical researchLi, Yan
                                    yan.li5@nih.gov
                                    301-435-3721
                
                    Program Director

                    Key regulators of intermediary metabolism; drug discovery; translational research; diabetic wound healing.Liang, Hanyu
                                    hanyu.liang@nih.gov
                                    301-443-8737
                
                    Program Director

                    Hepatic Metabolism; Insulin Resistance; Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity; Bariatric SurgeryLinder, Barbara
                                    linderb@extra.niddk.nih.gov
                                    301-594-0021
                
                    Program Director

                    Type 2 diabetes in children and youth; human studies of metabolic imprintingMalozowski, Saul
                                    saul.malozowski@nih.gov
                                    301-451-4683
                
                    Program Director

                    Neuroendocrinology of hypothalamic-pituitary axis, neuropeptide signaling and receptors; hormonal regulation of bone and mineral metabolism; HIV/AIDS-associated metabolic and endocrine dysfunctionMartey, Louis
                                    louis.martey@nih.gov
                                    301-594-7733
                
                    Program Analyst

                    Coordination and preparation of pre and post council materials, analysis and evaluation of project funding for all grant mechanisms by DEM, supervision of administrative support staffMehta, Mansi
                                    mansi.mehta2@nih.gov
                                    301-480-1616
                
                    Scientific Program AnalystMensah, Michael
                                    michael.mensah@nih.gov
                                    301-594-3308
                
                    Program Analyst (Contractor)

                    4DNucleome (4DN)Otradovec, Heidi
                                    heidi.otradovec@nih.gov
                                    301-451-7609
                
                    Lead Program Analyst

                    Project coordinator for DEM activities, representative for DEM program analysts, clinical trials specialists, and administrative staff. Project funding analysis for DEM grant mechanisms.Sechi, Salvatore
                                    salvatore.sechi@nih.gov
                                    301-594-8814
                
                    Program Director

                    Proteomics, Systems Biology, and Structural Biology as applied to diabetes, metabolic, and endocrine diseasesSilva, Corinne
                                    corinne.silva@nih.gov
                                    301-451-7335
                
                    Program Director

                    The role of circadian rhythms and sleep in metabolic diseases; mechanisms by which the intrauterine environment alters metabolic responses in the offspring; Diabetes Research Centers.Spain, Lisa
                                    lisa.spain@nih.gov
                                    301-451-9871
                
                    Program Director

                    Disease-modifying clinical trials in type 1 diabetes, etiology and pathogenesis of type 1 diabetesThornton, Pamela
                                    pamela.thornton@nih.gov
                                    301-480-6476
                
                    Program Director, Centers for Diabetes Translation Research

                    Health Equity and Translational Research; Centers for Diabetes Translation Research (P30) ProgramWang, Xujing
                                    xujing.wang@nih.gov
                                    301-451-2862
                
                    Program Director

                    Data science; computation modeling; integrative genomics; network biology; genotype-phenotype relationshipWoo, Theresa
                                    theresa.woo@nih.gov
                                    301-480-1871
                
                    Program Director

                    Human behavior, developmental cognitive neuroscience, and brain-based mechanisms involved in obesity and diabetesXia, Ashley
                                    ashley.xia@nih.gov
                                    301-480-9505
                
                    Program Director

                    Common Fund Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity, Omics Analysis, Computational Biology and Data ScienceZaghloul, Norann
                                    norann.zaghloul@nih.gov
                                    301-435-6677
                
                    Program Director

                    Genetics and genomics of Type 2 diabetes and functional genomic studies in Type 2 diabetes and metabolic diseases Contact Us
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