Dr. Sabrina Diano

Biography

Sabrina Diano is the Robert R. Williams Professor of Nutrition, Director of the Institute of Human Nutrition, and Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Therapeutics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Previously, she was an Adjunct Professor at Yale University in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology. Diano earned her PhD in Physiology from the University of Naples “Federico II” in Italy, where she conducted studies that combined neuroendocrinology and mitochondrial biology to explore brain regulation of energy and glucose metabolism. She joined the faculty at Yale University in 2000 and transitioned to Columbia University in September 2020. Her research focuses on brain mechanisms that regulate energy and glucose homeostasis, employing interdisciplinary approaches that include molecular biology and behavior studies. Diano's work has gained national and international recognition, with significant contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms underlying metabolic disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. She has received several prestigious awards for her research, including the Helmholtz Diabetes Award in 2018, and her findings have been published in high-impact journals such as Nature, Science, and Cell. Diano's research holds important implications for understanding the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome and links between metabolic dysfunctions and neurodegenerative diseases.

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