Dana Dabelea

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Dana Dabelea
Born
Romania
OccupationEpidemiologist

Dana Dabelea is the Conrad M. Riley Distinguished Professor of epidemiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She is known for her work on how both internal and external factors can influence how diabetes and obesity develops within individuals.

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Education and career

Dabelea obtained her M.D. in 1990 and her Ph.D. in 1997 from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara, Romania. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in diabetes epidemiology and field studies at the National Institutes of Health in Phoenix, Arizona. [1]

Dabelea joined the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2001 and was promoted to full professor in 2011. She was named the Conrad M. Riley Distinguished Professor in 2013. [1] [2] Other honors include the Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lectureship Award from the University of Colorado and the American Diabetes Association Kelly West Award, both presented in 2017 [3] [4]

Dabelea is known for her work on pediatric obesity, diabetes, life course epidemiology, and Native American health. Her early research focused on diabetes research within the Pima Indians population. [5] [6] She has studied type 2 diabetes rates specifically in children as well as diabetes in pregnant women. [7] [8] [9] In research of diabetes rates across populations, she determined that non-Hispanic whites have the highest rates of type I diabetes. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CV for Dana Dabelea" (PDF). Colorado School of Public Health. January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dana Dabelea". coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ↑ Pasquale, Cynthia (27 April 2017). "Five questions for Dana Dabelea". CU Connections.
  4. ↑ "Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology | American Diabetes Association". professional.diabetes.org. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  5. ↑ Dabelea, Dana; Knowler, William C.; Pettitt, David J. (2000). "Effect of diabetes in pregnancy on offspring: Follow-up research in the Pima Indians" . The Journal of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. 9 (1): 83–88. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1520-6661(200001/02)9:1<83::AID-MFM17>3.0.CO;2-O. ISSN   1520-6661. PMID   10757442.
  6. ↑ Dabelea, D; Pettitt, D J; Hanson, R L; Imperatore, G; Bennett, P H; Knowler, W C (1999-06-01). "Birth weight, type 2 diabetes, and insulin resistance in Pima Indian children and young adults" . Diabetes Care. 22 (6): 944–950. doi:10.2337/diacare.22.6.944. ISSN   0149-5992. PMID   10372247.
  7. ↑ Saint Louis, Catherine (2014-05-04). "Study reveals sizable increase in diabetes among children". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  8. ↑ "Diabetes rising among children". Telegraph-Forum. 2007-06-27. pp. 1, . Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ↑ Torres, Jay (2012-11-03). "Obesidad materna influye para propagar la diabetes". Fort Worth Star-Telegram (in Spanish). pp. A4. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  10. ↑ "Type 1 diabetes most prevalent in white youth". NBC News. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
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