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Barbara Kahn, M.D.

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Biography
education and training
Stanford University, Stanford, CABA1972Human Biology
University of California, Berkeley, CAMS1975Medical Science
Stanford University, Stanford, CAMD1977Medicine
Univ. of Calif., Davis Med. Ctr., Sacramento, CAIntern/Resident1977-80Internal Medicine
awards and honors
1980 - 1980
Biodynamics, Boehringer Mannelheim Research Award
1980 - 1980
Research Award
1981 - 1981
Faculty Research Award
1981
Research Award
1986 - 1991
Physician-Scientist Award
1991 - 1993
Capps Scholar in Diabetes
1992 - 1992
Award for "Outstanding International Contributions to Research in Diabetes Mellitus"
1993 - 1993
Max Miller Memorial Lecture
1994 - 1994
Elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation
1995 - 1995
Eli Lilly Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
1999 - 1999
Elected to the Interurban Clinical Club
2000 - 2000
Honorary Masters Degree
2001 - 2001
Elected to the Association of American Physicians
2003 - 2003
Mosenthal Award
2003 - 2003
Wolfe Family endowed lectureship
2005 - 2005
Nelson Goldberg Lecture In Signal Transduction and Metabolism
2005 - 2005
Catherine Tuck Memorial Lecture
2005 - 2005
Elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine)
2005 - 2005
The 10th Ray A. and Robert L. Kroc Lecture, Molecular Medicine
2005 - 2005
Charles H. Best Award, Department of Physiology
2005 - 2005
Jacobaeus Prize
2006 - 2006
MERIT Award
2006 - 2006
Elected Fellow
2006 - 2006
George Richards Minot Endowed Chair in Medicine
2006 - 2006
Research chosen for presentation
2007 - 2007
Research discoveries featured in the publication "NIDDK: Recent Advances and Emerging Opportunities"
2007 - 2007
Harold Rifkin Award and Lectureship
2008 - 2008
Dodge Lectureship
2008 - 2008
Roger Guillemin Nobel Lecturer
2009 - 2009
Inaugural Willard J and Priscilla F. Visek Lecturer
2010 - 2010
Beth Zaruby Lectureship at the Julia McFarlane Diabetes Research Center
2010 - 2010
Gerald Aubrach Award for outstanding contributions to research in Endocrinology
2010 - 2011
Edward, Frances and Shirley B. Daniels Fellow in Medical Sciences
2011 - 2011
15th Louis Izenstein Lectureship
2013 - 2013
Kern Lectureship Award
2013 - 2013
11th Albert Lehninger Award
2016 - 2016
Journal of Lipid Research Lectureship Award
2016 - 2016
Thorndike Lecture
2016 - 2016
Banting Medal for Outstanding Scientific Achievement
2016 - 2016
23rd Dewitt Goodman Lectureship
2017 - 2017
Charles Hollenberg Lectureship
2017 - 2017
Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
2017 - 2017
John Baxter Memorial Lecture
2018 - 2018
Nancy and Ann Hatfield Alumnae Award for outstanding contributions to the community
2019 - 2019
Excellence in Science Award
2019 - 2019
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Mentoring
completed student projects
Fructose Induced Insulin Resistance via Modulation of AMP-activated Kinase (AMPK) Levels
Summer, 06/15/09 - 08/11/09

Research
research activities and funding
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  1. R01DK106210 (KAHN, BARBARA B.) Apr 20, 2016 - Mar 31, 2025
    NIH
    Mechanisms for regulation of a novel class of anti-diabetic lipids
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. R01DK107405 (CHAIKOF, ELLIOT) Mar 1, 2016 - Feb 28, 2021
    NIH
    A PSGL-1 Glycopeptide Mimetic for Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  3. (KAHN, BARBARA B) Sep 1, 2012 - Jun 30, 2021
    JPB Foundation
    Characterization of a novel class of lipids involved in insulin sensitivity.
    Role Description: This grant investigates the biologic effects of a novel class of lipids involved in insulin sensitivity.
    Role: Principal Investigator
  4. P30DK057521 (FLOREZ, JOSE CARLOS) Jun 1, 2000 - Mar 31, 2021
    NIH
    Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
  5. R01DK043051 (KAHN, BARBARA B.) Feb 1, 1992 - Jun 30, 2021
    NIH
    Glucose Transporter Regulation in Obesity and Diabetes
    Role: Principal Investigator

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selected publications
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