Barbara B. Kahn, MD
Principal Investigator
George R. Minot Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Dr. Barbara B. Kahn is an endocrinologist and the George Richards Minot professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. She is also the Vice Chair for Research Strategy in the department of medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and was formerly the Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She received the Banting Medal from the American Diabetes Association and the Gerald Aurbach Award from the Endocrine Society. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Research
Dr. Kahn’s pioneering research established a critical role for the GLUT4 glucose transporter in adipocytes in regulating systemic insulin sensitivity and Type 2 diabetes risk. She performed early investigations of GLUT4 regulation in humans with obesity and diabetes. These, with observations in novel genetic mouse models created in her lab, led to her discovery that GLUT4 down-regulation in adipocytes can cause Type 2 diabetes. Dr. Kahn identified the underlying molecular mechanisms including co-discovering a novel class of mammalian lipids with anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects. She also discovered that AMP-activated-protein-kinase regulates systemic energy balance.
We use genomic, metabolomics and lipidomic approaches in human tissues and genetically-engineered mouse models to discover novel adipocyte-associated molecules. This has revealed important biomarkers and mechanisms for insulin resistance and diabetes. For example, we demonstrated that retinol-binding-protein-4 levels are elevated in insulin-resistant people and this causes insulin resistance by activating both innate and adaptive immune responses in adipose tissue. We also showed that de novo lipogenesis in adipocytes has a major role in regulating systemic insulin sensitivity. With Alan Saghatelian, we used global lipidomics to discover a novel class of lipids made in mammalian tissues, which correlate highly with insulin sensitivity in humans and have anti-diabetic and anti-inflammatory effects. We are investigating the receptors/signaling pathways by which these lipids enhance insulin secretion and insulin action, and determining the biosynthetic and degradative enzymes that regulate these lipids. A major goal is to discover new approaches to prevent and treat diabetes.
Curriculum Vitae
1972 - B.A. Stanford University
1975 - M.S. University of California Berkeley, Health and Medical Sciences
1977 - M.D. Stanford University Medical School
1977-1980 - Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
1980-1982 - Clinical Fellowship, General Internal Medicine
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
1982-1985 - Endocrine Fellowship, Cellular Metabolism and Obesity Section National Institute of Arthritis, Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1985-1986 - Senior Staff Fellow, Experimental Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition Section, Molecular, Cellular and Nutritional Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
1978 - California Medical License
1980 - Diplomate in Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
1985 - Diplomate in Endocrinology and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine
1986 - Massachusetts Medical License
1986-1989 - Instructor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1989-1994 - Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
1990-2000 - Chief, Diabetes Unit
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
1994-2000 - Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2000-Present - Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2000-2011 - Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2006-Present - Associate Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
2006-Present - George Richard Minot Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2007 - Interim Faculty Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2007 - Member
Harvard Medical School Council of Academic Deans
2010-2018 - Senior Associate Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
2011-present - Vice Chair for Research Strategy Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2018-present - Institute Member
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
1986-1996 - Associate in Medicine
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1996-present - Physician
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
1980-1981 - Staff Medical Consultant - Behavioral Medicine Clinic
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
1981-1982 - Staff Medical Consultant - High Risk Obstetrics Clinic
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
1980-1982 - General Medicine Consultant
University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA
1987-1996 - Staff Diabetes Consultant, Diabetes and Pregnancy Cases
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1988-1992 - Director, Diabetes Clinics
Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA
1990-2000 - Chief, Diabetes Unit Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
1992-1996 - Director, Endocrine Grand Rounds/Molecular Endocrinology Series
Beth Israel Hospital/Harvard Medical School
1998-2001 - Associate Director, Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center (NIH funded center involving Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard School of Public Health, New England Medical Center and Boston University)
2000-2020- Director, Metabolic Physiology Core
Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, Boston, MA
2000-2011 - Chief, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2001-2004 - Director, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Fellowship Program
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2007 - Interim Faculty Dean for Academic Programs
Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2007 - Interim Chair, Committee on Senior Appointments
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2011-present Vice Chair for Research Strategy, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2023-present - Associate Director
Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, Boston, MA
2023-present - Co-Director, Metabolic Physiology Core, Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center, Boston, MA
1973-1975 - Medical School Admissions, Health and Medical Sciences
University of California Berkeley
1973-1974 - Medical School Curriculum, Health and Medical Sciences
University of California Berkeley
1980-1981 - Nursing Physician Relations
University of California Davis Medical Center
1989-1992 - Laboratory Safety Committee
Beth Israel Hospital
1990-2000 - Scientific Advisory Board
Clinical Research Center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1992-1998 - Co-Chair, Diabetes Education Advisory Board
Beth Israel Hospital
1998 - Member, Task Force on Disease Management
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Joslin Diabetes Center Joint Venture
1998 - Member, Implementation Committee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Joslin Diabetes Center Joint Venture
1998-2004 - Executive Committee
Boston Obesity Nutrition Research Center - NIH funded
2000-2020- Executive Committee
Boston Area Diabetes and Endocrinology Research Center (DERC) - NIH funded
2001-2003 - Search Committee, Director of Clinical Research
Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School
2001-2004 - Promotions, Reappointments and Appointments Committee
Harvard Medical School
2002-2003 - Search Committee, Professor of Nutritional Biochemistry
Harvard School of Public Health
2002-present - Promotions Committee, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2004-2005 - Search Committee, Chief Medical Officer
Joslin Diabetes Center
2004-present - Member, Committee on Senior Appointments (COSA)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2006-2007 - Search Committee, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension
Brigham and Women's Hospital
2006-2009 - Subcommittee of Professors
Harvard Medical School
2007 - Search Committee, Chief Academic Officer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2007- Chair, Committee on Senior Appointments (COSA)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2009-present - Institutional (BIDMC) Liason, Collaboration Coordinating Committee
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
2009-2011 - Co-Chair, Junior Faculty Search Committee, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2009-2011 - Search Committee, Neuroscientist Faculty Recruitment, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2011-2012 - Member, Research Vision and Strategy Committee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2011-present - Selection Committee for Associate Members
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
2012-present - Member, Department of Medicine Academic Mission and Research Development Committee
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2013-2014 - Broadnext10 Scientific Frontier – Metabolism Subgroup, Strategic Planning Committee for the next 10 years of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
2013-present - Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Department of Medicine Foundation Inc. Board, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2016-present - Member, Department of Medicine Committee on the Advancement of Women
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2018-present - Search Committee, Director of Cardiovascular Life Sciences Diabetes Research, Department of Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
2018-2021 - Co-Chair Committee on Leadership and Career Development for Women, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2019-present - Chair, Selection Committee for the Department of Medicine’s Photo Exhibit honoring women in medicine – “Wall of Women”
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020-present - Member, Research Cores Advisory Committee (RCAC)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020-present - Steering Committee Member, Institutional Strategic Planning for Innovation, Research and Education (InSPIRE BIDMC)
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
2020-present - Advisory Board Member, Reproductive Outcomes of Stress and Aging (ROSA) Center
Harvard Medical School
2021-2022 - Search Committee, Chief of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
1992-1994 - Scientific Sessions Committee
American Diabetes Association
1993-present - Scientific Advisory Committee
International Symposium on Insulin Receptors and Insulin Action
1994 - Consultant on Basic Biomedical Research related to Diabetes
National Diabetes Advisory Board
1997 - Chairperson, Pharmacologic Approaches to Metabolic Control Subcommittee NIH Conference on Diabetes Mellitus: Challenges and Opportunities
1997-1999 - American Diabetes Association Research Policy Committee
1998-2008 - Scientific Advisory Board
CEPTYR, Inc., Seattle, WA
1999-2002 - American Diabetes Association Scientific and Medical Meetings Oversight Committee (Chairperson 2000-2002)
