Meet Our Team

Current Team

Melanie Cree, MD, PhD

Primary Investigator

Yesenia Garcia Reyes, MS

Research Manager

Katherine Spencer, MS

Research Coordinator

Grayson Carey, BA

Research Coordinator

Anya Taylor, BS

Research Coordinator

Gabriel Medrano, BS

Graduate Student, Integrated Physiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Jaclyn Lo, BA

Medical Student, Drexel University

Nazeen Morelli, MS

Medical Student, University of Kansas

Fellows
Kelly Fuller, PhD 2022-2023, Post-doctoral Fellow	Erin Finn, MD 2021-2023, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow Insulin sensitivity before/after bariatric surgery Assistant Professor, UC Anschutz
Pattara Wiromrat, MD 2017-2019, Foreign Post-doctoral Fellow Stable isotope tracers in metabolic research Pediatric Academic Faculty, Thailand	Amy Rydin, MD 2019-2021, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow Resting Energy Expenditure in adolescents with obesity Assistant Professor, Dell Children’s
Anne-Marie Carreau, MD, MS 2017-2019, Foreign Post-doctoral Fellow Utilizing stable isotope isotopomer methods and 31Phosphorus Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to understand hepatic glucose metabolism Research Faculty, Quebec, CA	Sonalee Ravi, MD 2018-2020, Pediatric Endocrinology Fellow Hepatic steatosis in females with obesity Private Practice

Residents
Julia Hudnet-Beulmer, MD 2018-2021, Pediatric Resident Incidence of Type 2 diabetes in PCOS CU Anschutz and Children’s Hospital Colorado Pediatric Faculty

Medical and Graduate Students
Meredith Ware, MS, MD 2018-2024, Master's Student, Research Coordinator, Medical Student, Rocky Vista University Relationship of dietary fructose to NAFLD and pancreatic fat	Beza Joibra, MPH, MD 2017- 2021 Medical Student, CU Anschutz Stool microbiota in PCOS
Haseeb Rahat, MS, DO 2016- 2021, Research Coordinator, Medical Student, Rocky Vista University Insulin Resistance in PCOS	Cameron Severn, MS 2019-2021 Masters student, Statistics, School of Public Health Interventions for PCOS
Jacob Stuppy, MS, DO 2016-2020, Biotechnology Masters Student, Medical Student, Rocky Vista University MR spectroscopy to measure hepatic mitochondrial function	Kai Bartlett, PhD 2017-2020 PhD student, Colorado School of the Mines Modification of OGTT glucose dynamics for adolescents
Dareen Hunt, MD Medical Student, CU Anschutz Premature adrenarche and PCOS	Emily Breslow, MD 2020 Medical Student, University of Nevada Las Vegas Testosterone metabolites in puberty/PCOS
Kathleen Lutchi, MD 2018 Medical Student, UT Rio Grande Valley GLP-1 secretion in obesity in youth	Jill Simens, MS 2014-2016, Master's Student, Colorado School of Mines, Boettcher Program Modeling Insulin Sensitivity during an OGTT

Undergraduate Students
Divya Sundararajan, BA 2020-2023, Bryn Mawr College Lilac Internship Program Utilizing Fibroscan to determine hepatic steatosis in adolescents	Griffin Hampton, BS 2020-2022, Undergraduate, Colorado School of the Mines, Boettcher program Determining models to assess lipolysis during an OGTT
Dariya Kozlova, BS 2019, University of Iowa Insulin Clearance in PCOS	Jessie Benson, MD 2019, Baylor College, Children's Hospital Colorado Health Internship program Depression in obese girls with T2D or PCOS
Antonia Ekarhdt, BA 2018, Bryn Mawr College, Lilac internship program Reactive hypoglycemia in youth with obesity	Nighe Cai, PhD 2016-2017, Bryn Mawr College Lilac Internship Program Mitochondrial function in adolescents
Danielle Xie, BS 2017-2021, Bryn Mawr College Lilac Internship Program Glucose excursion in obesity; validation of methods of insulin sensitivity in PCOS