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.
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

Lei Jiang, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular & Cellular Endocrinology

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
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.