1999-2003 - Scientific Advisory Board
Xcellsyz, London, England
2000-2002 - American Diabetes Association Professional Section Steering Committee
2000-2004 - Scientific Advisory Board
University of Colorado NIH-funded Center for Nutrition Research, Denver, CO
2001 - NHLBI/NIH Working Group on the Pathophysiology of Obesity-Associated Cardiovascular Disease
2001-2004 - Committee on Diabetes
American Heart Association
2001-2009 - Metabolic Disease Advisory Board
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Mannheim, Germany
2002 - Steering committee for reorganization of NIH Study Sections on Endocrinology, Metabolism, Nutrition and Reproductive Endocrinology
2002-2003 - Steering Committee
Endocrine Society Scientific Sessions
2002-2003 - Publications Committee
American Diabetes Association
2002-2004 - Committee on Obesity
American Heart Association
2003-2004 - Board of Directors
American Diabetes Association
2003-2004 - President
Interurban Clinical Club
2004-2007 - Advisory Board for Metabolic Disease Program
University of Kobe, Japan
2005-2007 - Scientific Advisory Board
Diabetes Gene Discovery Group (DGDG), Montreal, Canada
2006-2009 - Scientific Advisory Board
Wyeth Pharmaceutical Company, Cambridge, MA
2008-2010 - Scientific Advisory Board
Amylin Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA
2008-2010 - NIH Diabetes Research Strategic Planning Committee, Obesity sub-group
2008-2010 - External Scientific Advisor, Taskforce for Obesity Research at Southwestern (TORS), NIH Roadmap Consortium
University of Texas Southwestern
2009-2013 - Scientific Advisory Board
Novartis, Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, MA
2010-2011 - American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Integrated Physiology/Obesity Subcommittee
2012-2013 - American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions Insulin Signaling/Insulin Action Subcommittee
2012-2016 - Endocrine Laureate Awards Committee
Endocrine Society, Bethesda, MD
2013-present - American Diabetes Association Program for Roadmap Grants
2013-present - Mentor Advisory Panel, American Diabetes Association, Pathway to Stop Diabetes. Inaugural program to find, fund and stimulate the development of the next generation of diabetes researchers.
2018-2022- Medicine, Science & Health Care Awards Committee (Chair 2000-2022)
American Diabetes Association
2018-2021- NIH/NIDDK National Advisory Council
2019-present - Scientific Advisory Board
Harrington Discovery Institute
2019-present - External Advisory Board
Johns Hopkins University-University of Maryland Diabetes Research Center
1998-2008 - CEPTYR, Inc., Scientific Advisory Board
Seattle, WA
1999-2003 - Xcellsyz, Scientific Advisory Board
London, England
2001-2008 - Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, Metabolic Disease Advisory Board
Mannheim, Germany
2005-2008 - Syndexa Pharmaceuticals Corp., Scientific Advisory Board
Boston, MA
2006 - FibroGen, Inc., Scientific Consultant
San Francisco, CA
2006-2009 - Wyeth Pharmaceutical Company, Scientific Advisory Board
Cambridge, MA
2007 - Albany Molecular Research, Inc., Scientific Consultant
Albany, NY
2008-2010 - Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Cardiometabolic Advisory Board
San Diego, CA
2009-2013 - Novartis International AG, Novartis Science Board
Basel, Switzerland and Cambridge, MA
2010-2014 - Debiopharm, Scientific Consultant
Lausanne, Switzerland
2012-2014 - Piramal Enterprises Limited, Scientific Advisory Board
Mumbai, India
2014-present - Janssen Research and Development, Scientific Advisory Board
Raritan, NJ
2018 - Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc., Consultant
Cambridge, MA
2022-present - Vida Ventures Advisors, LLC, Consultant
Boston, MA
2023-present - Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Consultant
Pasadena, CA
2000 - Co-Chairperson, New York Academy of Sciences symposium "PKB/Akt - a gatekeeper for metabolism and apoptosis"
2001 - Co-Chairperson, Keystone symposium - "Obesity and the regulation of energy homeostasis"
2001-2003 - Co-Chair (elected), FASEB conference on Glucose Transporter Biology
2002-2003 - Chair, American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology symposium on "Novel Signaling Pathways involved in Leptin Action and CNS Regulation of Energy Balance"
2002-2004 - Program Committee, AMP Kinase 3rd International Symposium, Australia
2003-2005 - Chair (elected), FASEB conference on Glucose Transporter Biology
2010-2012 - Co-Chair, FASEB conference on AMPK: Novel Biological Actions & Roles in Diseases
Asilomar, CA
2014-2015 - Co-Chair, Keystone Symposium on Diabetes
Kyoto, Japan
2015 - Organizer and Invited Speaker, Key Symposium “Insulin Resistance in Common Disease”. Sponsored by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Journal of Internal Medicine
Boston, MA
1978-1986 - American College of Physicians
1980-1984 - American Association of Diabetes Educators, Psychosocial Committee
1981-1987 - Society for Research and Education in Primary Care Internal Medicine
1981-present - American Diabetes Association, Professional Section Member
1987-present - American Federation for Medical Research
1989-present - American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1990-present - American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected to Fellow in 2006)
1994-present - American Society for Clinical Investigation
1994-2001 - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
1995-1998 - European Association for the Study of Diabetes
