George L. King

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George L. King
Born1950 (age 73–74)
Taiwan
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George Liang King [lower-alpha 1] (born 1950) is a Taiwanese-American physician-scientist affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School. King is a researcher on how diabetes affects the Asian American population; and on diabetes-related complications. He is the inaugural Thomas J. Beatson, Jr. Chair at Harvard Medical School, [2] as well as Director of Research, Senior Vice President at the Joslin Diabetes Center, where he is also ex officio a board of trustees member. [3]

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Personal life and education

King was born in 1950. [1] He moved from Taiwan to the United States with his family when he was 10 years old. He learned English from an elementary school teacher in Richmond, Virginia after living in the U.S. and was one of only two Asians in his elementary and high school class. His father suffered from diabetes. [4]

In 1972, King earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University, [5] and later a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University School of Medicine. [6] He completed residency at the University of Washington, before pursuing additional training at the National Institutes of Health. [7]

Career

King has been affiliated with Joslin and Harvard since 1981. [8] He was elected to The American Society for Clinical Investigation in 1986. [9] He has published over 350 scientific papers, which have been cited nearly 100 thousand times. [10] These articles mostly correspond to topics in Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus. His current research aims at finding protective biochemical factors acting to prevent complications in a large, special group of medalist type 1 diabetic patients who have remained relatively healthy even after 50 or more years suffering the disease. [11] [12] King also leads a national effort to improve care for diabetes in Asian Americans, who develop diabetes at low body weight. [13] King is the founder of Joslin's Asian American Diabetes Initiative, [14] which runs Asian Diabetes Clinic, a provider of exceptional patient care, and culture tailored education materials. [13] Since 2011, he Co-chair AANHPI Diabetes Coalition, a large national advocacy group aiming to improve diabetes prevention and management in Asian Americans. [15] In 2018, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the biological sciences section. [16]

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  1. 1 2 Stated in National Library of the Czech Republic authority file. NKC   xx0257717. Retrieved2024-01-14.
  2. ↑ "George L. King, MD, Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center Named to Newly Endowed Professorship at Harvard Medical School". Joslin Communications. Joslin Diabetes Center. March 11, 2022. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ "George King, MD". Joslin Diabetes Center . Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ Owens, Brian (September 5, 2015). "George King: research leader at the Joslin Diabetes Center". The Lancet . 386 (9997): 947. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00110-5. ISSN   1474-547X. PMID   26369461.
  5. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae". 2023. Retrieved January 14, 2024– via MHRC Symposium.
  6. ↑ "George King, MD". Harvard Health. Harvard University . Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  7. ↑ "George L. King, M.D." The Beatson Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  8. ↑ "George King, MD". Joslin Diabetes Center . Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  9. ↑ "George Liang King, MD". The American Society for Clinical Investigation . Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  10. ↑ "George L. King". research.com.
  11. ↑ "Forging new defenses against diabetic kidney disease". EurekAlert!. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Kidney Disease Therapy Could Evolve from Targeting Energy-Creating Pathway". ckdnews.com. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  13. 1 2 "Asian American Diabetes Initiative". www.joslin.org. Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Ginger Forum 2023" (PDF). Joslin Diabetes Center. 2023.
  15. ↑ "Dr. George King, Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin, to Receive the JDRF Mary Tyler Moore and S. Robert Levine Excellence in Clinical Research Award for Type 1 Research". www.joslin.org. Retrieved August 22, 2024.
  16. ↑ Korte, Andrea (November 27, 2018). "AAAS Honors Accomplished Scientists as 2018 Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Notes

  1. ↑ Also attested as George Liang King Jr. [1]
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