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Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Kimberly M. Alonge, Ph.D.
Hypothalamic Circuitry, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Brain
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Mark Atkinson, Ph.D.
Pathogenesis/Type 1 Diabetes, Immunology, Microbiome, Prevention Studies
Assistant Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Rhonda Bacher, Ph.D.
Statistical Genomics
clinical assistant Professor, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM
Diana Barb, M.D.
Diabetes, Obesity, Thyroid Diseases
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Allison Bayer, Ph.D.
Immunology, Diabetes, Type 1 Diabetes
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics & Program Director, Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship
Angelina Bernier, M.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Pediatric Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome, Pediatric Diabetes Education
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Brittany Bruggeman, M.D.
Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Katelyn Bruno
Age Differences, Cardio-Oncology, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Heart Failure, Myocarditis
Spec Diabetes Education, Department of Nursing Professional practice
Gladys Bruno-Rodriguez
Type 2 Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes, Prevention, Diabetes Education
Assistant Professor, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Maigan Brusko, Ph.D.
Diabetes, Immune Studies, Type 1 Diabetes
DIRECTOR, UF DIABETES INSTITUTE
Todd Brusko, Ph.D.
Diabetes, Immune Studies, Type 1 Diabetes, Treg Cell Therapy, Vaccine Development
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Professor, Department of SURGERY-VASCULAR
Guoshuai Cai, Ph.D.
Statistical bioinformatics, Genetics, Genomics, Human disease, Microbiology
PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Martha Campbell-Thompson, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Pancreas Imaging, Diabetes, Beta Cell Regeneration
Associate ScientisT, Department of Cellular and Systems Pharmacology
Anutosh Chakraborty, Ph.D.
Biochemistry, Cell/Molecular biology, Pharmacology, Signal Transduction and Energy Metabolism
ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Jing Chen, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Mitochondrial Function, T-Cell Function, Genetics
Associate Professor, Department of Biostatistics
Li Chen, Ph.D.
Genetics, Microbiome, Single-Cell Genomics, Epigenomics
assistant Professor, Department of Food science and human nutrition, ifas
Zhiyong Cheng, Ph.D.
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
DIVISION CHIEF, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM
Kenneth Cusi, M.D.
Type 2 Diabetes, NASH, NAFLD
CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Kristin Dayton, M.D.
Metabolic/ Type 2 Diabetes, Youth Gender
CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM
William Troy Donahoo, M.D.
Obesity
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Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Aging
Karyn Esser, Ph.D.
Circadian muscle health, circadian rhythm, skeletal muscle
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Ruogu Fang, Ph.D.
Big Data Analytics, Brain Informatics, Medical Image Analysis
professor and chief, division of gastroenterology, hepatology & nutrition
Chris Forsmark, M.D.
Diabetes, Pancreatitis, Chronic, Acute, Pancreatic Function, Pancreatic Cancer
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Timothy Foster, M.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Pediatric Endocrinology
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine
Timothy Garrett, Ph.D.
Mass Spectrometry Techniques
section chief, DIVISION OF ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES AND METABOLISM
Hans Ghayee, D.O.
Metabolism
Research Assistant Scientist, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Niloofar Ghadirian, Ph.D.
RNA Targeting
associate professor, department of small animal clinical sciences
Chen Gilor, Ph.D., D.V.M.
Diabetes Mellitus, Obesity, Gastrointestinal Endocrinology, Adrenal diseases
Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Adithya K Gopinath, Ph.D.
Neurodegeneration, dopamine-immune interactions, Parkinson’s disease
Associate Professor, DEPARTMENT OF RADIOLOGY
Joseph Rafael Grajo, M.D.
Radiology, Liver Cirrhosis, Contrast Media, Liver
Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology; Associate Chair, Department of Ophthalmology; Medical Director, Ophthalmology Trauma Service; Clerkship Director
Sandeep Grover, M.D.
Diabetic Retinopathy, Diabetes Education, Diabetes Research
professor and chief, division of endocrinology
Michael Haller, M.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Intervention, Combination Therapy, Prevention, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine
Professor, Department of Material Science and Engineering
Yong Huang, Ph.D.