1995-present - Endocrine Society
1998-2000 - North American Association for the Study of Obesity
2001-present - Association of American Physicians
2005-present - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
2005-present National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences) (elected)
2009-2010, 2012, 2014 - American Society for Microbiology
2011, 2013-2019 - The Obesity Society
2012-present - Association of Specialty Professors (ASP)
2017-present - National Academy of Sciences (elected)
2019-present - European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
2019-present - American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA (elected)
2020-2021 - New York Academy of Arts and Sciences
1991-1994 - Diabetes
1993-1997 - American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
1995-1997 - Endocrinology
1995-1997 - Diabetologia - Advisory Board member
2001-2004 - American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and Metabolism
2002-2007 - Journal of Biological Chemistry
2005-2010 - Endocrine Reviews - Associate Editor
2005-present - Cell Metabolism
2008-2011 - Science, Board of Screening Editors
2009-present - EMBO Molecular Medicine
2018-present - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
1989-2005 - Ad hoc reviewer
Veteran's Administration Research and Merit Grants
1990-1995 - Grant Reviewer
University of Michigan Diabetes Center
1991-1995 - Grant Reviewer
Washington University Diabetes Center
1995 - Ad hoc Reviewer
Metabolism Study Section, NIH
1995-1997 - NIH Reviewer Reserve, Metabolism Study Section
1996-1997 - Member
NIH Special Study Sections
1996-1998 - Member
American Diabetes Association Research Grant Review Board
1996-2009 - Reviewer
British Diabetes Association Research Grants
1997-2001 - Member
NIH Metabolism Study Section
1999-2005 - Grant Reviewer
Swiss National Science Foundation
1999 - Ad hoc Reviewer
Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Research Grants
2001-present - Grant Reviewer
The Welcome Trust, London
2002 - Grant Reviewer
French Ministry of Research
2005-2009 - Grant Reviewer
The Medical Foundation/Charles A. King Trust Fellowship Program
2007 - Ad hoc Member
Integrative Physiology of Obesity and Diabetes Study Section (IPOD), NIDDK/NIH
2013-present - Grant Reviewer and Mentor Advisory Group
American Diabetes Association, Pathway to Stop Diabetes Program
2019-present - Member
Harrington Discovery Institute, Cleveland, OH
1980 - Research Award
The Diabetes Association of Sacramento
1980 - Biodynamics/Boehringer Manneheim Research Award
1981 - Faculty Research Award
University of California Davis Medical School
1981 - Research Award, Division of General Medicine
University of California Davis Medical School
1986-1991 - Physician-Scientist Award
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
1991-1993 - Capps Scholar in Diabetes
Harvard Medical School
1991 - Banting and Best Lecturer
Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, University of Toronto
1992 - Award for "Outstanding International Contributions to Research in Diabetes Mellitus"
American Diabetes Association, Missouri Affiliate
1993 - Max Miller Memorial Lecture,
American Federation for Clinical Research, Midwest Metabolism Section
1994 - Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1995 - Eli Lilly Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
American Diabetes Association
1999 - Elected to the Interurban Clinical Club, founded by Sir William Osler
2000 - Visiting Professor
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2000 - Honorary Masters Degree
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2001 - Elected to the Association of American Physicians
2003 - Wolfe Family Endowed Lectureship
McGill University, Montreal, Canada
2003 - Mosenthal Award
American Diabetes Association Eastern Region, New York
2005 - Nelson Goldberg Lecture in Signal Transduction and Metabolism
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
2005 - Catherine Tuck Memorial Lecture
Columbia University Medical School, New York, NY
2005 - Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Washington, DC
2005 - The 10th Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture, Molecular Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
2005 - Charles H. Best Award
Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Canada
2005 - Jacobaeus Priz
Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden
2006 - National Institutes of Health Merit Award
2006 - Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2006 - George Richards Minot Endowed Chair in Medicine
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2006 - Research chosen for presentation at NIH National Advisory Council
NIH, Bethesda, MD
2007 - Research discoveries featured in the publication: "NIDDK: Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities"
2007 - Harold Rifkin Award and Lectureship
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
2008 - Dodge Lectureship
University of Kansas, Kansas City, Missouri
2008 - Roger Guillemin Nobel Lecturer
Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA
2008 - Top Doctor in Endocrinology, Castle Connolly Medical LTD, reported in Boston Magazine
2009 - Inaugural Willard J. and Priscilla F. Visek Lecturer
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2010 - Beth Zaruby Lectureship at the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Centre
University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2010 - Gerald Aurbach Award for outstanding contributions to research in Endocrinology.
