DIABETES-OBESITY-CENTER.ORG - Key Persons


Alan Chait

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Bradley Anawalt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Cate Pihoker

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Pediatrics, Head, Division of Endocrinology

Chandan Chauhan

Chandan Chauhan is an entrepreneur who is passionate about creating technology companies that provide internet services for consumers and enterprises. He is the CEO of Clocktree.com, which is focused on technology innovations that make healthcare accessible to all. He has cofounded two other successful internet companies, TalentWise and Intelius. At Microsoft, Mr. Chauhan was a member of the original development team that created Windows, and later he was a key player in creating CarPoint, Microsoft's first internet application. He is interested in bringing an industry perspective to academia and is involved with multiple UW campaigns, in addition to serving on the UW Foundation Board. "I have type 2 diabetes and am under the great care of Dr. Irl Hirsch at the UW Medicine Diabetes Institute. The care provided by Dr. Hirsch and his team has helped me tremendously. It is important to extend this kind of high-quality care to the larger community, as well as to the global population. The critical research and patient care being done at the institute is extremely important, and I am inspired to help them make a global impact."

Dilnaz Clark

Job Titles:
  • Technologist
Dilnaz Clark is a technologist, entrepreneur, mentor, philanthropist and a dedicated wife and mother. She holds an M.S. in computer science and has spent 15 years leading teams at Microsoft and Expedia. She is motivated by a desire to harness the forces of technology and medical research to obliterate diseases such as type 1 diabetes.

Ellen Schur

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Gregory Morton

Job Titles:
  • Director, Diabetes and Metabolism Program, UW Diabetes Institute

Helen Scarlett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Director for Philanthropy UW Medicine Advancement

Ian de Boer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology

Irl Hirsch

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Karin Bornfeldt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Associate Director of Research and Director, Complications of Diabetes Research Program, UW Diabetes Institute
  • Professor of Medicine and of Pathology, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Michael Schwartz

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Co - Director, UW Diabetes Institute
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition
  • UWMDI Co - Director
UWMDI Co-Director, Michael Schwartz, ) is the 2024 recipient of the Western Association of Physicians (WAP) and the Western Society of Clinical Investigation (WSCI) Distinguished Lectureship

Rebecca Hull

Job Titles:
  • Director, Diabetes and the Islet Program, UW Diabetes Institute

Richard Larson

Richard Larson has devoted his life's work to philanthropy and to institutional advancement. Most recently, he served on the senior leadership team as vice president of development for the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Boulder and Snowmass, Colorado. Prior to working at RMI, Mr. Larson was associate vice president for the University of Colorado Foundation. For 20 years, he worked for the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, primarily in institutional advancement. Mr. Larson and his wife of 33 years, Kathleen, are active travelers and birders. Their daughter and son live in New York City.

Stephanie Page

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Co - Director, UW Diabetes Institute
  • Professor of Medicine and Head, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition

Steven Kahn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Professor of Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Nutrition