Diabetes Institute Staff and Membership Directory
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        Sarah Adkins, PharmD, BCACP
      
          
        Associate Clinical Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Parks Hall
      
    
    
    
        Jessica Arquette, MS, RDN, LD
      
          
        Assistant Professor of Instruction, College of Health Sciences and Professions; Diabetes Certificate Coordinator
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Grover Center E175
      
    
    
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        Bijinu Balakrishnan, PhD
      
          
        Research Assistant Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
    
    
        Reetobrata Basu, BSc, MSc, MS, PhD
      
          
        Research Assistant Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Fabian Benencia, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor, Immunology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
    
    
        Associate Dean, Research and Innovation; Interim Director, Institute of Molecular Medicine and Aging; Professor, Biomedical Sciences
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Executive Dean's Office
        
              
          Research and Grants
        
              
          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Expertise: Obesity, Nutrition, Growth hormone, Adipose tissue, Diabetes, Endocrinology
      
    
    
        Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., Endowed Professor; ORG Special Assistant for Research Partnerships
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Primary Care
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Expertise: Behavioral diabetes, Psychosocial issues, Qualitative research methods, Medical education
      
    
    
        Associate Professor, Chair 
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Heritage Hall 
      
    
          
        Expertise: Trauma, adversity, and health, Trauma-informed care, Behavioral Health in Primary Care
      
    
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        Director of Rural and Underserved Programs; Clinical Adjunct Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
        
              
          Primary Care
        
              
          Rural and Underserved Programs
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Heritage Hall
      
    
          
        Expertise: Education, Educational research, Health literacy, Asset-based community development, Place-based learning, Qualitative r
      
    
    
        Professor, Associate Director of Nursing Research and Scholarship, College of Health Sciences and Professions
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Grover Center E365, Athens Campus
      
    
          
        Expertise: Maternal-infant health, lactation, women's health, culture and health 
      
    
    
        Associate Professor, Microanatomy; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O.; Endowed Faculty Fellow in Enhanced Metabolic Aging
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Academic and Research Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Metabolism, Aging Systems, Muscle Physiology
      
    
    
        Karie Cook, BSN
      
          
        Director of Operations, Diabetes Institute
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Karen Coschigano,  PhD
      
          
        Associate Chair, Biomedical Sciences; Associate Professor, Molecular/Cellular Biology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Glenn Dutcher, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor, Dept. of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Porter Hall
      
    
          
        Expertise: Risk and maintenance factors for eating disorders across psychological, social聽and physiological domains.
      
    
    
        Professor; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., Endowed Professor in Community and Behavioral Health; Co-Director, Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE)
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Social Medicine
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Irvine Hall
      
    
          
        Expertise:  Medical Sociology, Health Disparities, Racism and Health, Addiction, Opioid Use Disorder, Religion and Health
      
    
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        Douglas Goetz, PhD
      
          
        Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Hollie Goodell, RN
      
          
        Diabetes Nurse Navigator
      
    
          
    
              
    
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        Distinguished Professor, 黑料视频, Department of Physics and Astronomy; Fellow of the American Physical Society
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
                  
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        Clippinger 
      
    
          
        Expertise: Theoretical condensed-matter physics.
      
    
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        Zelalem Haile, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor, Epidemiology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Infectious and Tropical Disease Institute
        
              
          Social Medicine
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Amber Healy, DO
      
          
        Associate Clinical Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Specialty Medicine
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Heritage Hall 
      
    
    
    
        Associate Professor, College of Health Sciences and Professions
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Grover Center 
      
    
          
        Expertise: Sports nutrition and nutraceuticals, 
      
    
    
        Assistant Professor
      
    
          
    
              
    
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        Irvine Hall
The Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE)
    
          The Institute to Advance Health Equity (ADVANCE)
        Expertise: Diabetes, Behavioral Medicine, Disability, Qualitative Methodology, Statistics  
      
    
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        Sharon Inman, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor, Renal Physiology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Goll-Ohio Eminent Scholar; Professor, Molecular Biology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Konneker Research Center
      
    
    
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        Lori Lammert, MA
      
          
        Associate Director, Diabetes Strategic Initiatives
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Primary Care
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Associate Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
          Biomedical Sciences
        
              
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Molecular biology, Adipose tissue, Obesity, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Physiology
      
    
    
        Yang Li, PhD
      
          
        Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Irvine Hall
      
    
    
    
        Edward List, PhD
      
          
        Research Associate Professor; Adjunct Faculty
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Specialty Medicine
        
              
          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Konneker Research Labs
      
    
    
    
        Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
        
          
    
    
    
          
        
        Stocker Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Medical image analysis, machine learning, computer vision, human motion detection and classification聽and shape modeling.
      
