Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute Faculty
Leadership

Debbie C. Thurmond, Ph.D., is director of the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope and chair and professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology.

The Brennar Lab dissects the disturbances of the four nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) coenzymes — the central catalysts of metabolism — to develop tools that improve health.

Chair, Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology; Ruth B. and Robert K. Lanman Endowed Chair in Gene Regulation and Drug Discovery Research
Fouad R Kandeel, M.D., Ph.D., is the director of the Islet Cell Transplantation Program and Arthur D. Riggs Distinguished Chair in Diabetes & Metabolism Research at City of Hope.

Rama Natarajan is the National Business Products Industry Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research, professor and chair in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism at City of Hope.

Joyce Niland, Ph.D., is professor and chair of the Department of Diabetes & Cancer Discovery Science within the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.

Alberto Pugliese, M.D., has joined City of Hope as the Samuel Rahbar Endowed Chair in Diabetes & Drug Discovery, chair of the Department of Diabetes Immunology and director of The Wanek Family Project for Type 1 Diabetes within the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute.

Anna Wu, Ph.D., is chair of the Department of Immunology & Theranostics and co-director of the Center for Theranostic Studies.
Faculty

David K. Ann, Ph.D., is the Morgan & Helen Chu Dean’s Chair of the Graduate School of Biological Sciences.

Zhen Bouman Chen, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope in Duarte, California.

The Deng laboratory studies the homeostasis of uridine and its role in metabolism, which provides a new angle for understanding the pathophysiology of obesity, diabetes and cancer.

Sangeeta Dhawan, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics within the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute.

Patrick Fueger is an Associate Professor, Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology.

Wendong Huang

City of Hope's John Kaddis, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Diabetes & Cancer Discovery Science focusing on type 1 diabetes.

Markus Kalkum, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Immunology & Theranostics and co-director of the Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Core.

Teresa Ku, Ph.D., | Associate Professor, Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics | City of Hope

Ke Ma, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism.

Helena Reijonen, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Immunology & Theranostics, City of Hope, California.

Dustin E. Schones, Ph.D., is a researcher with a focus in cancer, obesity and diabetes complications as well as a professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism at the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute.

Ben Hung Ping Shih, Ph.D., is an associate professor at City of Hope's Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute.
John Shively, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Immunology & Theranostics within the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.

The Sarah Shuck lab is investigating the biochemistry involved when excess sugar damages important molecules such as proteins and DNA.


Rupangi Vasavada, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics

Qiong (Annabel) Wang, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology.

The Zhao Wang lab focuses on pathological cardiac remodeling due to cardiac hypertrophy, heart failure, cancer treatment, myocardial infarction, senescence and diabetes.

Jiing Kuan Yee, Ph.D., is a professor, researcher and is expert in the development of genome editing for disease modeling and cell-based therapy at Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope.

Defu Zeng, is a professor of immunology & theranostics and hematologist. His focus is on transplantation immune tolerance.

Kirstin Anja Zettlitz, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Immunology & Theranostics within the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.
Research Faculty

Nancy Chen, M.D., M.S., is a staff scientist at City of Hope's Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism.

Mohamed El-Sayed

James Figarola, Ph.D., is an associate research professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism Research at City of Hope in Los Angeles, Southern California.

Weidong Hu, Ph.D., is a research professor in the department of Immunology & Theranostics at the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.

Mitsuo Kato, Ph.D., is an associate research professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism Research at the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope in Los Angeles, CA.

Hirotake Komatsu, M.D., Ph.D., is a an assistant research professor in the Department of Translational Research & Cellular Therapeutics at City of Hope.

Nagesha Guthalu Kondegowda, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor at the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.


City of Hope's Junfeng Li, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the department of translational research and cellular therapeutics.

Feng Miao, Ph.D. is an assistant research professor in the Department of Diabetes Complications & Metabolism.

Enrique Montero, M.D., Ph.D., is a research professor within the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.

Eunjin Oh, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor at the Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology

Keiko Omori, M.D., is an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics at City of Hope.

Meirigeng Qi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics in the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ca.

Marpadga Reddy is an associate research professor at the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope in Southern California.

Dr. Srivastava has multidimensional research experience in biological sciences, including molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, functional genomics and metabolic engineering.

City of Hope's Joshua Tompkins, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the department of diabetes complications & metabolism.

Rajakrishnan Veluthakal, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor in the Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology department of the Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope in Los Angeles, CA.

Sushma Yadav, Ph.D., is an assistant research professor in the Department of Translational Research and Cellular Therapeutics at the Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope.

Paul Yazaki, Ph.D., is a research professor in the Department of Immunology & Theranostics at the Arthur Riggs Diabetes & Metabolism Research Institute at City of Hope.