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
Office: UAHS 6114 | Lab: UAHS 3352, 3354, 3356
The goal of the Stern Lab’s research is to improve the prevention and treatment of age-related metabolic disorders.
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
Faculty Excellence Award, Basic Science/Translational Investigator, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2025
Early Career Scholar Travel Award, American Aging Association, 2024
Torchbearer Award Nominee, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson, 2024
Top Cited Author, Journal of Endocrinology, 2021
National Cancer Institute Fellow, Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer, 2021
Research Interests
role of glucoregulatory hormone signaling in the pathogenesis of obesity, type II diabetes mellitus, aging, prevention and treatment of diabetes and age-related metabolic disorders