The Genetics of Type 2 Diabetes and Related Traits

 

Jose C. Florez, M.D., Ph.D. is an Assistant in Medicine (Endocrine Division) at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Member at the Broad Institute, where he is active in the Program in Medical and Population Genetics and the Broad Metabolism Initiative. He and his group have contributed to the performance and analysis of genome-wide association studies in type 2 diabetes and related traits, in the Diabetes Genetics Initiative (formed by the Broad Institute, Lund University and Novartis), the Framingham Heart Study, and other international consortia such as MAGIC, GENIE and DIAGRAM, involving collaborators within CHGR and the Broad Institute. He is an author on 70+ original publications and 30+ reviews/book chapters. In addition to his research and teaching duties, he directs the MGH Down Syndrome Clinic for Adults and Adolescents, and is clinically active in the MGH Diabetes Center and in the Endocrine inpatient consult service. He serves on the Editorial Board for Diabetes and the Advisory Board for Diabetologia, and is the Editor-in-Chief for Current Diabetes Reports. He is the recipient of the MGH Physician Scientist Development Award, a Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Award, the MGH Department of Medicine Stephen Krane Award, and the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.