Speakers:

Dana Dabelea, MD, PhD

Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, and Director of the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD)

University of Colorado at Denver

Speaker Bio: Dr. Dabelea, MD, PhD is Professor of Epidemiology and Pediatrics, and Director of the Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (UC AMC). She is a national leader in studies of the prenatal and postnatal developmental, environmental and behavioral factors contributing to childhood obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes, and their consequences throughout the lifespan. Her experience includes perinatal, pediatric and adult studies with community-based and clinic-based sampling, and longitudinal follow-up. As Director on the LEAD Center she oversees several NIH and CDC -funded grants totaling a budget of over $ 18 million. Dr. Dabelea has a record of engaging and mentoring students, fellows and junior faculty across many research projects. Dr. Dabelea is a recipient of the UC AMC Graduate School’s Mentoring Award, the American Diabetes Association Kelly West Award for Epidemiology, and UC System Elizabeth D. Gee Memorial Lectureship Award, which recognizes and honors an outstanding faculty member of the University of Colorado for efforts to advance women in academia, interdisciplinary scholarly contributions, and distinguished teaching. She received her MD degree (1990) and her PhD degree in Clinical Sciences (1997) from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania.

Date: Tuesday, April 13 , 1 to 2pm