Dana Dabelea

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.

Education

She obtained her M.D. (1990) and her Ph.D. (1997) from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Timișoara, Romania. Her postdoctoral fellowship in epidemiology was completed at the National Institutes of Health in their Diabetes Epidemiology and Field Studies in Phoenix, Arizona.[1]

Career

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]

Research

Dabelea is known for her work on pediatric obesity, diabetes prevention, lifecourse epidemiology, and Native American health. Her early research focused on diabetes research within the Pima Indians population.[3][4] She subsequently began to focus on type 2 diabetes rates, specifically in those of the younger generation,[5][6] where her research has also examined the frequency of diabetes among different groups and has determined that non-HIspanic whites have the highest rates of type I diabetes.[7] She has also worked on diabetes in pregnant women.[8]

Selected publications

  • Dabelea, D; Hanson, R L; Lindsay, R S; Pettitt, D J; Imperatore, G; Gabir, M M; Roumain, J; Bennett, P H; Knowler, W C (2000-12-01). "Intrauterine exposure to diabetes conveys risks for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a study of discordant sibships". Diabetes. 49 (12): 2208–2211. doi:10.2337/diabetes.49.12.2208. ISSN 0012-1797. PMID 11118027.
  • Dabelea, Dana; Snell-Bergeon, Janet K.; Hartsfield, Cynthia L.; Bischoff, Kimberly J.; Hamman, Richard F.; McDuffie, Robert S. (2005-03-01). "Increasing Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Over Time and by Birth Cohort: Kaiser Permanente of Colorado GDM Screening Program". Diabetes Care. 28 (3): 579–584. doi:10.2337/diacare.28.3.579. ISSN 0149-5992. PMID 15735191.
  • Cornier, Marc-Andre; Dabelea, Dana; Hernandez, Teri L.; Lindstrom, Rachel C.; Steig, Amy J.; Stob, Nicole R.; Van Pelt, Rachael E.; Wang, Hong; Eckel, Robert H. (2008-12-01). "The Metabolic Syndrome". Endocrine Reviews. 29 (7): 777–822. doi:10.1210/er.2008-0024. ISSN 0163-769X. PMC 5393149. PMID 18971485.
  • Dabelea, Dana; Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth J.; Saydah, Sharon; Imperatore, Giuseppina; Linder, Barbara; Divers, Jasmin; Bell, Ronny; Badaru, Angela; Talton, Jennifer W.; Crume, Tessa; Liese, Angela D.; Merchant, Anwar T.; Lawrence, Jean M.; Reynolds, Kristi; Dolan, Lawrence (2014-05-07). "Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Children and Adolescents From 2001 to 2009". JAMA. 311 (17): 1778–1786. doi:10.1001/jama.2014.3201. ISSN 0098-7484. PMC 4368900. PMID 24794371.

Honors and awards

Dabelea received the Elizabeth Gee Memorial Lectureship Award from the Unviersity of Colarado in 2017.[9] That year she also received the American Diabetes Association Kelly West Award.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "CV for Dana Dabelea" (PDF). Colorado School of Public Health. January 2020.
  2. ^ "Dana Dabelea". coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu. Retrieved 2024-11-20.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Saint Louis, Catherine (2014-05-04). "Study reveals sizable increase in diabetes among children". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  6. ^ "Diabetes rising among children". Telegraph-Forum. 2007-06-27. pp. 1, [1]. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  7. ^ "Type 1 diabetes most prevalent in white youth". NBC News. 2007-06-26. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  8. ^ Torres, Jay (2012-11-03). "Obesidad materna influye para propagar la diabetes". Fort Worth Star-Telegram (in Spanish). pp. A4. Retrieved 2025-01-06.
  9. ^ Pasquale, Cynthia (27 April 2017). "Five questions for Dana Dabelea". CU Connections.
  10. ^ "Kelly West Award for Outstanding Achievement in Epidemiology | American Diabetes Association". professional.diabetes.org. Retrieved 2025-01-06.