Endocrine Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
2010 - Top Doctor in Endocrinology, Castle Connolly Medical LTD, reported in Boston Magazine
2010-2011 - Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
2011 - 15th Louis Izenstein Lectureship
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
2013 - Kern Lectureship Award, “Molecular Mechanisms and Pathophysiology of Lipid Storage”
Kern Lipid Conference, Vail, CO
2013 - 11th Albert Lehninger Award
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
2016 - Journal of Lipid Research Lectureship Award. Presented at the Keystone meeting on “New Therapeutics for Diabetes and Obesity”
La Jolla, CA
2016 - Thorndike Lecture
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2016 - Banting Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
American Diabetes Association 76th Scientific Sessions, New Orleans, LA
2016 - 23rd Dewitt Goodman Lectureship
Columbia University Medical School, NY, NY
2017 - Charles Hollenberg Lectureship
Banting and Best Diabetes Center, Toronto, Canada
2017 - Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
2017 - John Baxter Memorial Lecture
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
2018 - Nancy and Ann Hatfield Alumnae Award for outstanding contributions to the community through dedication to the highest ideas
The Barstow School, Kansas City, MO
2018 - 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
2019 - Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge, MA
2019 - Priscilla White Memorial Lecturer
Joslin Clinic and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2020 - Herbert E. Carter Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry and Preventive Medicine
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2020 - Franklin Epstein Memorial Lecturer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
2021 - Naomi Berrie Diabetes Center Award for Outstanding Achievement in Diabetes Research
Columbia University, New York, NY
2022 - John P. Peters Memorial Lecturer
Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT
2022 - Inaugural Millie Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D. Award for outstanding achievements in lipid research. The Eicosanoid Research Foundation. Presented at the 17th International Conference on Bioactive Lipids in Cancer, Inflammation and Related Diseases
New Orleans, LA
2023 - Gerald Reaven Memorial Lecturer
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA
2023 - Virgil Brown Lecturer, Fredrickson Lipid Research Conference, held at Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
2023 - Virgil Brown Lecturer, Fredrickson Lipid Research Conference, held at Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
2025 - Albert Renold Award, American Diabetes Association 85th Scientific Sessions
Chicago, IL
2025 - Roy O. Greep Award for Outstanding Research, Endocrine Society Annual Scientific Sessions
San Francisco, CA
2000 - Visiting Professor
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 - Pfizer Visiting Professor
Pacific Northwest Research Institute and University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
2002 - Burroughs Welcome Fund and the Federation of the American Societies for Experimental Biology Visiting Professor in the Basic Medical Sciences
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Public Health, Durham, NC
2007 - Harold Rifkin Visiting Professorship
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
2007 - Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman New York Foundation for Medical Research Visiting Professor in Diabetes and Metabolism
Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA
2007 - Pfizer Visiting Professor
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2007 - Max Wintrobe Lectureship
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2008 - Dodge Lectureship Series
University of Kansas, Kansas City, MO
2011 - Guest Lecturer and Visiting Professor for the 15th Louise Izenstein Lectureship
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
2019 - Priscilla White Memorial Lecturer
Joslin Clinic and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
2020 - Herbert E Carter Lecturer in Nutritional Biochemistry and Preventive Medicine
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
2022 - John Peters Lectureship, Department of Medicine
Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT
2023 - Gerald Reaven Memorial Lectureship, Department of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA