Endocrinology Faculty Fellowship Research Clinical Expertise Research Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine Home About Campus & Community Resources Medicine: Endocrinology > Research Diabetes Research Innovations Faculty members in the UCI School of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology perform cutting-edge research on diabetes and diabetic complications. Diabetes presents with hyperglycemia, but the underlying mechanisms are complex, involving dysfunction of multiple metabolic organs, including islets, adipose tissue, liver and muscle. Furthermore, diabetes is associated with several debilitating complications, such as cardiovascular disease, renal failure and impaired wound healing. Researchers in the Division of Endocrinology take interdisciplinary approaches to investigate why diabetes occurs and how diabetic patients develop complications. UCI Diabetes Researchers Mehboob Hussain, MD Incretin action in beta cells and glucagon signaling in metabolic homeostasis Qin Yang, MD, PhD Insulin secretion, insulin action and energy metabolism in obesity and diabetes Bogi Andersen, MD Diabetes and wound healing Hamid Said, PhD Vitamins, nutrition, diabetes and metabolism Marcus Seldin, PhD System biology in obesity and diabetes Cholsoon Jang, PhD Mechanistic link between dietary nutrients, metabolites and diabetes Wei Li, PhD Bioinformatics algorithm design and application for diabetes research Daniele Piomelli, PhD Cannabinoids and metabolism Mei Kong, PhD Nutritional microenvironment in diabetes and metabolic disease Michael Parsons, PhD Development and regeneration of the pancreas Dequina Nicholas, PhD Impact of immune cells on diabetes and reproduction Qing Nie, PhD Computational and systemic biology for disease mechanisms including diabetes Elliot Botvinick, PhD Glucose and diabetes-related sensors Quinton Smith, PhD Organ-on-chip systems for diabetes research Nathan Wong, PhD cardiovascular epidemiology and diabetes complication prevention Uma Rao, MD Ethnic influences on stress, energy balance and obesity in adolescents Andrew Odegaard, PhD Epidemiological studies of obesity and type 2 diabetes Kishore Gadde, MD Prevention of weight regain after bariatric surgery