UIC’s Diabetes & Obesity Research Day – Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Come out this year for our Diabetes & Obesity Research Day - Tuesday, October 9, 2018! See image below for more details.
UIC joins Chicago Diabetes Research and Training Center
"The University of Illinois at Chicago is a new member of the Chicago Diabetes Training and Research Center. The membership comes with a five-year, $600,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will support researchers at UIC investigating diabetes and other endocrine-related diseases and help purchase specialized research equipment and materials. The [...]
Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul’s research published in “Frontiers in Endocrinology”
Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul Congratulations to Dr. Sirimon Reutrakul for her research on the relationship between morning/evening preference and BMI among people with prediabetes which was published in the journal "Frontiers in Endocrinology" Read more about her research on the UIC today website
New Fellows
“We would like to welcome our new fellows Yassar Haider and Vallari Kathari to the Division of Endocrinology”
Congratulations to our graduating fellows
“Congratulations to our graduating fellows Shatha Murad, Elias Tzelepis, and Leonid Vydro for completing their Endocrinology Fellowship”
Recent Publications
Drs. Priyadarshini, Cordoba-Chacon and Layden have collaborated with Dr. He from Northwestern University in a recently published study focused on beta-cell physiology and control of glucose homeostasis in insulin resistant mice. The study found that the activation of autophagy in beta-cells enhances insulin signaling in peripheral tissues and reduces insulin secretion by a new process [...]
Summer Research Fellowship – Endocrine Society
Apoorva Tummala was awarded with the 2018 summer research fellowship of the Endocrine society. This year, 15 fellowships from different countries were given to applicants that want to pursue a career in endocrinology. This fellowship provides stipend and support to attend to the Endocrine Society’s meeting in 2019. Apoorva earned a Bachelor of Science in [...]
Early Investigators Awards – Endocrine Society
Dr. Jose Cordoba-Chacon was awarded an early investigators award of the Endocrine Society this year. The awardees are recognized by their outstanding accomplishments in areas of general endocrinology during their early career. Dr. Cordoba-Chacon earned his PhD at the University of Cordoba Spain in 2011, and completed his postdoctoral training at UIC under the supervision [...]
Dr. Cordoba-Chacon gave talk at the Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Cordoba
Dr. Jose Cordoba-Chacon was invited by the Maimonides Institute for Biomedical Research of Cordoba (Cordoba, Spain) to give a talk about the role of hepatocyte PPAR gamma in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. In his talk Dr. Cordoba-Chacon reviewed the effects of the PPAR gamma agonists (Thiazolidinediones or TZD) in diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and [...]
Dr. Brian Layden one of three researchers awarded funding by Chicago Biomedical Consortium
Dr. Brian Laydan is one of three researchers from the University of Illinois College of Medicine that will receive funding from the Chicago Biomedical Consortium through the group’s Accelerator Awards competition. Dr. Brian Layden The Chicago Biomedical Consortium is made up of researchers at UIC, Northwestern University and the University of Chicago who [...]