    
    
        Associate Professor; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., Endowed Faculty Fellow in Obesity and Diabetes
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Obesity, Diabetes, Cardiovascular disease, Behavioral neuroscience, Energy/lipid/glucose homeostasis 
      
    
    
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        Ramiro Malgor, MD
      
          
        Associate Professor, Pathology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Academic and Research Center 
      
    
    
    
        Assistant Clinical Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Parks Hall
      
    
          
        Expertise: Diabetes, Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Metabolic syndrome, Cardiovascular complications, Thyroid diseases
      
    
    
        Assistant Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Grover Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Understanding and mitigating cardiovascular health disparities through the lens of integrative physiology.
      
    
    
        Professor; Associate Chair
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Specialty Medicine
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Academic and Research Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Role of chronic inflammation in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, and novel therapeutic development
      
    
    
        Carole Merckle, MSN, RN, DTR, CDCES
      
          
        Director of Clinical Operations
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
          Community Health Programs
        
              
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        Grosvenor West
      
    
    
    
        Professor, Biology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Life Science Bldg 243
      
    
          
        Expertise: Sexual selection, variation in female mate preferences聽and the evolution of alternative reproductive strategies.
      
    
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        Professor; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation John J. Kopchick, Ph.D., Endowed Eminent Research Chair
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center 
      
    
          
        Expertise: Insulin signaling, insulin clearance/metabolism, insulin resistance, lipid metabolism, obesity, Type 2 diabetes
      
    
    
        Tobie Newberry, DNP, APRN, CNP
      
          
        Certified Nurse Practitioner; Instructor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
          Community Health Programs
        
              
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        Grosvenor West 
      
    
    
    
        Associate Professor; Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, DO, Endowed Faculty Fellow in Diabetes and Islet Biology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
          
        Expertise: Expertise: Diabetes, Islets, Low-grade inflammation, Beta-cell failure, Metabolism, Drug discovery
      
    
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        Nick Okada, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor of Instruction
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Konneker Research Center
      
    
    
    
        Sherri Oliver, MPA
      
          
        Executive Director, Community Health Programs and Area Health Education Center
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Grosvenor West
      
    
    
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        Lynn Petrik, BSN, RN
      
          
        Senior Research Nurse
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
          Clinical and Translational Research Unit
        
              
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          Research and Grants
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Irvine Hall
      
    
    
    
        Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., Endowed Professor; Executive Director, Diabetes Institute
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
    
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        Frank Schwartz, MD
      
          
        Professor Emeritus of Specialty Medicine
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
    
    
        Vishva Sharma, PhD
      
          
        Assistant Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Academic & Research Center
      
    
    
    
        Carol Schaumleffel, DNP, RN, LSN
      
          
        Assistant Professor; Licensed School Nurse
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        Grover Center E336
      
    
    
    
        Yuriy Slyvka, MD, PhD
      
          
        Professor of Instruction
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Heritage Hall 
      
    
    
    
        Cammie Starner, MA, BSN, RN
      
          
        Nursing, Director of Operations, College of Health Sciences and Professions
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Stacy Wright, MSN, RN
      
          
        Outcomes & Resources Manager
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Frances Wymbs, PhD
      
          
        Associate Professor
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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        Associate Professor, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O. Endowed Professor
      
    
          
    
              
    
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          Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute
        
              
          Institute for Molecular Medicine and Aging
        
          
    
    
                  
          
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        Life Science Building 133
      
    
          
        Expertise: Cartilage Biology, Aging and Metabolism, Osteoarthritis
      
    
    
        Peggy Zoccola, PhD
      
          
        Professor, Director of Experimental Training, Psychology
      
    
          
    
                  
          
    
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