Jennifer H. Stern, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine
Assistant Professor, Physiology
Assistant Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assistant Professor, BIO5 Institute
Member of the Graduate Faculty
Degree(s)
- PhD: Nutritional Biology, University of California, Davis, 2012
- MS: Human Nutrition, Arizona State University, Tempe, 2007
- BS: Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2000
Fellowship
K99 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2017-18)
F32 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2015-17)
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow - UT Southwestern, Touchstone Diabetes Center (2014-15)
R25 Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Arizona Cancer Center (2012-14)
Honors and Awards
NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F-32), 2015-17
UT Southwestern Institutional Training Grant (T-32), 2014-15
NIH R25 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cancer Prevention and Control, 2012-14
Max Kleiber Graduate Research Prize in Metabolism and Nutrition Nominee, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2012
Peter J. Shields and Henry A. Jastro Research Fellowship, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2009-11
USDA Food and Agricultural Sciences National Needs Graduate Fellowship Grant, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007-10
Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award Nominee, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007 and 2008
Nutritional Biology Graduate Group Block Grant, UC Davis, Davis, Calif., 2007-08
Research Interests
role of glucoregulatory hormone signaling in the pathogenesis of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus, aging, prevention and treatment of diabetes and age-related metabolic disorders