Three members recently joined the NIDDK Advisory Council. Standing with NIDDK Director Dr. Griffin P. Rodgers, from left, are new members Dr. Joel Elmquist, Dr. Caren Heller and Dr. Beverly Torok-Storb.
<p>Dr. Caren Heller joined the Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition subcouncil. Heller is chief scientific officer at Crohn's &amp; Colitis Foundation of America, where she is responsible for all mission-related activities. She was previously associate dean of intercampus and industry initiatives at Weill Cornell Medical College.
</p><p>Dr. Joel Elmquist joined the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolic Diseases subcouncil. Elmquist is the Carl H. Westcott Distinguished Chair in Medical Research; professor of internal medicine, pharmacology and psychiatry; and the Maclin Family Professor in Medical Science at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. His research focuses on identifying brain pathways that regulate food intake, body weight and blood glucose levels.
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Dr. Beverly Torok-Storb joined the Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases subcouncil. Torok-Storb is a member of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s Clinical Research Division. Her work on blood stem cell development contributed to the team effort to optimize development of bone marrow transplantation as a cure for blood cancers and other hematologic diseases.​
United States National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
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