Focuses on noninsulin-dependent diabetes, the most common form of the disease affecting our population today. By investigating the genes responsible for risk factors such as obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, we may provide physicians with the new tools to help diagnose and treat diabetes long before debilitating complications can arise, or even before the disease itself can strike.
Mikhail Kolonin, PhD – Professor & Director
Vihang Narkar, PhD– Professor
Qingchun Tong, PhD – Professor
Kristin Eckel Mahan, PhD – Associate Professor
Nick Justice, PhD– Associate Professor
Kai Sun, MD, PhD – Associate Professor
Sheng Zhang, PhD – Associate Professor
Aaron R. Cox, PhD – Assistant Professor
Yu (Aaron) An, MD, PhD– Assistant Professor