3D Bioprinting, Material Processing, Engineered Systems
ASSociate PROFESSOR & J. CRAYTON PRUITT FAMILY TERM FELLOW, DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Gregory Hudalla, Ph.D.
Nanomaterials, Implants, and Immunotherapies
Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology Research
Christhian Ildefonso, Ph.D.
Diabetic Retinopathy
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS
Laura Jacobsen, M.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Prevention, Intervention, Immunology, Pediatric Endocrinology
professor, department of clinical and health psychology
David Janicke, Ph.D.
Diabetes, Intervention, Pediatric, Obesity
clinical assistant professor, department of health services, research, management & policy
Ara Jo, Ph.D.
Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Body Compositions, Obesity
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Adam Khalifa, Ph.D.
Next-Generation Technologies for Measuring Glucose
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
May Khanna, Ph.D.
Drug Discovery for Diabetes Targeting RNA
Professor, Department of Medicine; Chief, Division Of Nephrology And Hypertension; Program Director, Nephrology Fellowship
Charles Heilig, M.D., FASN
Glomerulosclerosis in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Kidney Disease
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Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Stephanie Karst, Ph.D.
Pathogenesis of Noroviruses, Innate Immune Responses to Norovirus Infection, Molecular Mechanisms of Norovirus Replication
professor, department of biomedical engineering
Benjamin Keselowsky, Ph.D.
Immune Cell Interaction, Biomaterials
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Chalermchai Khemtong, Ph.D.
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics
Sarah Kim, Ph.D.
Model-informed drug development, AI-enhanced Modeling, Clinical Trial Optimization
Professor, Department of food science and human nutrition
Mitchell Knutson, Ph.D.
Iron Metabolism
Associate professor, Department of microbiology & Cell science
Joseph Larkin III, Ph.D.
Autoimmune Diseases, Regulatory T-cells, Type 1 Diabetes, Prevention
Assistant Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences
Xiaoying Li, Ph.D.
Growing Ethnic Vegetables With Medical Values
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Margaret C. Lo, M.D.
General Internal Medicine, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure – Adults, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
Assistant professor, Department of microbiology & Cell Science
Graciela Lorca, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Prevention, Probiotic, Lactobacillus Johnsonii
Professor and chair, DEPARTMENT of health services research, management & Policy
Arch G. Mainous III, Ph.D.
Diabetes, Respiratory Infections, Cardiovascular Disease, Iron Disorders
Assistant professor, Center for Inflammation Science and Systems Medicine
Ayako Makino, Ph.D.
Endothelial Dysfunction, Vascular Disease, Diabetes/Pulmonary Hypertension
Research Assistant professor, Department of ANATOMY
Nadja Makki, Ph.D.
Non-coding Regulation, Connective-Tissue Genetics, Idiopathic Scoliosis
Associate Professor, Department of Cellular and Systems Pharmacology
Catherine Marcinkiewcz
Serotonin Neurobiology, Gene-environment Interactions, Stress-Related Disorders
associate professor, Department of food science & human nutrition
Anne Mathews, Ph.D.
Diabetes, Lifestyle Behaviors, Nutrition, Genetics, Treatment
Chair, UF College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Clayton Mathews, Ph.D.
Genetics, Type 1 Diabetes, Immunology, Islet Biology, Clinical Therapeutics
Dean and Linda Harman Aiken Professor, Department of Family, Community, and Health Systems Science, College of Nursing
Anna McDaniel, Ph.D., R.N.
Prevention and Behavior change
Associate professor, department of pediatrics
Jennifer Miller, M.D.
Diabetes, Idiopathic Early-Onset Obesity, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Genetics, Pediatrics
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Emily Moser, Ph.D.
Immunology, Autoimmunity, Viral Infection
Professor, Department of industrial and systems engineering
Fatemeh Nosrat
Analytics and Data-Driven Decision Making, Stochastic Optimization, Inverse Optimization, Pricing and Revenue Management, Network Effects
Assistant Professor, Department of Health Outcomes and Biomedical Informatics
Dominick Lemas, Ph.D.
Gestational Diabetes, Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Women of Reproductive Age
Chair of Physiological Sciences; Professor, Department of Neuroscience
Jada Lewis, Ph.D.
