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Laura Thomason Dickens, MD, earned her medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine followed by an Endocrinology fellowship at the University of Chicago. Dr. Dickens joined the faculty at the University of Chicago Section of Endocrinology in 2019. Her clinical interests include diabetes and osteoporosis. She is the co-founder of the University of Chicago Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic (DIPP), a centralized specialty care program for patients with pregestational type 1 and type 2 diabetes as well as complex gestational diabetes during pregnancy. The DIPP program incorporates patient care, education, and research initiatives aimed at improving diabetes care in pregnancy. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Dickens serves as the Associate Program Director for the Endocrinology Fellowship and is actively involved in research related to monogenic diabetes and quality improvement in diabetes during pregnancy. Her research also addresses the disparities in diabetes care during pregnancy and the role of social determinants of health. Dr. Dickens has published extensively on these topics in reputable journals.
Department of Philosophy