The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism is committed to providing excellent clinical care, education of learners at all levels, and the advancement of knowledge through pursuit of biomedical research. Clinical care is provided in the University of Iowa Health Care inpatient units and the Medicine Specialty Clinic. All division faculty members are board certified in endocrinology and are regionally and nationally recognized for their expertise. The faculty, in collaboration with nurse practitioners and specialized nursing staff such as certified diabetes educators, endocrine nurses, dietitians and social workers, are focused on the delivery of excellent clinical care.

Division News

• Transforming obesity care through collaboration and education
  Over the last four years, the University of Iowa Health Care Weight Management Clinic has made remarkable strides in addressing one of the most pervasive health challenges in the country: obesity.

• O’Neill, appointed to prestigious American Society for Clinical Investigation
  Brian O’Neill, MD, PhD, has been named a member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI), one of the most distinguished organizations for physician-scientists.

• Recent Publication: Herman WH, Schillinger D, Bolen S, Boltri JM, Bullock A, Chong W, Conlin PR, Cook JW IV, Dokun A, Fukagawa N, Gonzalvo J, Greenlee MC, Hawkins M, Idzik S, Leake E, Linder B, Lopata AM, Schumacher P, Shell D, Strogatz D, Towne J, Tracer H, Wu S. The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Recommendations to Better Leverage Federal Policies and Programs to Prevent and Control Diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2023 Jan 26;46(2):255–261. doi: 10.2337/dc22-1587.

• Chaurasia receives Carver grant to further insulin-resistance research
  Bhagirath Chaurasia, PhD, assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center, has received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust. The grant will fund Chaurasia’s research program “Role of serine in development of obesity-induced insulin resistance.”

• Stephens earns NIDDK R01
  Samuel Stephens, PhD, Associate Professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, has been awarded a three-year, $1.3M R01 from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) for his project, Defining the contribution of mitochondrial redox metabolism to support proinsulin folding in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).

• Stephens awarded division’s first JDRF grant
  Breakthrough T1D (formerly JDRF) has awarded Samuel Stephens, PhD, associate professor in Endocrinology and Metabolism, a three-year research grant totaling up to $750,000 for the project, Role of β-cell Golgi dysfunction in Type 1 diabetes pathogenesis.

• Taiwo receives K12 NIH Award
  Adeyinka Taiwo, MBBS, MSc, FRCP, has been granted a $150,000 NIH K12 Diabetes-Docs: Physician-Scientist Career Development Program (DiabDocs) Award to study “Identification of key metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with severity of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in persons with Type 1 diabetes.”

• Mani receives AHA career development award
  Arul Mani, PhD, research assistant professor in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, received a three-year, $231,000 career development award from the American Heart Association (AHA) for his project, microRNA-6236 regulation of post-ischemic skeletal muscle angiogenesis.

• Internal Medicine Grand Rounds paid tribute to one of its trail-blazing members last week with the first Dr. Thomas O’Dorisio Lecture. Named for the recently passed endocrinologist, researcher, and educator, the event welcomed Lauren Fishbein, MD, PhD, MTR, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Read the complete article.

   

Jobs at the University of Iowa: The Academic Difference

Endocrinology Faculty Members
Positions at the rank of Professor on either the clinical or tenure track.  Duties will include inpatient consults at University of Iowa Health Care and outpatient clinics at UI Health Care and Iowa River Landing (IRL).