Diabetes Risk and Alzheimer’s
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Assistant Professor and Health and Wellness Extension Specialist, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, IFAS
LaToya O’Neal, Ph.D.
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Prevention, Minority Health, Health Disparities
professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, Department of Infectious Diseases & Immunology
David Pascual, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes Immune Therapeutics
professor and dean, college of public health & health professions
Michael G. Perri, Ph.D.
Health Promotion, Nutrition, Obesity, Exercise, Rural Populations
Assistant professor, department of biomedical engineering
Edward Phelps, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Prevention, Treatment, Islet Biology, Regenerative Medicine, Biomaterials
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, Department of Ophthalmology
Rajiv Raman, MD
Ophthalmology, Age-Related Macular Degeneration Diabetes and Eye Disease, Retinal Detachment
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Holger Russ, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Prevention, Treatment, Islet Biology, Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine
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ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, COLLEGE OF NURSING
Lisa Scarton, Ph.D.
Type 2 diabetes Self-Management, Family Interventions, Health Disparities, Health Promotion in American Indian Populations
PROFESSOR AND interim CHAIR, PEDIATRICS
Desmond Schatz, M.D.
Prediction/Type 1 Diabetes, Natural History, Genetics, Immunopathogenesis, Prevention
Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutics & Associate Director of the Center for Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology
Stephan Schmidt, Ph.D.
Translational Science, Aapplication of Quantitative Data Analysis, PBPK Modeling
Professor of Medicine; Chief of the Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Renal Transplantation
Mark Segal, M.D., Ph.D.
Cardiovascular Disease, Endothelium, Circulating Endothelial Cells, Acute Kidney Injury
clinical Professor and Chair, department of Community Health and Family Medicine, College of Medicine
Nipa Shah, M.D.
Diabetes, Obesity, Prevention
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of ENDOCRINOLOGY
Anu Sharma, M.D.
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Adrenal Glands, Pheochromocytoma, Pituitary Tumor, Type 2 Diabetes
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of ENDOCRINOLOGY
Naykky Singh Ospina, M.D.
Endocrinology, Primary hyperparathyroidism, Thyroid Nodule
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICS
Sihong Song, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Gene Therapy, Gene Regulation, Cell Biology
Assistant Professor, Department of PULMONARY SYSTEMS MEDICINE
Luis Sordo Vieira, Ph.D.
Computational biology, Infectious diseases, Mathematical data science, Psychiatry
PROFESSOR & ASSOCIATE CHAIR FOR GRADUATE STUDIES, DEPARTMENT OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Cherie Stabler, Ph.D.
Biomaterials, Controlled Release, Regenerative Medicine, Diabetes
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professor and chair, department of microbiology & Cell Science
Eric Triplett, Ph.D.
Microbial Diversity, Ecology, Endophytic Bacteria
assistant professor, DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY, IMMUNOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE
Clive Wasserfall, Ph.D.
Immunopathogenesis, Type 1 Diabetes, Prediction, Disease Onset/Progression
Assistant professor, Department of health services research, management & policy
Ashby Walker, Ph.D.
Health Disparities, Diabetes, Pediatrics, Social Identity
Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science, College of Nursing
Michael Weaver, Ph.D.
Prevention, Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity
clinical assistant professor, Department of Clinical and Health Psychology
Sarah Westen, Ph.D.
Type 1 Diabetes, Youth, Adherence, Coping
professor and associate chair, department of radiology
Jon Williams, M.D.
Pancreatic Volume
ASSISTANT Professor, Department of Horticultural Sciences
Cătălin Voiniciuc, Ph.D.
Synthetic Biology, Plant Cell Walls, Polysaccharides
Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences
Feng Yue, Ph.D.
Adipose tissue, Metabolism, Obesity, Type II diabetes
Professor, Department of PATHOLOGY
Weizhou Zhang, Ph.D.
Breast Cancers, Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy, Kidney Cancer, Metastatic Melanoma Proteolysis targeting chimeras (PROTACs), Tumor Microenvironment
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy
Yenan Zhu, Ph.D.
Diabetes in Cancer Patients
