Inaugural Repa-Eschen Lecture 

On Thursday, December 19, Washington University’s John T. Milliken Department of Medicine hosted their Medicine Grand Rounds event series at the Clopton Auditorium. During which the first-ever Repa-Eschen Lecture took place with presenting speaker Clay F. Semenkovich, MD, Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, Irene E. and Michael M. Karl Professor of […]

Understanding muscle insulin resistance in metabolic syndrome 

In March, Samantha Adamson, MD, PhD; Sangeeta Adak, PhD; Max C. Petersen, MD, PhD; Dustin Higgins, DO; Larry D. Spears, PhD; Rong Mei Zhang, MD; Andrea Cedeno, MD; Alexis McKee, MD, CDCES; Aswathi Kumar, MD; Sudhir M. Singh, MD;  Fong-Fu Hsu, PhD; Janet B. McGill, MD, MA, FACP; and Clay F. Semenkovich, MD had their […]

2024 Winston Fellowship Awardees

Funded in 2012 and awarded annually by the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research, the David and Deborah Winston Fellowship in Diabetes Research was created to support graduate students in diabetes and diabetes-related research that reside within laboratories of Diabetes Research Center members.   The 2024 Winston Fellowship awardees that have demonstrated significant potential […]

2024 Diabetes Day Symposium Recap

In honor of World Diabetes Day, the Diabetes Research Center of the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Lipid Research sponsored the 2024 Diabetes Day Symposium. The event took place on Thursday, November 7 at the Washington University School of Medicine’s Eric P. Newman Education Center, with programming aimed at bringing together scientists and trainees to […]

Powers Carson receives Meritorious Alumni Award 

On October 25, Jennifer Powers Carson, PhD and other alumni of Jackson, Tennessee’s Union University were recognized for their outstanding contributions within their respective fields. As a class of 1988 alumni, Dr. Powers Carson received the Meritorious Alumni Award for Distinguished Achievement in Research / Sciences.  Dr. Powers Carson is an Associate Professor of Medicine […]