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Current Team
	Melanie Cree, MD, PhD Primary Investigator		Yesenia Garcia Reyes, MS Research Manager
	Grayson Carey, BA Research Coordinator Project Manager - CALICO Database		Gabriel Medrano, BS Graduate Student, Integrated Physiology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
	Jaclyn Lo, BA Former Research Coordinator Medical Student, Drexel University		Lucas Fernandez Undergraduate Student, University of Colorado Denver

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
Katherine Spencer, MS 2023-2025, Research Coordinator Medical Student, Western University of Health Science	Nazeen Morelli, MD, MS 2021-2025 Medical Student, University of Kansas Resident, Children's Mercy Hospital
Meredith Ware, DO, MS 2018-2024, Master's Student, Research Coordinator, Medical Student, Rocky Vista University Relationship of dietary fructose to NAFLD and pancreatic fat	Beza Joibra, MD, MPH 2017- 2021 Medical Student, CU Anschutz Stool microbiota in PCOS
Haseeb Rahat, DO, MS 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, DO, MS 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
Darean 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	Anya Taylor, BS 2018-2024 Research Coordinator

Brian Bergman, PhD

Bergman Lab (cuanschutz.edu)

Elizabeth Parks, PhD

Parks Lab // Nutrition and Exercise Physiology (missouri.edu)

Craig Malloy, MD, PhD

Meet the PI | Malloy Lab | UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas

Cecilia Diniz Behn, PhD

Cecilia Diniz Behn | Colorado School of Mines

Stacy Simon, PhD, DBSM

Faculty Profile | School of Medicine | University of Colorado Denver (cuanschutz.edu)

Kristen Nadeau, MD, MS

Faculty Profile | School of Medicine | University of Colorado Denver (cuanschutz.edu)

Robert Wolfe, PhD

Department of Pediatrics

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